Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
A team of researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University have adapted the CRISPR associated RNA-cutting enzyme, Cas13, to seek out and destroy RNA-based viruses. The adapted…
A paper published in Nature that suggested babies born following treatment with CRISPR would have shorter lifespans has been retracted by the authors due to ‘technical errors’ made during analysis…
A new method of delivering CRISPR has been developed that allows scientists to deliver the gene editing tool into microorganisms and potentially develop highly personalized treatments for a wide range…
Researchers at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM) have characterized a new pathway involved in fibroblast activation and myofibroblast formation, which provides clues as to how pathological fibrosis…
Researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada have identified a potential new drug which controls the inflammatory response in mice and offers protection against heart failure following a heart…
Vaping – the use of e-cigarettes – is believed by many scientists and medical professionals to be safer than smoking, although there is conflicting research on the risks of vaping…
A team of researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco have developed a potential cure for the common cold and a range of other diseases. The…
New research suggests the use of CRISPR to edit mutations in muscle stem cells (MuSCs) could be an effective long-term treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a genetic…
04A new probe has been developed by researchers at Stanford University that combines two imaging techniques to reveal anatomical, functional, and molecular details of the prostate. The probe simultaneously performs…
Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have identified a biomarker for type 1 diabetes using single cell analysis techniques that could be used to diagnose patients during the pre-diabetic stage of…