New trial highlights incremental progress towards a cure for HIV-1

FEBRUARY 13, 2024byUniversity of North Carolina School of MedicineLymphocyte with HIV cluster. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAntiretroviral therapies (ART) stop HIV replication in its tracks

Updated on: March 25,2024

New trial highlights incremental progress towards a cure for HIV-1

FEBRUARY 13, 2024byUniversity of North Carolina School of MedicineLymphocyte with HIV cluster. Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAntiretroviral therapies (ART) stop HIV replication in its tracks

Updated on:March 25,2024

Industrial societies losing healthy gut microbes, finds study

by Ben-Gurion University of the NegevCellulose degrading gut bacteria of hominids across evolutionary time. Previously unknown human gut cellulolytic ruminococcal species are highly prevalent in

Updated on: March 28,2024

Industrial societies losing healthy gut microbes, finds study

by Ben-Gurion University of the NegevCellulose degrading gut bacteria of hominids across evolutionary time. Previously unknown human gut cellulolytic ruminococcal species are highly prevalent in

Updated on:March 28,2024

Study of data from thousands of women suggests ovarian cycle is regulated by circadian rhythm

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressCredit: Puwadon Sang-ngern from PexelsA team of reproductive researchers affiliated with several institutions in France and the U.S. has found that the timing of monthly o

Updated on: April 28,2024

Study of data from thousands of women suggests ovarian cycle is regulated by circadian rhythm

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressCredit: Puwadon Sang-ngern from PexelsA team of reproductive researchers affiliated with several institutions in France and the U.S. has found that the timing of monthly o

Updated on:April 28,2024

Study describes five cutting-edge advances in biomedical engineering

FEBRUARY 27, 2024by Azeem Zeekrya,Mass General BrighamCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for hu

Updated on: March 28,2024

Study describes five cutting-edge advances in biomedical engineering

FEBRUARY 27, 2024by Azeem Zeekrya,Mass General BrighamCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for hu

Updated on:March 28,2024

New antibiotic slays deadly superbug in early trial

by Robin FosterResearchers report that a new type of antibiotic has proved its mettle against a deadly superbug.Acinetobacter baumannii, abacteriathat goes by the nickname CRAB when it bec

Updated on: January 26,2024

New antibiotic slays deadly superbug in early trial

by Robin FosterResearchers report that a new type of antibiotic has proved its mettle against a deadly superbug.Acinetobacter baumannii, abacteriathat goes by the nickname CRAB when it bec

Updated on:January 26,2024

Unlocking the human genome: Innovative machine learning tool predicts functional consequences of genetic variants

byThe Mount Sinai HospitalLoGoFunc identifies harmful (left) and harmless (right) genetic variations in the Vasopressin V2 receptor protein using a structure predicted by AlphaFold2. This helps

Updated on: January 02,2024

Unlocking the human genome: Innovative machine learning tool predicts functional consequences of genetic variants

byThe Mount Sinai HospitalLoGoFunc identifies harmful (left) and harmless (right) genetic variations in the Vasopressin V2 receptor protein using a structure predicted by AlphaFold2. This helps

Updated on:January 02,2024

CRISPR-based mapping uncovers 'switches' for immune genes central to health

byGladstone InstitutesTiling CRISPRi screens map gene-specific CREs across the costimulatory locus. Credit:Nature Genetics(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01743-5Healthy T cells are t

Updated on: May 30,2024

CRISPR-based mapping uncovers 'switches' for immune genes central to health

byGladstone InstitutesTiling CRISPRi screens map gene-specific CREs across the costimulatory locus. Credit:Nature Genetics(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01743-5Healthy T cells are t

Updated on:May 30,2024

Genetic mosaicism more common than thought, study shows

Updated on: May 30,2024

Genetic mosaicism more common than thought, study shows

Updated on:May 30,2024

New research into life-threatening birth defect of the diaphragm

by Birgit Pfeiffer,Leipzig UniversityHypoplastic lungs of human fetuses with CDH have increased macrophage density and up-regulation of inflammatory mediators. Credit:Science Advances&nbsp

Updated on: August 08,2024

New research into life-threatening birth defect of the diaphragm

by Birgit Pfeiffer,Leipzig UniversityHypoplastic lungs of human fetuses with CDH have increased macrophage density and up-regulation of inflammatory mediators. Credit:Science Advances&nbsp

Updated on:August 08,2024

Prefrontal Lobotomy in the Treatment of Mental Disorders (GWU, 1942)

Updated on: November 18,2024

Prefrontal Lobotomy in the Treatment of Mental Disorders (GWU, 1942)

Updated on:November 18,2024

Researchers identify and manipulate neural circuits for risk/reward decision-making in primates

by Spyros Goulas, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBI)Bananas represent the reward and the crocodile represents the risk. The blue path is a low risk-low return decision, while th

Updated on: January 09,2024

Researchers identify and manipulate neural circuits for risk/reward decision-making in primates

by Spyros Goulas, Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBI)Bananas represent the reward and the crocodile represents the risk. The blue path is a low risk-low return decision, while th

Updated on:January 09,2024

Rodents may see moving objects in a way similar to primates, visual cortex study suggests

byInternational School of Advanced Studies (SISSA)To accurately perceive the direction of moving objects, rats could exploit a small but very useful cluster of visual neurons, which seem to work

Updated on: January 10,2024

Rodents may see moving objects in a way similar to primates, visual cortex study suggests

byInternational School of Advanced Studies (SISSA)To accurately perceive the direction of moving objects, rats could exploit a small but very useful cluster of visual neurons, which seem to work

Updated on:January 10,2024