Archive for the ‘biotech/medical’ category: Page 1889
Oct 26, 2019
Inside the new UPS drone delivery program
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, drones
UPS has launched an airline for life-saving medical deliveries. It’s the FAA’s first-ever approved drone airline, and it’s already being used at a North Carolina hospital campus. Oct. 25, 2019.
Oct 26, 2019
New Biomaterial Developed That Could Be a Treatment for Spinal Cord Injuries
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: biotech/medical
Polymerized estrogen shown to protect nervous system cells. Research could enable improved treatment of spinal cord injuries.
Spinal cord damage that causes paralysis and reduced mobility doesn’t always stop with the initial trauma, but there are few treatment options to halt increased deterioration — and there is no cure. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a promising new biomaterial that could offer targeted treatment to the damaged spinal cord and tissue, preventing further damage.
In research published today (October 23, 2019) in Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team from Rensselaer demonstrated how estrogen — a natural hormone produced in the body — can be polymerized into a slow-releasing biomaterial and applied to nervous system cells to protect those cells and even promote regeneration.
Oct 25, 2019
Intensive DNA search yields 10 genes tied directly to schizophrenia
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience
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Rare genetic variants could point to new treatments for severe psychiatric disorder.
Oct 25, 2019
Researchers Used Green Tea as a ‘Remote Control’ to Activate Cell Therapies for Diabetes
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Scientists have developed a new approach to cell-based therapies that can be triggered by a compound found in green tea.
Oct 25, 2019
New gene editing tool is more powerful than CRISPR and could fix 89% of genetic defects
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics
Oct 25, 2019
The Longevity biotech industry is hitting its stride
Posted by John Davies in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Oct 25, 2019
Lab Tech Accidentally Injects Herself with Smallpox-Related Virus
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
A lab worker in San Diego became infected with a smallpox-related virus, known as the vaccinia virus, after she accidentally stuck her finger with a needle, according to a new report.
The infection caused the tip of the woman’s finger to swell and turn black. Her case is unique because it marks the first time that doctors have used tecovirimat — a recently approved drug for smallpox — to treat a laboratory-acquired infection with vaccinia virus, the report said.
Oct 25, 2019
Here’s How 20 Years of Office Work Will Disfigure the Human Body
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
Emma doesn’t look so great.
Her legs are puffy and covered in varicose veins. Her eyes are flat and dead, and her back looks like she spends her days ringing the bell at Notre-Dame Cathedral.
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Oct 25, 2019
New gene editing technology could correct 89% of genetic defects
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics
Scientists have developed a new gene-editing technology that could potentially correct up to 89% of genetic defects, including those that cause diseases like sickle cell anemia.
The new technique is called “prime editing,” and was developed by researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, who published their findings Monday in the journal Nature.
Prime editing builds on powerful CRISPR gene editing, but is more precise and versatile — it “directly writes new genetic information into a specified DNA site,” according to the paper.
