New gene switch may lead to precise treatments for metabolic diseases
ETH researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to ...
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Study finds stem-like T cells key to lasting immune response in cancer, chronic diseases
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Prolonged illnesses like cancer and chronic infections often leave the immune system in a state of ...
Breakthrough in gene-editing with Cas12a for modeling human diseases
Australian cancer researchers are the first to establish a next-generation gene-editing tool for modeling and interrogating human disease. A novel ...
RNAi Biotech Atalanta Unveils $97M to Reach the Clinic in Two Rare Neuro Diseases
Using RNA to interfere with a gene’s expression of disease-causing proteins is a validated therapeutic approach, but so far, the ...
How fruit fly genetics could change the fight against mosquito diseases
How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes. In a new study, ...
Obesity’s Impacts on Our Immune System and Kidney and Liver DiseasesÂ
What are the effects of weight loss on natural killer cell function, our first line of immune defense against cancer, ...
Bird flu shows emerging infectious diseases are national security issue
The advance of H5N1 bird flu reminds us that novel pathogens remain a stubborn threat. Although a full-blown pandemic doesn’t ...
Covid and flu rates rise across the US, according to the CDC | Infectious diseases
The amount of acute respiratory illness causing Americans to seek healthcare is at a high level, according to the Centers ...
Does Fasting Help Autoimmune Diseases?Â
Various fasting regimens have been attempted for inflammatory autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic urticaria, mixed connective-tissue disease, ...
Mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise—here’s how collecting mozzies in your backyard can help science
by Cameron Webb, Craig Williams, Katherine Baldock, Larissa Braz Sousa and Stephen Robert Fricker, The Conversation With hundreds of different ...
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