Using gene transfer techniques pioneered by University of Florida faculty, Taiwanese doctors have restored some movement in four children bedridden with a rare, life-threatening neurological disease. The first-in-humans achievement may also be helpful …
Autism research in mice has raised the possibility of drugs to treat the condition, BBC news has reported.
The research examined the effect a new drug called GRN-529 had on unusual social behaviour and repetitive motion in mice with autism-like beh…
An experimental medication was found to reduce autism symptoms in mice, resulting in improved social skills and fewer repetitive behaviors, researchers from the NIH (National Institutes of Health) reported. The study has been published in Science Trans…
“Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes and obesity,” according to the BBC, which reported new research showing that changes to normal sleep can cause the body to struggle with contr…
People who have irregular sleep patterns and/or do not sleep enough have a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome and diabetes, researchers from Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, reported in the journal Science T…
If current trends continue, the cost of having one’s genome analyzed will be comparable to that of the weekly supermarket bill. But will this give us the ability to predict which common diseases are likely to afflict us in the future? Well, accordin…
A blood test that can predict whether a person is at high risk of suffering from a heart attack has been developed by researchers at Scripps Translational Science Institute, and published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The test can prov…
“Stem cells beat kidney rejection,” says BBC News. The broadcaster says that an injection of stem cells given alongside a kidney transplant could remove the need for a lifetime of treatment to suppress the immune system.
The news is based on resea…
MicroCHIPS, Inc., a developer of implantable drug delivery devices and biosensors, announces today the results of the first successful human clinical trial with an implantable, wirelessly controlled and programmable microchip-based drug delivery device…
Osteoporosis patients could soon ditch daily injection pens for an implantable microchip that releases medication at the push of a remote-controlled button, reports a new study appearing in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The clinical trial…
