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‘Incurable’ Deadly Syndrome May Finally be Treated by New Drug

Healthcare, Medicine, Science / Marcílio Santos

Alagille syndrome is a potentially deadly genetic disorder that affects numerous organs and systems, most notably the liver. Currently, there’s no known treatment for it– however, researchers have now identified a potentially effective therapy. Called NoRA1, the newly developed drug targets the Notch pathway, a cell-level signaling system in the body that is essential for […]

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Another Step Toward an Insulin Tablet

1 Comment / Healthcare, Medicine / Ana Kiesse Zeleme

For the millions of people living with diabetic issues, insulin is a life-saving drug. Unlike many other medicines, however, insulin can not be easily provided by swallowing a pill– it needs to be injected under the skin with a syringe or pump. Scientists have been making steps towards an insulin pill. Now, a group reports

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Doppelgangers Share Similar Genetics and Habits

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A new study by researchers in Spain reveals that human “look-alikes” who have comparable face features also tend to share many genetic resemblances, as well as also share certain lifestyle attributes. The research, released in the journal Cell Reports, gives some insight into the molecular genetic mechanisms that add to building of the face. The

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New Biomarker Test Can Spot Alzheimer’s Neurodegeneration in Blood

1 Comment / Medicine, Neuroscience / Kialanda Luvumbu

A team of neuroscientists led by a College of Pittsburgh Institution of Medicine scientist created a test to spot a new marker of Alzheimer’s illness neurodegeneration in a blood sample. A research on their outcomes was released today in Brain. New Biomarker The biomarker, named brain-derived tau, or BD-tau, outperforms current blood diagnostic examinations used

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We All Lose Our Memory Sometimes

Healthcare, Medicine, Science / Ana Kiesse Zeleme

You’ve driven home from work along the same course for the past five years. However, lately, you’ve been stopping at the same intersection, struggling to remember if you must turn left or right. Many occasions in everyday life could make us question whether lapses in memory are common, a sign of cognitive decline, or even

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Eye Implant Performed From Pig Skin Reverses Blindness in 14 Individuals

2 Comments / Healthcare, Medicine, Science / Kialanda Luvumbu

An artificial cornea made from pig skin might end our reliance on human donors and provide millions of individuals worldwide back their sight. The Challenge The cornea is a hard, transparent layer of tissue which covers the front side of the eye. It aids focus light on the retina, and if it is damaged by

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Proof Suggests Pandemic Came From Nature, Not a Laboratory, Panel Says

1 Comment / Healthcare, Medicine / Kialanda Luvumbu

The acrimonious disscussion over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic flared up again this week with a report from a specialist panel concluding that SARS-CoV-2 likely spread naturally in a zoonotic jump from an animal to humans– without help from a laboratory. “Our paper recognizes that there are various possible origins; however, the proof towards

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A Current Gene Therapy Method Improves Night Vision in Adults with Congenital Blindness, Scientists Suggest

1 Comment / Biology, Healthcare, Science / Salomão André

University of Pennsylvania researchers’ ground-breaking form to develop night vision in grown-ups with congenital blindness will bring one spurt to ophthalmology: a gene therapy. As UPenn stated, adults with a genetic way of childhood-onset blindness experienced striking recoveries of night vision within days of receiving experimental gene treatment, according to scientists at the Scheie Eye

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AI Is Able To Spot Diseases Before Symptons Appear

Medicine, Science / Ana Kiesse Zeleme

An early diagnosis means early treatment and a better chance of a positive result. Patient end results are often better when a disease is diagnosed and also cured early; however, some diseases do not trigger symptons until a patient is already sick– ovarian cancer, for instance, can go undiscovered for ten years or more, providing

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A Memory Prosthesis Can Restore Memory in Individuals with Damaged Brains

2 Comments / Anatomy, Healthcare, Medicine, Science / Kialanda Luvumbu

Brain electrodes developed to mimic the hippocampus appear to increase the encoding of memories– and are two times as effective in people with bad memory. A singular form of brain stimulation seems to boost people’s capability to remember new details– by imitating how our brains create memories. Memory prosthesis The “memory prosthesis,” which includes putting

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