Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Genetically modifying immune system cells to combat autoimmune diseases or attack cancer cells could one day be a powerful immunotherapy treatment option; however, attempts to edit cells in the innate…
When muscles are damaged due to a lack of oxygen – ischemia – regenerating the muscles can be a challenge. Studies have been conducted to determine whether stem cell treatments…
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool allows the editing of genes with a high level of precision, but advances have been made that allow even greater control of when the edits…
Treating patients with malignant brain tumors is particularly challenging. While it may be possible to have tumors surgically removed, it is a complex procedure and it is often not possible…
A machine-learning algorithm has been developed to help find new antibiotics and has succeeded in identifying a molecule that has powerful antibiotic properties and can kill several types of bacteria…