Monthly Archives: Agosto 2018
Scientists for the first time have used CRISPR gene editing to halt the progression...
Scientists for the first time have used CRISPR gene editing to halt the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in a large mammal, according...
A new understanding of one of the body’s immune defence mechanisms could lead to...
A new understanding of one of the body's immune defence mechanisms could lead to the development of novel therapeutic targets for conditions such as...
Rasmussen’s encephalitis : Researchers have succeeded in describing and mastering the mechanisms at work...
Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare autoimmune disease that primarily affects children and can lead to seizures. As the disease is resistant to drug treatments,...
Israel Increases Precision Guided Rocket Arsenal with IMI Systems precision-guided rockets
Israel’s defense ministry has placed a major order for a number of IMI Systems precision-guided rockets and rocket systems to equip the Israel Defense...
Who use both cannabis and nicotine have greater brain connectivity that those who take...
Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas investigated the effects on the brain of concurrent cannabis and nicotine...
A new coded caching scheme to improve online video delivery
Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a new method for coded caching that could improve the delivery of popular video content online.
A research...
Ranolazine (commonly used to treat chest pain; brand name Ranexa) didn’t significantly decrease the...
A clinical trial of more than 1,000 patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) found that the drug ranolazine (commonly used to treat chest pain;...
Fathers play a key role in helping their young daughters overcome loneliness
Fathers play a key role in helping their young daughters overcome loneliness, a new study has found.
Researchers found that girls tended to report less...
Sexually transmitted infections like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis soared to new record highs in...
Sexually transmitted infections like chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis soared to new record highs in the United States last year, public health officials said Tuesday.
The...
Teenagers face quite a challenge in their social spheres- they have a hard time...
Your teenage daughter gets into a shouting match with another kid at school.
It turns out that it may have started over something as simple...
UNSW researchers have discovered a new way to detect cancer
UNSW researchers have discovered a new way to detect ultralow levels of microRNA in a blood sample which could make diagnosis of cancer and...
Chrm1 and Chrm3 : Genes that regulate how much we dream
Sleep is known to re-energize animals and consolidate their memories.
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, a mysterious stage of sleep in which animals dream, is...
Scientists find a new way to attack herpesviruses – Human cytomegalovirus
Human cytomegalovirus is a leading cause of birth defects and transplant failures.
As it's evolved over time, this virus from the herpes family has found...
Same genes associated with the use of cannabis are also associated with certain personality...
A large-scale genetic study found that some of the same genes associated with the use of cannabis are also associated with certain personality types...
How obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and mental performance
Clinicians should consider how the way we think can make us vulnerable to obesity, and how obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and...
