Deep magnet stimulation shown to improve symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder
Researchers have found that focusing powerful non-invasive magnet stimulation on a specific brain area can improve the symptoms of Obsessive …
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A novel method to characterize genes with high-precision in single cells
The analysis of gene products in cells is an important tool for diagnosing disease and the design of new active …
Nanoparticles’ movements reveal whether they can successfully target cancer: Targeting nanoparticles rotate faster and move across larger areas
Targeted drug-delivery systems hold significant promise for treating cancer effectively by sparing healthy surrounding tissues. But the promising approach can …
DNA replication machinery captured at atom-level detail: Scientists reveal a crystal structure that illustrates a mechanism that powers and possibly starts DNA replication
Life depends on double-stranded DNA unwinding and separating into single strands that can be copied for cell division. St. Jude …
Researchers discriminate between mutations that promote cancer growth and those that don’t
Until now, researchers believed recurrent mutations (hotspot mutations) in cancer tumors were the important mutations (driver mutations) that promoted cancer …
Tracking life’s first step: Two molecules ‘awaken’ brand new genome
Within hours after fertilization, a unique genome forms from chromosomes contributed by the egg and sperm. However, this new genome …
New drug compound could tackle major life-limiting kidney disease
Scientists from the University of Sheffield are part of an international collaboration to develop a new class of drugs to …
Drug delays type 1 diabetes in people at high risk: Immunotherapy slows progression to clinical disease by 2 years or more
A treatment affecting the immune system effectively slowed the progression to clinical type 1 diabetes in high risk individuals, according …
Gestational diabetes in India and Sweden
Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University …
Machine-learning system used to diagnose genetic diseases: Automation yields faster test results to inform personalized medical care
San Diego-Researchers at Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) have utilized a machine-learning process and clinical natural language processing …
Proofreading the book of life: Gene editing made safer
The advance of science is something like the wandering of an explorer through an uncharted jungle. Often, the dense undergrowth …
A new molecule to fight type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Diabetes: Research on active drugs orally administrated
A new molecule -EPB-53-, could help fight type 2 diabetes and the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a new …
As if by magic: Program lights up cancer-causing mutations: LumosVar — a name inspired by Harry Potter — could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patients
By conjuring the spell “Lumos!” wizards in the mythical world of Harry Potter could light up the tip of their …
Reducing the burden of tuberculosis treatment: Drug delivery system would allow patients to switch from daily to monthly doses
Tuberculosis is one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases: One-third of the world’s population is infected with TB, and more …
Bioluminescence sensors make new approaches to drug discovery possible
Canadian researchers, working in partnership with Brazilian colleagues, have developed 13 bioluminescence sensors for use in testing the effectiveness of …
First common risk genes discovered for autism
A study headed by researchers from the Danish project iPSYCH and the Broad Institute, USA, has found the first common …
Even as hospitals cut risky antibiotic use in-house, patients often go home with them
Even as hospitals try to cut back on prescribing powerful but risky antibiotics for their patients, a new study shows …
Folliculin mutations disrupt embryo implantation: Folliculin gene defects are implicated in some forms of infertility, certain cancers and other cell growth disorders
New information is unfolding on the genetic controls of an early turning point in pregnancy. As the tiny, dividing cell …