MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 5, 2016)—Tufts University researchers have discovered a possible explanation for the occurrence of a genetic error that causes over a dozen neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders, including Huntington’s disease, myotonic dystrophy and forms of spinocerebellar ataxia. The error occurs as copies of three-letter sequences of DNA—known as CAG and CTG triplets—expand and repeat...
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The Frankenstein Effect: Magnet Study Shows How Brain Stimulation Reactivates Working Memory
Brain stimulation could help in reactivating memories, reports a recent study by researchers from University of Notre Dame. Working Memory Of The Brain According to the study, people likely forget the names of persons they just met at a party after the conversation is over. However, the names could be recollected if they shift back...
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Artificial BLOOD
Artificial BLOOD stored as powder could be used in life-saving transfusions within the next 10 years It is based on synthetic nanocells which mimic red blood cells in the body Trials have shown it can keep animals alive as well as normal blood transfusions The ‘just add water’ approach could prove vital to medics working in...
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A New Aging Discovery Could Allow Humans to Extend Their Lifespan
In Brief By observing the transparent cells of roundworms, researchers have uncovered a link between lifespan and the natural cellular process of RNA splicing. This research could lead to new breakthroughs in anti-aging treatments that would allow humans to indefinitely keep ourselves healthy, stalling death for as long as possible. Patterns in Splicing Though aging...
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Is RNA splicing the key to a longer and healthier life?
Thanks to advances in medical science over the past century, humans have never lived longer than we do right now. But longer doesn’t necessarily mean healthier, and those who reach the ripe old age of 100 might spend almost half their life battling age-related chronic disease. Now, a Harvard team has discovered a link between...
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Sufferers of schizophrenia
Sufferers of schizophrenia ‘may have a treatable immune disorder’ that could be completely cured Experts found 1 in 11 psychosis cases involved antibodies attacking the brain Antibodies attacked the ‘NMDA receptor’ – which can cause encephalitis The findings could open up a different route to tackling mental illness, they say By Stephen Matthews For Mailonline...
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Immunodynamics
Immunodynamics: a cancer immunotherapy trials network review of immune monitoring in immuno-oncology clinical trials Abstract The efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 targeted therapies in addition to anti-CTLA-4 solidifies immunotherapy as a modality to add to the anticancer arsenal. Despite raising the bar of clinical efficacy, immunologically targeted agents raise new challenges to conventional drug development paradigms by...
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1 Patient, 7 Tumors and 100 Billion Cells Equal 1 Striking Recovery
There was an exceptional example of a woman who recovered from an advanced colon cancer after being treated with her own cells. This offers new possibilities for other people who suffer from pancreatic or colon cancer. This was the primary example of a successful cancer mutation that the experts have been trying to cure for years....
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Multiple sclerosis: Newly discovered signal mechanism causes T cells to turn pathogenic
Summary: Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the patient’s own cells. In this case, modified T cells destroy the myelin sheath surrounding nerve cells. Myelin protects the neural pathways and is thus essential to the ability of nerve cells to transmit information. A recent study has demonstrated that...
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Two-tone micro-needle patch is built for comfort
The idea that a small, comfortable patch could be worn on the skin and replace the need for daily injections sure is an exciting prospect. That’s why we have seen numerous takes on microneedle technology, but researchers in Sweden believe they have come up with a design to top them all, with a patch that...