A key brain region for substance use disorders now has a searchable atlas of...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In a work of systematic biology that advances the field, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have identified 16 distinct cell populations in a complex area of the midbrain called the...
Methane from waste should not be wasted: Exploring landfill ecosystems
Each year, humans across the globe produce billions of tons of solid waste. Roughly 70% of this refuse ends up deposited in landfills, where it slowly decays. Yet, what may seem an inert accumulation...
Sangamo Advances Kidney Transplant Cell Therapy into the Clinic
CEO Sandy Macrae, PhD, told GEN Edge that Sangamo plans to dose a total of nine patients. The second patient is expected to be dosed by the middle of 2022. Dosing of patients occurs...
PTSD Dampened by Modulating Excitatory Neuroreceptor in Mice
Experiencing a traumatic event such as violence or disaster can cause recurring flashbacks, anxiety, fear, and impaired cognition, collectively diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although a variety of antidepressants and cognitive behavioral therapy...
Study: How do we reach ‘food security? Biotechnology is key – Genetic Literacy Project
Global warming causes a range of negative impacts on plants especially due to rapid changes in temperatures, alterations of rainfall patterns, floods or drought conditions, and outbreaks of pests and diseases.
These, in turn,...
Key signaling pathway in immune cells could be new Alzheimer’s target
Inhibiting an important signaling pathway in brain-resident immune cells may calm brain inflammation and thereby slow the disease process in Alzheimer’s and some other neurodegenerative diseases, suggests a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators....
Maia Biotechnology Looks To IPO For Cancer Treatment Development – Seeking Alpha
gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty ImagesA Quick Take On Maia Biotechnology Maia Biotechnology (MAIA) has filed to raise an undisclosed amount in an IPO of its common stock, according to an S-1 registration...
WVU researcher develops data-driven approach to help reduce drug costs and treat diseases
A new data-driven mechanistic approach that predicts cell types within tissue will help to reduce drug costs and treat diseases that were difficult to develop drugs for, according to a West Virginia University scientist.
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Alzheimer’s and Other Tauopathies May Depend on RNA Surveillance
Postmortem analysis of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, one of nearly 20 neurodegenerative diseases marked by tangled deposits of a protein called tau on neurofibrils, show curious invaginations of nuclear membranes and impaired RNA processing...
Alzheimer’s and Other Tauopathies May Depend on RNA Surveillance
Postmortem analysis of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, one of nearly 20 neurodegenerative diseases marked by tangled deposits of a protein called tau on neurofibrils, show curious invaginations of nuclear membranes and impaired RNA processing...
