Receptors Inside Nerve Cells May be a Key to Controlling Pain
February 3, 2024 10:44 am | by Washington University in St. Louis | News | CommentsIn real estate, location is key. It now seems the same concept holds true when it comes to stopping pain. New research indicates that the location of receptors that transmit pain signals IS important in how big or small a pain signal will be and how effectively drugs can block those signals.
DNA’s 'Gap in the Armor' Allowing Cancer to Develop Pinpointed
February 3, 2024 10:35 am | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | News | CommentsA key group of enzymes could be the “gap in the armor” of all DNA, allowing cancer-causing mutations, according to a new study.
23andMe: Being a 'Morning Person' has a Genetic Basis
February 3, 2024 10:30 am | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | News | CommentsThat morning person you know at work who starts off the day alert, chipper and productive may just simply be wired that way in their DNA, according to a new study by the genetics company 23andMe.
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More Coffee, Less Cirrhosis, Study Says
February 3, 2024 10:22 am | by Seth Augenstein, Digital Reporter | News | CommentsCoffee, subject to a tug-of-war in positive and negative health studies, has its latest supporting claim: that it helps prevent liver cirrhosis.
Consistent Sleep Schedules May be Important for Metabolic Health
February 3, 2024 10:18 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsA new study from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine suggests that irregular bedtime schedules in midlife could be related to negative metabolic health among non-shift working women.
Solution Speeds Targeted Therapies
February 2, 2024 10:19 am | Product Releases | CommentsPositive Select is a comprehensive genomic solution for solid tumors(Lung Cancer, breast Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Sarcoma etc) as well as Haematological cancers(leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma) designed to provide oncologists with clinically actionable report which can identify the molecular alterations in a patient's tumor and match those alterations with relevant targeted therapies and clinical trials.
Mental Miscues
February 2, 2024 10:13 am | by Carnegie Mellon University | News | CommentsA study investigated the brain’s neural activity during learned behavior and found that the brain makes mistakes because it applies incorrect inner beliefs, or internal models, about how the world works.
Cancer Cells Travel Together to Forge ‘Successful’ Metastases
February 2, 2024 10:05 am | by Johns Hopkins University | News | CommentsThere’s apparently safety in numbers, even for cancer cells. New research in mice suggests that cancer cells rarely form metastatic tumors on their own, preferring to travel in groups since collaboration seems to increase their collective chances of survival, according to researchers.
How, Not Why, the Human Brain Folds
February 2, 2024 10:00 am | by Harvard University | News | CommentsResearchers have shown that while many molecular processes are important in determining cellular events, what ultimately causes the brain to fold is a simple mechanical instability associated with buckling.
Better Cystic Fibrosis Test Invented
February 2, 2024 9:50 am | by Stanford University | News | CommentsResearchers have developed a fast, inexpensive and highly accurate test to screen newborns for cystic fibrosis. The new method detects virtually all mutations in the CF gene, preventing missed diagnoses that delay babies’ ability to begin receiving essential treatment.
Curing Disease by Repairing Faulty Genes
February 2, 2024 9:30 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | CommentsResearchers have now developed a way to deliver the CRISPR genome repair components more efficiently than previously possible, and they also believe it may be safer for human use. In a study of mice, they found that they could correct the mutated gene that causes a rare liver disorder, in 6 percent of liver cells — enough to cure the mice of the disease, known as tyrosinemia.
WHO Declares Global Emergency Over Zika Virus Spread
February 2, 2024 9:10 am | by Jamey Keaten and Maria Cheng, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an "extraordinary event" that poses a public health threat to other parts of the world.
Walgreens Won’t Send Tests to Theranos Lab in California
February 2, 2024 8:58 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsWalgreens will no longer have its tests for customers performed at healthcare startup Theranos’s Newark, Calif., laboratory after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported violations of a number of clinical policies.
Desiccator Cabinets
February 1, 2024 10:05 am | Product Releases | CommentsNew from Terra Universal are their IsoDry Desiccators cabinets, designed to increase efficiency of low relative-humidity storage. This patent-pending design features a gas dilution module that automatically mixes internal air with nitrogen, or other process gas, to reach the programmed set-point.
Scientists Discover Stem Cells Capable of Repairing Skull, Face Bones
February 1, 2024 10:02 am | by University of Rochester | News | CommentsA team of scientists has, for the first time, identified and isolated a stem cell population capable of skull formation and craniofacial bone repair in mice--achieving an important step toward using stem cells for bone reconstruction of the face and head in the future, according to a new paper.
