Archive for the ‘genetics’ category: Page 24
Apr 18, 2024
Novel Schizophrenia Insights from Brain Organoids and Genes
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, health, neuroscience
Although schizophrenia can be a very complex illness some new studies show that some major genetic factors could be the cause and then cured much easier through gene therapy.
Summary: Researchers leveraged cutting-edge technology to gain insights into schizophrenia’s neurodevelopmental origins. The researchers grew brain organoids from patients’ skin cells, finding persistent axonal disruptions in those with schizophrenia.
In another study, researchers zeroed in on a schizophrenia risk gene, CYFIP1, revealing its potential role in brain immune cells called microglia and their influence on synaptic pruning – a crucial process for brain health.
Apr 17, 2024
Decoding the Mysteries of Life and the Cosmos: A Journey Through the Last Decade of Science
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: alien life, computing, genetics, science
I found this on NewsBreak: Decoding the Mysteries of Life and the Cosmos: A Journey Through the Last Decade of Science.
By: Jason St Clair.
It’s worth reflecting on the scientific breakthroughs that have shaped our understanding of the universe and ourselves from 2010 to 2019. From the creation of synthetic life to the first glimpse of a black hole, these discoveries remind us of the indomitable human spirit and our unending quest for knowledge.
Apr 14, 2024
Attempting To Slow The Epigenetic Pace Of Aging (13-Test Analysis)
Posted by Mike Lustgarten in categories: genetics, life extension
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Apr 13, 2024
Newly Found Genetic Variant Defends Against Alzheimer’s Disease
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience
Columbia neuroscientists have identified a genetic mutation that fends off Alzheimer’s in people at high risk and could lead to a new way to protect people from the disease.
Apr 12, 2024
Large NIH Grant Supports CRISPR-based Gene Therapy Development for Brain Diseases
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience
If we can prove the concept of this technology in the two diseases we’re studying, we can then apply it to hundreds or thousands of diseases of the brain.
Yong-Hui Jiang, MD, PhD
Yes, please. Huntington disease hopefully.
Apr 12, 2024
Longer-Lived People Have Less Epigenetic Noise
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
A team of researchers has reported in Aging Cell that longer-lived Chinese women have less epigenetic noise in crucial areas of the genome. Order and disorder We have previously reported that the accumulation of epigenetic noise appears […].
Apr 12, 2024
Researchers find the “recipe” for growing new limbs
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
For as long as superheroes have been imagined, there’s been a superhero who can regrow limbs. Other animals (like salamanders and sharks) do it, why couldn’t we? Scientists have also tackled this question because, obviously, humans don’t naturally regrow limbs. But before we move on to regrowing limbs ourselves, we need to understand how other species do it.
In a new study, researchers mapped the proteins that kick off limb creation in mice and chicks, finding that a cocktail of just three proteins performs the initial magic.
“People in the field have known a lot of the proteins critical for limb formation, but we found that there are proteins we missed,” said study co-first author ChangHee Lee, research fellow in genetics in the lab of Cliff Tabin at Harvard Medical School.
Apr 11, 2024
New study finds potential targets at chromosome ends for degenerative disease prevention
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension
We depend on our cells being able to divide and multiply, whether it’s to replace sunburnt skin or replenish our blood supply and recover from injury. Chromosomes, which carry all of our genetic instructions, must be copied in a complete way during cell division. Telomeres, which cap the ends of chromosomes, play a critical role in this cell-renewal process—with a direct bearing on health and disease.
Apr 11, 2024
New treatment approach shows promise in hard-to-treat pediatric cancers
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Researchers have developed a functional precision medicine approach that targets cancer by combining genetic testing with a new way to test individual drugs on tumor samples. The results of the clinical study were published in Nature Medicine.