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Using ex vivo gene therapy to fight obesity and diabetes in mice

A scientific team from the University of Barcelona and the CIBERobn has designed a strategy to fight obesity and diabetes in mice through ex vivo gene therapy which consists of implanting cells that have been manipulated and transformed in order to treat a disease.

30 May 2023

Magnetic stimulation treats depression by reversing the direction of abnormal brain signals

Powerful magnetic pulses applied to the scalp to stimulate the brain can bring fast relief to many severely depressed patients for whom standard treatments have failed.

23 May 2023

39th Barcelona BioMed Conference focuses on latest advances in proximity induction-based pharmacology

Targeted protein degradation uses different types of "degrading" drugs (degraders) to force proximity between a target protein (for example, a mutated protein that contributes to the development of a disease) and the cellular machinery that directs protein degradation.

23 May 2023

New vaccine concept could lead to a new generation of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a new approach for a vaccine against COVID-19.

22 May 2023

Institution-specific machine learning model can predict cardiac patient's mortality risk prior to surgery

A machine learning-based model that enables medical institutions to predict the mortality risk for individual cardiac surgery patients has been developed by a Mount Sinai research team, providing a significant performance advantage over current population-derived models.

17 May 2023

Nominations open now for BIAL Award in Biomedicine

The third edition of the BIAL Foundation's international award, the BIAL Award in Biomedicine, is now underway, with nominations open until 30 June.

15 May 2023

AI algorithms for rare disease diagnosis ignore the genetic, morphological diversity of humans

Up to 40% of rare diseases show facial alterations that enable researchers to identify some pathologies and they can even help them to establish an early diagnosis.

10 May 2023

Researchers discover key immune mechanism that helps control inflammatory response to infection

Monash University researchers have discovered a key mechanism in the body's immune system that helps control the inflammatory response to infection. The discovery could help pave the way for more targeted therapies in a range of inflammatory conditions, such as autoimmunity and neuroinflammatory disease.

5 May 2023

Unraveling Nature's Complexity with Molecular Imaging

In this interview conducted at Pittcon 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, we spoke to Ron Heeran, a speaker at the 2023 James L. Waters Symposium.

From Pittcon 1 May 2023

Researchers develop novel bio-inspired molecules to enhance bone regeneration

People's ability to regenerate bones declines with age and is further decreased by diseases such as osteoporosis.

28 Apr 2023

T cell-mediated recognition of conserved bacterial epitope generates broad immunity

Typically T cells of the immune system respond to a specific feature (antigen) of a microbe, thereby generating protective immunity.

25 Apr 2023

New AI-based method for virtual staining of histopathological tissue samples

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Turku, and Tampere University have developed an artificial intelligence-based method for virtual staining of histopathological tissue samples as a part of the Nordic ABCAP consortium. Chemical staining has been the cornerstone of studying histopathology for more than a century and is widely applied in, for example, cancer diagnostics.

18 Apr 2023

New AI tool accurately predicts aggressiveness of colorectal cancer

A new artificial intelligence model designed by researchers at Harvard Medical School and National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan could bring much-needed clarity to doctors delivering prognoses and deciding on treatments for patients with colorectal cancer, the second deadliest cancer worldwide.

13 Apr 2023

Dietary supplement N-acetylcysteine helps overcome treatment resistance in breast cancer

Many cancer therapies do not produce the hoped-for results. A common reason for this is that the tumors develop resistance to the medication.

11 Apr 2023

Endothelial deletion of the Wt1 gene affects coronary vessel formation and myocardial development

How is the mammals' heart formed? What role do endothelial cells play? Do the same pathways and genes involved in the formation of the embryonic heart also play a role in repair processes?

4 Apr 2023

Researchers develop new method to make rare cell types and disease patterns visible in tissue

The human body contains more than 30 trillion cells. Until recently, the sheer number of cells in the organism meant that approaches to understanding human diseases and developmental processes based on the analysis of single cells were a futuristic vision.

31 Mar 2023

Biomedicine News and Research

Using ex vivo gene therapy to fight obesity and diabetes in mice

Magnetic stimulation treats depression by reversing the direction of abnormal brain signals

39th Barcelona BioMed Conference focuses on latest advances in proximity induction-based pharmacology

New vaccine concept could lead to a new generation of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2

Institution-specific machine learning model can predict cardiac patient's mortality risk prior to surgery

Nominations open now for BIAL Award in Biomedicine

AI algorithms for rare disease diagnosis ignore the genetic, morphological diversity of humans

Researchers discover key immune mechanism that helps control inflammatory response to infection

Unraveling Nature's Complexity with Molecular Imaging

Researchers develop novel bio-inspired molecules to enhance bone regeneration

T cell-mediated recognition of conserved bacterial epitope generates broad immunity

New AI-based method for virtual staining of histopathological tissue samples

New AI tool accurately predicts aggressiveness of colorectal cancer

Dietary supplement N-acetylcysteine helps overcome treatment resistance in breast cancer

Endothelial deletion of the Wt1 gene affects coronary vessel formation and myocardial development

Researchers develop new method to make rare cell types and disease patterns visible in tissue

New microfluidic device quickly and automatically predicts the effectiveness of cancer treatment

Nuclear medicine brain imaging can help evaluate the biological changes that cause chemo-brain

Researchers discover a new role for one of the genes linked to hereditary spastic paraplegia

Researchers discover a new switching point that regulates hemostasis and thrombosis

Exploring the intersection of biology and proteomics

Unlocking the Secrets of Multiple Sclerosis Progression: Brain-Immune Cell Communication

Passing on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Health risks for male offspring of women with PCOS

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