Treating Sleep Apnea May Reduce Dementia Risk
NewsA new study has found that older adults who received positive airway pressure therapy prescribed for obstructive sleep apnea may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia.
Read moreTick-Borne Brain Disease Could Be Treatable
NewsA new study describes antibodies capable of neutralizing tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). These so-called broadly neutralizing antibodies have shown promise in preventing TBE in mice and could inform the development of better vaccines for humans.
Read moreCRISPRoff: A New Addition to the CRISPR Toolbox
NewsResearchers have described a new gene-editing technology called CRISPRoff that allows researchers to control gene expression with high specificity while leaving the sequence of the DNA unchanged. The method is stable enough to be inherited through hundreds of cell divisions, and is also fully reversible.
Read moreBrain Organoids Show How Viruses Can Impair Development
NewsResearchers have demonstrated that different viruses can lead to brain malformations through diverse mechanisms by using human brain organoid models.
Exploring Functional Neurological Disorder and Vaccines
NewsVideos of people experiencing severe neurological symptoms, including convulsions and difficulty walking, purportedly after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, have surfaced on social media channels. The millions of people watching these videos might conclude that the vaccine is either quite dangerous to produce such symptoms or that the people in the videos are faking their symptoms. Both conclusions are incorrect, according to neurologist and psychiatrist David Perez.
Read moreA Step Closer to a Blood Test for Diagnosing Mood Disorders?
NewsA new study published in Molecular Psychiatry outlines the development of an RNA biomarker-based blood test for distinguishing how severe an individual's depression is, determining the risk of a patient developing severe depression in the future, determining the risk of future bipolar disorder and tailored medication choices for patients.
Read moreTeach Me in 10 Hub Page
ArticleAt Technology Networks we understand the importance of time. That's why we've launched Teach Me in 10 a video series that challenges scientists to present and summarize their research area, a scientific concept, or technology in ten minutes or less.
Read moreThe Long Run: Keeping an Eye on COVID-19 Vaccines
ArticleIn this opinion article, Michael S Kinch seeks to summarize key concerns and opportunities facing COVID-19 vaccines as we look towards the future.
Read moreCombating Challenging Separations With Advanced 2D Liquid Chromatography Technologies
ArticleLiquid chromatography (LC) systems are the backbone of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical laboratories. However, with increasingly complex samples and efficiency pressures, scientists are seeking more confidence in their results. Can innovative two-dimensional LC (2D-LC) systems provide the answer?
Read moreNon-Invasive Biomarker Can Track and Verify Senolytic Drug Efficacy
ArticleIn a new study published in Cell Metabolism, scientists share their discovery of a novel, non-invasive biomarker test that can be utilized to measure and track the performance of senolytic drugs.
Read moreThe Coronavirus Pandemic
ArticleOn December 31, 2019, the first cases of a novel coronavirus were identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Here, we curate a collection of news and content related to what has become the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreAn Overview of Next-Generation Sequencing
ArticleOver the last 56 years, researchers have been developing methods and technologies to assist in the determination of nucleic acid sequences in biological samples. Our ability to sequence DNA and RNA accurately has had a great impact in numerous research fields. This article discusses what next-generation sequencing (NGS) is, advances in the technology and its applications.
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