Inflammatory bowel disease, which includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, has long been considered a modern condition of the industrialized West, with cases steadily increasing in North America and Europe throughout the 20th century. New…
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Diagnosing Parkinson’s using a blood-based genetic signature
Parkinson’s disease is best known for its effects on the central nervous system. In addition, recent scientific advances generally emphasize the role of the immune system in the presence and development of the disease.
In a study published today…
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Can Algorithms Revamp Love? The Neurobiology Behind AI-Driven Bonding
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – MARCH 18. Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images.
Love may be timeless, but the ways we fall into it (or swipe right for it) are anything but. As artificial intelligence redefines human interactions, one…
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eBook – Understanding mass photometry: A Handbook for All
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SIGN INStruggling with biomolecular and viral vector analytical characterization…
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Hinge May Herald A New Wave Of Digital Health IPOs
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at how Hinge Health’s successful IPO may be a trendsetter, Indian billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s ‘biosimilars’ business, RFK’s changes to Covid vaccine guidance and more. To get it in…
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Bed bugs are most likely the first human pest, new research shows
Ever since a few enterprising bed bugs hopped off a bat and attached themselves to a Neanderthal walking out of a cave 60,000 years ago, bed bugs have enjoyed a thriving relationship with their human hosts.
Not so for the unadventurous bed bugs…
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Nearly five million seized seahorses just ‘tip of the iceberg’ in global wildlife smuggling
Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, according to a new study that warns the scale of the trade is far larger than current data suggest.
Published today in…
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Researchers engineer a herpes virus to turn on T cells for immunotherapy
Recent research points to the potential utility of a familiar sounding foe-herpes virus-in the fight against cancer.
The idea: the virus has evolved to commandeer cellular machinery in order activate signaling pathways inside cells and these…
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New AI tool reveals single-cell structure of chromosomes — in 3D
In a major leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, two scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool that can predict the 3D shape of chromosomes inside individual cells — helping…
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Personalized gene editing saved a baby, but the tech’s future is uncertain
When a baby born in Philadelphia was announced as the first person to get a gene therapy designed just for him, many people hailed the achievement as a starting point to treat virtually any genetic disease.
But there is a long road…
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