Public Release: 19-Apr-2018 Wiley Previous studies have demonstrated a decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in individuals with various cancers, including non-melanoma skin cancers (including squamous cell cancers and basal cell cancers). A new Journal of the European Academy… Read More ›
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Fermentation byproduct suppresses seizures in nerve agent poisoning
Public Release: 16-Apr-2018 Compound formed during fermentation of beer, wine has potential to prevent organophosphate-triggered seizures from developing into epilepsy Society for Neuroscience IMAGE: Urethane, but not diazepam suppresses the return of seizure activity following 1 hour of… Read More ›
Programming DNA to deliver cancer drugs
Public Release: 19-Mar-2018 New technology could lead to the development of new cancer therapies University of Delaware DNA has an important job–it tells your cells which proteins to make. Now, a research team at the University of Delaware has… Read More ›
US healthcare system needs coordinated response to potential pediatric pandemics
Public Release: 5-Mar-2018 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles IMAGE: This is an image of Jeffrey Upperman, MD, and Rita V. Burke, PhD, MPH. Credit: Photo courtesy of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have… Read More ›
Modification of CRISPR guide RNA structure prevents immune response in target cells
Public Release: 22-Feb-2018 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press IMAGE: In vitro transcribed-CRISPR guide RNAs trigger innate immune response in cells, but can be prevented by removing the triphosphate moiety. Credit: Sojung Kim February 22, 2018 – CRISPR-mediated genome… Read More ›
Zika virus could help combat brain cancer
Public Release: 21-Feb-2018 Study by Brazilian researchers shows infection by Zika caused death of cells from glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive kind of malignant brain tumor in adults Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo… Read More ›
Some viruses produce insulin-like hormones that can stimulate human cells — and have potential to cause disease.
Public Release: 19-Feb-2018 Insulin goes viral Joslin Diabetes Center BOSTON — (Feb. 19, 2018) — Every cell in your body responds to the hormone insulin, and if that process starts to fail, you get diabetes. In an unexpected finding,… Read More ›
New CRISPR-Cas9 tool edits both RNA and DNA precisely, U-M team reports
Public Release: 15-Feb-2018 A Cas9 protein discovered in meningitis bacteria can act as precise ‘scissors’ for both types of genetic material, cutting at a desired spot guided by CRISPR RNAs Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan IMAGE: A… Read More ›
CRISPR-carrying nanoparticles edit the genome
Public Release: 13-Nov-2017 New delivery system developed by MIT team deletes disease-causing genes and reduces cholesterol Massachusetts Institute of Technology IMAGE: In a new study, MIT researchers have developed nanoparticles that can deliver the CRISPR genome-editing system and specifically… Read More ›
New frontiers for CRISPR: Editing RNA
Public Release: 25-Oct-2017 American Association for the Advancement of Science A new version of the gene editing tool CRISPR can target and edit RNA, scientists report, yielding several advantages over its DNA-editing counterpart. For example, the ability to edit… Read More ›
