A study comparing premature with full-term babies has revealed immunological differences in cord blood that suggest preterm labor may, at least in some instances, result
In the movie The Big Sick, based on real events that happened to its two Academy Award-nominated scriptwriters, the character Emily falls gravely ill and
Cancer organoids to model therapy response Cancer organoids are miniature, three-dimensional cell culture models that can be made from primary patient tumors and studied in
Camelids such as camels, llamas, and alpacas make an unusual class of antibodies with a growing number of applications in biomedical science. But researchers wanting
Researchers in Japan and Australia have developed the first blood test to detect amyloid-β protein buildup in the brain, one of the earliest hallmarks of
More than 500 organizations from 67 countries have now endorsed a campaign promoting awareness that virally suppressed HIV-positive people cannot sexually transmit HIV. Launched in
Different types of alcoholic drink are associated with different moods and emotions, according to a study published online earlier this week (November 20) in BMJ
In 2015, gastroenterologist Edwin Liu set to work on a clinical and genetic data set that had been growing for more than 20 years. The
Thanks to an international team of scientists and doctors, a seven-year-old Syrian refugee who lost most of his outer skin to a life-threatening genetic disease
On a fall day in 2015 at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto, a dozen people huddled in a small room peering at a computer screen. They
Two studies published today (October 23) document a slew of common genetic variants that correlate with an increased or decreased risk of developing breast cancer.
Base editing is a relatively recent genome-editing technique that swaps one DNA base pair for another, offering researchers the potential to correct harmful, single-nucleotide mutations
Genomic data from more than 400 individuals has been combined with information on genetic activity within multiple tissues from these donors to produce a detailed
In the early 2000s, a long-standing problem affecting diabetes sufferers around the world seemed on the brink of being solved. After years of research and
A team of Chinese researchers who were the first to report having applied CRISPR to human embryos have done it again—this time upgrading their technique
Armed with a modified version of CRISPR-Cas9, scientists have removed nucleotide repeats from RNA in vitro that are known to cause diseases, namely, Huntington’s, ALS,
In 2015, gastroenterologist Edwin Liu set to work on a clinical and genetic data set that had been growing for more than 20 years. The
When the immune system has eliminated the last traces of Zika virus from the blood, low-level infection may continue at certain sites around the body.
For people with no perceivable health issues but who are curious about some potential future ailments, there are now a handful of companies offering whole-genome
Polio is nearly eradicated. Now much of the risk of polio outbreaks comes not from wild poliovirus but from the oral vaccine, which comprises attenuated
A man with Parkinson’s disease sitting in a crowded restaurant has to use the rest room, but he cannot get there. His feet are frozen;
A genetically manipulated version of the gastroenteritis-causing bacteria Salmonella typhimurium is a potent destroyer of mouse tumors, according to a report published today (February 8)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory molecular geneticist Adrian Krainer was at a National Institutes of Health workshop in 1999 when he first learned about the crippling
Last month (November 11), a Japanese team of researchers published a study in Scientific Reportsdescribing the negative outcomes suffered by mice given the vaccine for
Tumor cells undergoing metastasis prompt neutrophils to extrude stringy DNA webs known as neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) that help the cancer invade other tissues, according
Created by ePubSystems. Contact Us for similar site for your university or institute.