Scientists identify epigenetic key that 'opens' door to colon cancer
A gene called high mobility group A1 (HMGA1) may be the key that opens the door to the development of colon cancer, according ...
Harvard Medical School21h
Creating the World’s First CRISPR Medicine, for Sickle Cell Disease
In December 2023, through the development efforts of CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, their decades-long ...
Meta’s brain-to-text tech is here. We are not remotely ready.
Shortly after Musk co-founded Neuralink — the company that’s put chips in three human brains, and counting — in 2016, Meta (then Facebook) also ventured into neurotechnology research, announcing plans ...
High-cost sickle cell gene therapies push insurers and Medicaid programs to find new payment models
The high cost of sickle cell gene therapies is pushing private insurers and Medicaid programs to develop new payment models.
Science Daily3d
A new switch for the cell therapies of the future
Researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to the skin. One day, researchers want to use switches of this kind to ...
Antibody therapy shrinks immunotherapy-resistant lung cancer tumors in mice
An investigational therapy significantly shrank lung cancer tumors that are notoriously resistant to treatment by encouraging ...
News Medical3d
New gene switch may lead to precise treatments for metabolic diseases
ETH researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch applied to the skin.
The Secret to Healthy Aging? Scientists Uncover the Power of Selenoproteins
A research team from Osaka University investigates the impact of antioxidant enzymes on specific cell types and their role in ...