Computational models examine how sleep encodes new memories while preventing damage to old ones UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO From lowering your risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease to improving your concentration and overall daily performance, sleep has been proven to play a critical role in our health. In a new study, researchers at...
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UCI researchers publish new guide for viral tracers in neural circuit mapping
Center for Neural Circuit Mapping established to disseminate molecular tools to the worldwide neuroscience community UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – IRVINE XU ET AL. REVIEW AND EVALUATE GENETICALLY MODIFIED VIRUSES DEVELOPED FOR NEURAL CIRCUIT MAPPING, INCLUDING HERPESVIRUS, RABIES VIRUS, ADENOVIRUSES, LENTIVIRUSES, AND ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUSES.view more CREDIT: UCI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Irvine, CA – August 4, 2020...
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RNA scientists advance early detection of Duchene muscular dystrophy
by University at Albany The devastating effects of Duchene muscular dystrophy (DMD) can be mitigated if detection takes place in early childhood. Sadly, early diagnosis is rare. Now, University RNA researchers have discovered a novel method that could solve this long-standing problem. The research team, from the UAlbany laboratories Professor Igor Lednev of Chemistry and...
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Identification of a new mechanism in the immune system provides knowledge about diseases
by Aarhus University PaludanDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University Credit: Lars Kruse/Aarhus University An active immune system protects against diseases and infections. An overactive immune system is the body’s worst enemy. One example of this is multiple sclerosis, which is a so-called autoimmune disease, while an overactive immune system also leads to some COVID-19 patients becoming...
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Scientists accelerate progress in preventing drug resistance in lung and pancreas cancers
by Huntsman Cancer Institute Scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah report today the development of new models to study molecular characteristics of tumors of the lung and pancreas that are driven by mutations in a gene named NTRK1. The findings were published today in the journal Cell Reports. Credit: Huntsman Cancer...
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Scientists discover that a normal DNA repair process can become a major source of mutations in cancer
by Institute for Research in Biomedicine – IRB Hypermutation is an unusual occurence that can lead to many nearby mutations at once, severely damaging our genetic material and potentially causing cancer. The best known type of local hypermutation, called a mutation shower or thunderstorm, is quite uncommon and it leads to many mutations accumulated in...
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Lung Link
Harvard Medical School researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital will soon begin testing an existing drug, dornase alfa, in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and respiratory failure. The randomized, controlled clinical trial aims to enroll 60 adults and children over age 3 who require mechanical ventilation. Dornase alfa, also known as...
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Penis microbiota predicts if a man’s female partner will develop bacterial vaginosis
Bacterial vaginosis is triggered by BV-related bacteria present in some men’s penile microbiome FRONTIERS Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is an infection affecting more than 20% of women worldwide. Caused by a change in the natural balance of the vaginal microbiota, this infection can lead to adverse outcomes in pregnancy as well as more susceptibility to sexually...
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Implantable transmitter provides wireless option for biomedical devices
PURDUE UNIVERSITY A PURDUE UNIVERSITY TEAM DEVELOPED A FULLY IMPLANTABLE TRANSMITTER CHIP FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NODES AND BIOMEDICAL DEVICES. view more CREDIT: HANSRAJ BHAMRA/PURDUE UNIVERSITY WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in implantable devices and other wearable products such as smart watches to improve biomedical devices,...
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Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety
How does measuring our sleep, exercise and heart rates using various apps and fitness watches affect us? Self-quantifying may better the understanding of our individual health, but according to a new study, it also gives rise to anxiety. The researchers h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN PRINT E-MAIL Is my heart beating slightly fast? Is a heart...