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Researchers reveal a promising target for designing anti-cancer therapies
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Jul, 2021
by Alex Muller
Learning more about a single enzyme linked to many types of this disease could lead to more effective treatments.
Understanding new resting phase of stem cells could help put glioma tumors to sleep
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Jul, 2021
by Alex Muller
"That was an interesting finding from our results, that quiescence itself could be a different biological process," Plaisier says. "It's also a potential point where we could look for new drug treatments. If we could push more cells into that quiescent state, the tumors would become less aggressive."
Google and Harvard map brain connections in unprecedented detail
Posted in Medicine, Science, Software on 6th Jun, 2021
by Alex Muller
The human brain is the most ridiculously complex computer that’s ever existed, and mapping this dense tangle of neurons, synapses and other cells is nigh on impossible. But engineers at Google and Harvard have given it the best shot yet, producing a browsable, searchable 3D map of a small section of human cerebral cortex.
A New Gene Editing Tool Could Rival CRISPR, and Makes Millions of Edits at Once
Posted in Medicine on 5th Jun, 2021
by Alex Muller
This month, a team led by the famed synthetic biologist Dr. George Church at Harvard University hijacked another strange piece of bacteria biology. The result is a powerful tool that can, in theory, simultaneously edit millions of DNA sequences, with a “bar code” to keep track of changes.
CRISPR Treatment Lowered Cholesterol in Monkeys by 60 Percent
Posted in Medicine on 5th Jun, 2021
by Alex Muller
Scientists are working on an “exercise pill” that would be pretty much what it sounds like: you’d take a pill that would cause your body to mimic the chain of events that occurs when you exercise, reaping the same health benefits without having to hit the treadmill or the weight room.