Genetics
The gene therapy revolution is here
Gene therapy—for so long something that belonged to the future—has just hit the streets.
Jun 5, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
From tragedy, a new potential cancer treatment
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a lethal pediatric brain cancer that often kills within a year of diagnosis. Surgery is almost impossible because of the location of the tumors. Chemotherapy has debilitating side ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Medications
Common diabetes drug can also prevent muscle atrophy and muscular fibrosis
You might not think of diabetes when you think of muscle function. But a common diabetes drug that regulates blood sugar can also prevent muscle atrophy and muscular fibrosis—which can help the elderly bounce back faster ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Smoking and diabetes linked to brain calcifications
People who smoke or have diabetes may be at increased risk of calcifications in a region of the brain crucial to memory, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
Jun 12, 2018
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Neuroscience
White matter hyperintensity load is associated with premature brain aging
A new research paper titled "White matter hyperintensity load is associated with premature brain aging" has been published in Aging.
Dec 22, 2022
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Inflammatory disorders
Study: Metformin and leucine prevent cellular senescence and proteostasis disruption
Aging coincides with the accumulation of senescent cells within skeletal muscle that produce inflammatory products, known as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype, but the relationship of senescent cells to muscle ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Medical research
Study finds new treatment for spinal muscular atrophy safe for infants
Infants as young as five weeks old with the most severe form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) - a leading genetic cause of infant mortality - can be treated safely with nusinersen. This investigational treatment slowed progression ...
Dec 6, 2016
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Medical research
Failure in nerve-fiber navigation corrected in zebrafish model, suggests possibility of drug treatment
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the leading genetic cause of death in children under 2, with no treatment other than supportive care. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at Children's Hospital ...
Jun 6, 2011
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Diabetes
Diabetes duration and severity associated with brain atrophy
Type 2 diabetes may be associated with brain degeneration, according to a new multicenter study published online in the journal Radiology. The study also found that, contrary to common clinical belief, diabetes may not be ...
Apr 29, 2014
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Medical research
Structure that edits messenger RNA transcripts defective in two different forms of motor neuron diseases
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are degenerative motor neuron diseases in which the key mutated genes are involved in RNA metabolism. This similarity suggests that a common dysregulation ...
Apr 26, 2013
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