The wait time for a heart transplant is long — from many months to over a year. Some patients will never get the transplant they need.

But researchers may have come up with an artificial heart solution: a titanium, pumpless, device with spinning magnets — and it looks nothing like a bonafide heart.

The problem: Heart failure affects over six million people every year in the U.S., and treatment options are slim. Medication can help, but some people need a heart transplant for a full recovery. Still, donor hearts are hard to come by. The number of people who need a heart far exceeds what’s available. And, donor hearts aren’t one-size-fits-all. The blood type and size need to be just right.

Research on regulatory T cells is building towards a durable and long-lasting treatment for many solid cancers.

Canadian scientists have established for the first time a new mechanism and role for LDL in the development of type 2 diabetes, beyond its traditional role in the development of cardiovascular disease in humans.

Announced today for World Diabetes Day, the work was carried out by Université de Montréal professor May Faraj, director of the nutrition, lipoproteins and cardiometabolic diseases research unit at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute.

Her study, titled “Native low-density lipoproteins are priming signals of the NLRP3 inflammasome/interleukin1β pathway in human adipose tissue and macrophages,” is published in Scientific Reports.

In CRISPR-Cas and related nuclease-mediated genome editing, target recognition is based on guide RNAs (gRNAs) that are complementary to selected DNA regions. While single site targeting is fundamental for localized genome editing, targeting to expanded and multiple chromosome elements is desirable for various biological applications such as genome mapping and epigenome editing that make use of different fusion proteins with enzymatically dead Cas9. The current gRNA design tools are not suitable for this task, as these are optimized for defining single gRNAs for unique loci. Here, we introduce CRISPR-broad, a standalone, open-source application that defines gRNAs with multiple but specific targets in large continuous or spread regions of the genome, as defined by the user.

“Our study demonstrates how telemedicine successfully integrates medical and behavioral treatment.”

The practice of providing medical services remotely via telecommunications technology is known as telemedicine.

---

I going to make a greatest artwork as I can, by my head, my hand and by my mind/iStock.

The practice has gained prominence, especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, for its ability to provide more accessible and convenient healthcare services. Now, a new study conducted on 12 opioid treatment programs is finding that it may be more successful at treating patients than more conventional approaches such as offsite referrals.

The device could one day be used for longer durations inside the body and used to power cells cells that target chronic diseases as well.

---

Ignatiev/iStock.

In 2021, the research team earned a $33 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop an implantable “living pharmacy” to control the sleep and wake cycles inside the body. In this approach, researchers implant living cells inside the body that produce the necessary therapeutics, freeing the individual from taking medicines.