Category: Health News
A Test That Can Improve the Quantity of Usable Donor Kidneys Developed by Chinese Researchers
A kidney transplant is the last resort of therapy for patients facing kidney failure. The donor may be deceased or alive. Patients who undergo kidney transplants early enough are …New Drug Zokinvy Slows Down Aging in Progeria Patients
A new drug has been developed against progeria, a rare disease responsible for accelerated aging due to the accumulation of a protein, progerin. By preventing its formation, the new …Yale School of Medicine: Genome Editing Is Crucial to the Future Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Despite further research into the mechanisms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), there is currently no appropriate treatment. DMD, like many other rare genetic disorders, leads to a decline in …UC Santa Barbara Scientists Developed Genetically Modified Mosquitoes That Can’t See Humans
Scientists have just created mutant mosquitoes that cannot see contrasts. Although they are not completely blind, they can no longer find their way to their prey. An original strategy …
CRISPR Technology Could Be Soon Used to Treat Obesity
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have used CRISPR-Cas9 technology, known as “genetic scissors”, to convert white fat cells into brown fat cells that generate heat by burning calories. …Injection of a CRISPR-Cas9 Based Treatment into the Bloodstream May Cure Transthyretin Amyloidosis a Rare Genetic Disease
For the first time, researchers have injected a CRISPR-Cas9 based treatment into the blood of sick patients. This has reduced the concentration of the toxic protein that is responsible …Retron-Derived New Technology Revolutionizes Gene Editing in Human Cells
Genetic editing, the science of inserting, deleting, and replacing genetic sequences in DNA, has been evolving over the years. A research team from Gladstone Institute just discovered a new …