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Research identifies a possible treatment strategy for rare bone marrow failure syndrome

Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside bone responsible for making red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Bone marrow failure syndromes lead to an increased risk of developing dangerous infections, anemia and an increased risk of blood cancers.

2 Mar 2023

New delivery system based on lipid nanoparticles could increase the efficiency of gene therapy

Lipid nanoparticles have been used to encapsulate CRISPR-Cas9 and deliver it to cells in mice, where it was highly effective at knocking down expression of a target protein.

2 Mar 2023

Obesity level affects the prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia in men and women differently

Obesity continues to become more common worldwide, despite the health risks and increased mortality posed by the diseases and conditions that accompany it (comorbidities).

2 Mar 2023

Study reveals a new pathway for how children and adults develop cardiomyopathy

Researchers have discovered how a gene that increases the risk of developing genetic heart disease functions, paving the way for new treatments.

2 Mar 2023

Study results provide strong evidence for association of genetic markers to long COVID mappable to fatigue

Researchers analyzed polygenic risk scores in whole genome sequences obtained from blood samples of long COVID patients to determine genomic predictors of long COVID.

2 Mar 2023

California’s massive Medicaid program works for some, but fails many others

Newborns. Former inmates. College students. Expectant moms. People with disabilities. Foster kids. Homeless people. Single dads.

2 Mar 2023

Biologists discover how to awaken and reactivate neural stem cells

Some areas of the adult brain contain quiescent, or dormant, neural stem cells that can potentially be reactivated to form new neurons.

1 Mar 2023

Racial disparities in use of preventive measures to thwart breast cancer

Black women at high risk of breast cancer face a variety of obstacles that may keep them from care that could prevent cancer and increase the chances they'll survive if they develop the disease, new research has found.

1 Mar 2023

Gene variant found in individuals of African ancestry dramatically boosts Alzheimer's risk

Stanford Medicine scientists and their colleagues have discovered that a gene variant found almost exclusively in the genomes of individuals of African ancestry dramatically boosts Alzheimer's risk. About 4% of African Americans carry this variant.

1 Mar 2023

New cell-based assay shown to rapidly profile drug resistance to three widely used SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibiting drugs

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* pre-print server, researchers tested three next-generation severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) main protease (Mpro) inhibitors, namely, nirmatrelvir, ensitrelvir, and FB2001, using a novel cell-based assay.

1 Mar 2023

Key 'traffic light' mechanism controlling genetic activity within cells revealed

A major new study in the journal Nature reveals a 'traffic light' mechanism controlling genetic activity within cells – a system which could potentially be targeted by cancer drugs already in development.

1 Mar 2023

New imaging method could help make better decisions on personalized cancer treatment

Decisions on cancer treatment could become better tailored to individual patients with the adoption of a new imaging method being developed by University of Michigan researchers that maps the chemical makeup of a patient’s tumor.

1 Mar 2023

New screening tool can efficiently assess cognition issues in older adults

A self-administered screening tool, developed by Cleveland Clinic researchers, can effectively and efficiently assess cognition issues in older adults.

1 Mar 2023

Product development and drug delivery at Seda

In this interview, NewsMedical speaks with Shanoo about her career progression and role in Seda Pharmaceutical regarding product development and drug delivery. She also outlines some of the services that Seda offers.

From Seda Pharmaceutical Development Services 1 Mar 2023

Childhood adiposity associated with increased risk of recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes

New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) is the first study to show that childhood obesity is associated with an increased risk of four of the five recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes.

28 Feb 2023

Largest genomic study focuses on the prognosis of metastatic pheochromocytomas

Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor, with an incidence of three to eight cases per million population per year.

28 Feb 2023

Brain over-activation could be causing seizures and social deficits in genetic subtype of autism

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified the cause of a genetic subtype of autism and schizophrenia that results in social deficits and seizures in mice and humans.

28 Feb 2023

Scientists working to create revolutionary biocomputers powered by brain organoids

Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been inspired by the human brain. This approach proved highly successful: AI boasts impressive achievements – from diagnosing medical conditions to composing poetry.

28 Feb 2023

Mutation in a single non-coding gene found to be the source of multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome

A team of investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of Mass General Brigham and Mass General for Children has identified - for the first time - the mutation in a single non-coding gene of a young patient responsible for the extremely rare disease known as multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome, which causes profound cerebrovascular, gastrointestinal and urologic impairment.

28 Feb 2023

Obesity in childhood may be a risk factor for all types of adult diabetes

Child obesity is linked to increased risk of developing diabetes in adulthood, both autoimmune forms of diabetes and different forms of type 2 diabetes, a new study published in Diabetologia reports.

28 Feb 2023

Genetic News and Research

Research identifies a possible treatment strategy for rare bone marrow failure syndrome

New delivery system based on lipid nanoparticles could increase the efficiency of gene therapy

Obesity level affects the prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia in men and women differently

Study reveals a new pathway for how children and adults develop cardiomyopathy

Study results provide strong evidence for association of genetic markers to long COVID mappable to fatigue

California’s massive Medicaid program works for some, but fails many others

Biologists discover how to awaken and reactivate neural stem cells

Racial disparities in use of preventive measures to thwart breast cancer

Gene variant found in individuals of African ancestry dramatically boosts Alzheimer's risk

New cell-based assay shown to rapidly profile drug resistance to three widely used SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibiting drugs

Key 'traffic light' mechanism controlling genetic activity within cells revealed

New imaging method could help make better decisions on personalized cancer treatment

New screening tool can efficiently assess cognition issues in older adults

Product development and drug delivery at Seda

Childhood adiposity associated with increased risk of recently proposed subtypes of adult-onset diabetes

Largest genomic study focuses on the prognosis of metastatic pheochromocytomas

Brain over-activation could be causing seizures and social deficits in genetic subtype of autism

Scientists working to create revolutionary biocomputers powered by brain organoids

Mutation in a single non-coding gene found to be the source of multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome

Obesity in childhood may be a risk factor for all types of adult diabetes

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