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Researchers in China have successfully restored the vision of mice with retinitis pigmentosa, one of the major causes of blindness in humans. The study, to be published March 17 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, uses a new, highly versatile…
In a recent study published in Micromachines, researchers assessed the efficiency of a genetic decoding system for diagnosing non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Study: Intelligent Genetic Decoding System Based on Nucleic Acid Isothermal Amplification for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Diagnosis.…
To date, no effective therapy is available for patients with thyroid carcinoma (TC). In most cases, TC metastases fail to express the sodium/iodine symporter (NIS) and do not respond to radioactive iodine, an efficient non-invasive treatment for TC. Hence, there…
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have uncovered a potential new approach against liver cancer that could lead to the development of a new class of anticancer drugs. In a series of experiments…
Several vaccines for the human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are currently in the works. But their efficacy could be challenged by one property of the virus that makes it hard to catch. A recent study published in the journal Virus…
Individuals with Type 1 diabetes have a smaller pancreas than people without diabetes. This is surprising because insulin-producing beta cells account for just a small fraction of the pancreas, so the loss of beta cells in Type 1 diabetes would…
The enzyme TBK1 is an important component of the innate immune system that plays a critical role in the defense against viruses. Upon mutation-induced loss of TBK1 function, patients show an increased susceptibility to viral infections. Strikingly, if TBK1 is…
Researchers from the group of Eva van Rooij in collaboration with the UMC Utrecht identified a new mutation that leads to the cardiac disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). They assessed the effect of this mutation on heart muscle cells and obtained…
Our bodies are made up of 60,000 miles of complex pipes that play a vital role in transporting nutrients throughout our bodies, performing waste disposal, and supplying our organs with fresh oxygen and blood. Vascular malformations (VMs) are a group…
Although genetic mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 are associated with a younger onset of breast and ovarian cancer, women with these genetic mutations continue to face a high risk of cancer incidence after age 50, even if they have not…
