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Gene Medication to Treat Spinal Cord Injury
After several months of gene medication treatment, rodents were able to use previously paralyzed limbs, a study has found.
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Making Sense of Your Sweat Data
While a lot of research has been directed at developing continuous sensing technologies, less effort has been directed to understanding the physiology of biofluid secretion.
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Dormant Viruses Activate During Spaceflight – NASA Investigates
Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, according to NASA research published in Frontiers in Microbiology.
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Absorbable Antibiotic Envelope Can Cut Cardiac Device Infections
An absorbable, antibiotic-eluting envelope implanted when implanting cardiac devices like pacemakers and defibrillators can cut the rate of major infections by 40 percent.
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Blood Test Distinguishes Fibromyalgia From Other Inflammatory Conditions
A blood test for fibromyalgia would be a relief for millions of people living with the poorly-understood condition, which is characterized by many symptoms including chronic widespread pain, sleep problems, and fatigue.
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Genomic Landscape of Pediatric Cancers
Researchers survey the landscape of genetics in pediatric cancer and present opportunities for using genomic information to advance a new era of care for children with cancer.
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Heart Drug Associated With Increased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
A drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure and angina (chest pain) is associated with an increased risk of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest, according to results from the European Sudden Cardiac Arrest network (ESCAPE-NET).
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A DNA Switch for Whole-body Regeneration
A team of researchers are shedding new light on the mechanisms behind regeneration in animals, and have uncovered a number of DNA switches that appear to control genes for whole-body regeneration.
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Painkillers During Pregnancy Unlikely to Cause Asthma in Children
A Queen Mary University of London study of almost 500,000 women indicates that taking paracetamol or other painkillers during pregnancy is not responsible for increasing the risk of asthma in children.
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Muscle Stem Cell Proliferation Regulated by Oscillatory Gene Expression
Periodic fluctuations in gene expression, which was previously only known to occur in neural stem cells, has been identified in muscle stem cells. This oscillation is thought to be crucial in helping maintain muscle stem cell numbers.
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