Academia
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them from gene therapy for cholesterol to kidney disease and more.
A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology (IMCB) in Singapore, along with the Mayo Clinic, identified a key epigenetic protein called H3.3 that helps convert skin cells into other types of cells via cellular reprogramming.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week. Here’s a look at just a few of them.
As part of its effort to promote STEM research in the state of Iowa, the Biotechnology Outreach Education Center, part of Iowa State’s Office of Biotechnology, hosts workshops to train educators and “boost biotech in the classroom.”
Andrew Huberman, researcher in the Stanford University Department of Neurobiology, is taking an unusual approach to investigating possible treatments for glaucoma and anxiety disorders—virtual reality.
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the U.S. There are approximately 300,000 cases diagnosed each year. Yet it is a disease that affects people very differently and often stymies both diagnosis and treatment.
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai evaluated data on the brains of people and found higher levels of herpes virus in the Alzheimer’s patients.
There are plenty of great scientific research stories out this week including a possible cure for diabetes, healing spinal injury and more.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Emmanuelle Charpentier, co-founder of ERS Genomics, the University of California and University of Vienna, their first U.S. patent covering the use of CRISPR/Cas9 for gene editing.
From CRISPR to spider silk there are some great scientific research stories out this week.
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