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Vitamin B3 Has Therapeutic Effect in Progressive Muscle Disease
An international team of scientists, led by University of Helsinki reported that vitamin B3, niacin, has therapeutic effect in progressive muscle disease.
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Insight Into Cancer Cells’ Lack of Contact Inhibition
A new paper provides important new insights into the mechanism underlying contact inhibition.
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Genetic Study Heeds Caution at Excess Coffee Consumption
In a study published in Clinical Nutrition , expert epidemiologist Elina Hyppönen and team at the Australian Centre for Precision Health turned to genetics to dig deeper into the impact of coffee consumption on health outcomes.
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Study Finds Low Proportion of Individuals With Autism Receive Recommended Genetic Tests
A study analyzing data from the Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) found that only 3% of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder reported having fully received clinical genetic tests recommended by medical professional societies.
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Scientists Generate Millions of Mature Human Cells in a Mouse Embryo
A team led by University at Buffalo scientists has developed a method that dramatically ramps up production of mature human cells in mouse embryos. Producing human cells in vivo is critical because cells made in a petri dish often do not behave the same way that cells do in the body.
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How "Dark Matter" Regions of the Genome Affect Inflammatory Diseases
An in-depth study of a region affected by inflammatory disease has revealed a key genetic switch that helps immune responses remain in check.
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Study Suggests Children With Cancer Are Not at Higher Risk of COVID-19 Infection or Morbidity
Researchers from MSK Kids at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center found that children with cancer are not at a higher risk of being affected by COVID-19.
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Parkinson's Patient's Skin Cells Reprogrammed To Replace Lost Brain Cells
Researchers have shown that reprogramming a patient’s own skin cells to replace cells in the brain that are progressively lost during Parkinson’s disease is technically feasible.
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Researchers Create "Assassin" Cells Armed With Anticancer Drugs
Researchers have created a novel integrative cancer therapy using adoptive natural killer cell therapy and chemotherapy.
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Early Alzheimer's Damage Revealed by New Imaging Technique
New imaging technology has allowed scientists to see the widespread loss of brain synapses in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
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