Not a dramatic increase, but a good one.
Loyal, a US biotech startup, has been conducting research and development on LOY-002, a potential drug for extending the lifespan of dogs.
The Guardian reported that the company expects to launch this beef-flavored pill on the market early next year.
The World Health Organization, WHO, has declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus in China, a global health emergency.
The WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus made the announcement at a press conference in Geneva.
WHO’s emergency committee on the epidemic had reportedly met Thursday afternoon and recommended designating the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, PHEIC.
Forget conventional electronics, DNA tech stores data, offers computing functions.
Called “primordial DNA store and compute engine,” the technology could store data securely for thousands of years in commercially available spaces without degrading the information-storing DNA, suggests testing.
In conventional computing technologies, the ways data are stored and processed are compatible with each other, according to researchers. However, in reality, data storage and data processing are done in separate parts of the computer, and modern computers are a network of complex technologies.
The new technology is made possible by using recent developments, which have enabled the creation of soft polymer materials that have unique morphologies.
The multistep process by which phagocytes engulf these deceased cells without eliciting an inflammatory response is called efferocytosis. Despite significant insights into the fundamental mechanisms of efferocytosis, its implications in disorders such as aging and cancer remain elusive. Upon summarizing and analyzing existing studies on efferocytosis, it becomes evident that efferocytosis is our friend in resolving inflammation, yet it transforms into our foe by facilitating tumor development and metastasis. This review illuminates recent discoveries regarding the emerging mechanisms of efferocytosis in clearing apoptotic cells, explores its connections with aging, examines its influence on tumor development and metastasis, and identifies the regulatory factors of efferocytosis within the tumor microenvironment. A comprehensive understanding of these efferocytosis facets offers insights into crucial physiological and pathophysiological processes, paving the way for innovative therapeutic approaches to combat aging and cancer.
Disease X is an as-yet-unknown infection that has the potential to cause large outbreaks or even a pandemic — and it’s among a list of 11 diseases that doctors are most worried about in 2025.
A key brain difference linked to autism has been found for the first time in living people.
Using a sophisticated imaging technology, Yale School of Medicine researchers found that the brains of autistic adults have fewer synapses — crucial junctions between nerve cells and other cells — than the brains of neurotypical individuals: bit.ly/3NK9gGQ Yale.
Autistic brains have fewer synapses compared to neurotypical brains, PET scans show.
Summary: New research reveals that certain cells inactivate one parent’s copy of a gene, leading to a bias in gene activity that may explain why some individuals with disease-causing mutations remain symptom-free. This selective gene inactivation, known as monoallelic expression, affects about 1 in 20 genes and varies between cell types.
The study shows that in families with genetic disorders, the active copy of a gene often determines disease severity. These findings challenge traditional genetic paradigms and suggest new approaches to diagnosing and treating inherited diseases.
In a shocking turn of events, a surgeon operating on a cancer patient managed to contract the deadly disease in what is believed to be an unprecedented case. The doctor was performing surgery on a 32-year-old German man suffering from a rare type of cancer when he accidentally “transplanted” the disease into himself.
This occurred when cells from the patient’s tumor seeped into a cut on the surgeon’s hand. Despite immediate disinfection and bandaging, the 53-year-old medic noticed a hard lump developing at the base of his middle finger five months later.
A hand specialist identified the lump as a malignant tumor genetically identical to cancer suffered by his former patient. Doctors treating him concluded that he had contracted cancer when his patient’s tumor cells seeped into the cut.
In china their resources are getting overwhelmed and it seems to be similar to covid 19. I think it could be another pandemic in weeks globally.
A mysterious virus known as HMPV (human metamnemovirus) is reportedly spreading in China, raising concerns due to its similarities with the COVID-19 outbreak.
