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New EV platform could help streamline the development and delivery of vaccines worldwide

To many, EV stands for "electric vehicle." To researchers at Harvard University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, it's shorthand for another vehicle - this one nanoscopic - that might help streamline the development and delivery of vaccines worldwide.

30 Jan 2023

Machine learning identifies drugs that could be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes

Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine and University of Minnesota researchers.

30 Jan 2023

Researchers develop a new smartphone-based tool to detect visual impairment in young children

Researchers conducted a prospective, multicenter, observational study between 14 January 2020 and 30 January 2022 in China.

30 Jan 2023

Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus detection using ribonucleic acid sequencing among smokers

Researchers identified serological Hepatitis C virus (HCV) signatures and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) signatures through the secondary utilization of ribonucleic acid sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis data among previous and existing smokers with or without COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

30 Jan 2023

Children's tonsils are major sites of prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection

A recent study evaluates the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in children’s tonsils during the COVID-19 pandemic.

29 Jan 2023

Serotonin can potentially accelerate degenerative mitral regurgitation, study says

Serotonin can impact the mitral valve of the heart and potentially accelerate a cardiac condition known as degenerative mitral regurgitation, according to a new study led by researchers at Columbia University's Department of Surgery in collaboration with the Pediatric Heart Valve Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Valley Hospital Heart Institute.

29 Jan 2023

Voles can form enduring attachments with mates and provide parental care without oxytocin receptors

The vital role of oxytocin - the "love hormone" - for social attachments is being called into question. More than forty years of pharmacological and behavioral research has pointed to oxytocin receptor signaling as an essential pathway for the development of social behaviors in prairie voles, humans, and other species, but a genetic study publishing in the journal Neuron on January 27 shows that voles can form enduring attachments with mates and provide parental care without oxytocin receptor signaling.

29 Jan 2023

Biology underlying pair bonding and parenting may not be dictated by oxytocin receptors, study shows

Turning a decades-old dogma on its head, new research from scientists at UC San Francisco and Stanford Medicine shows that the receptor for oxytocin, a hormone considered essential to forming social bonds, may not play the critical role that scientists have assigned to it for the past 30 years.

27 Jan 2023

DePaul and Rosalind Franklin fund research projects that bring together AI, biomedical discovery and health care

DePaul University and Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine are funding three faculty research projects that bring together artificial intelligence, biomedical discovery and health care.

27 Jan 2023

Survey: Trust in genetics increased significantly during the pandemic

A survey of over 2,000 British adults finds that trust in genetics is high and went up significantly during the pandemic. It also finds that there is a hunger for more coverage of genetics.

27 Jan 2023

Research offers hope for patients affected by rare, hereditary metabolic disease

Methylmalonic aciduria (MMA) is a metabolic disorder that affects approximately one in 90,000 newborns; both parents must carry a genetic predisposition to the disease.

26 Jan 2023

Children’s immune systems do not develop ‘adaptive’ memory to protect against second time SARS-CoV-2 infection

Children have largely avoided severe COVID-19 symptoms because they have a strong initial 'innate' immune reaction that quickly defeats the virus.

26 Jan 2023

AI tool promises to accelerate the development of gene therapies on a large scale

An artificial intelligence (AI) program may enable the first simple production of customizable proteins called zinc fingers to treat diseases by turning genes on and off.

26 Jan 2023

Pancreatic cancer study reveals the cause of tumor cell resistance to immunotherapy

A new study that analyzed the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer revealed the cause of tumor cell resistance to immunotherapy and resulted in new treatment strategies.

26 Jan 2023

Combination of targeted therapies with immunotherapy addresses treatment resistance in pancreatic cancer

A team of investigators at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has shown for the first time that a combination of targeted therapies with immunotherapy addresses one of the major reasons pancreatic cancer is so notoriously treatment resistant.

26 Jan 2023

Genetic News and Research

New EV platform could help streamline the development and delivery of vaccines worldwide

Machine learning identifies drugs that could be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes

Researchers develop a new smartphone-based tool to detect visual impairment in young children

Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus detection using ribonucleic acid sequencing among smokers

Children's tonsils are major sites of prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection

Serotonin can potentially accelerate degenerative mitral regurgitation, study says

Voles can form enduring attachments with mates and provide parental care without oxytocin receptors

Biology underlying pair bonding and parenting may not be dictated by oxytocin receptors, study shows

DePaul and Rosalind Franklin fund research projects that bring together AI, biomedical discovery and health care

Survey: Trust in genetics increased significantly during the pandemic

Research offers hope for patients affected by rare, hereditary metabolic disease

Children’s immune systems do not develop ‘adaptive’ memory to protect against second time SARS-CoV-2 infection

AI tool promises to accelerate the development of gene therapies on a large scale

Pancreatic cancer study reveals the cause of tumor cell resistance to immunotherapy

Combination of targeted therapies with immunotherapy addresses treatment resistance in pancreatic cancer

Scientists receive $2.9 million NIH grant to better understand the genetics of IBD in Hispanics

Study shows mechanical tearing as a novel mechanism during neurite pruning

Study identifies the DNA roots of resistance to targeted cancer therapy

Persistent tumor mutation burden linked with therapeutic response to immunotherapy

UK oncologists and cardiologists collaborate to prevent chemo-induced cardiomyopathy in cancer patients

Sequencing & Genomics: Elevating Science and Healthcare eBook

Lab Matters host Harriet Gould on building a more connected lab community

The Critical Role of Sample Storage in Drug Discovery and Development

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

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