Neural Network Accurately Predicts Prognosis of Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide and a diagnosis of the condition usually means a relatively poor outlook for patients. The cancer is usually only detected…
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Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients Have a Weaker Immune Response than Symptomatic Patients
One of the mysteries about SARS-CoV-2 is why some patients, even those with no underlying health conditions, become critically ill or die, while others are asymptomatic, even patients classed as…
Detection of Breast Cancer Using Biomarker Found in Tears
A new method of detecting breast cancer has been developed that looks for an exosome biomarker for breast cancer that is found in tears. The technology was developed by a…
CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing Accelerated Using Light-Sensitive Nucleotides
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool is showing great promise for correcting genetic defects, but one problem with this treatment is the speed at which the edits are made, which typically…
Researchers Develop Scaffold that Inhibits MicroRNA Activity to Accelerate Bone Repair
A team of researchers at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences demonstrated inhibition of microRNAs accelerates bone repair by enhancing the regenerative capacity of bone-forming cells. MicroRNAs are…
Natural Killer Immune Cells Edited to Improve Effectiveness at Targeting Cancer Cells
When a foreign invader enters the body, natural killer (NK) cells of the immune system are mobilized and attack the invader, but they are not so effective at attacking and…
Dexamethasone Reduces COVID-19 Mortality Rate by up to One Third for Patients Requiring Oxygen
A large-scale clinical trial in the United Kingdom has shown that the steroid dexamethasone decreases the rate of death in COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen, although the drug has no effect…
DNA Base Editors Used to Correct Gene Mutation that Causes Deafness
A team of researchers has corrected a recessive gene mutation that causes deafness and successfully restored hair cell sensory transduction in mice, giving them partial hearing. The treatment targeted the…
Researchers use Squid Proteins to Control Transparency of Human Cells
Image: Chatterjee et al, Nat. Commun, 2020 Certain cephalopods have the ability to become transparent and make their cells almost invisible, the opalescent inshore squid being one example. That impressive…
Hair-Bearing Human Skin Generated from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School have developed a method of growing human skin organoids that bear hairs entirely from human pluripotent stem cells. The…