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New molecular pathway identified for early onset coronary artery disease

A novel molecular pathway to explain how a mutation in the gene ACTA2 can cause individuals in their 30s – with normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors -; to develop coronary artery disease has been identified, according to researchers with UTHealth Houston.

7 Jul 2023

Researchers show how communication networks in the tumor microenvironment promote cancer growth

Tumors consist of both the actual, malignant cancer cells and healthy, non-transformed cells in the immediate environment.

7 Jul 2023

Aneuploidy could function as a therapeutic target for cancer

Cancer cells with extra chromosomes depend on those chromosomes for tumor growth, a new Yale study reveals, and eliminating them prevents the cells from forming tumors.

6 Jul 2023

Study offers new insights into why some CAR T-cells persist in children with leukemia

New insights explaining why some children have a longer remission than others after having cutting-edge CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia have been revealed by researchers at UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

6 Jul 2023

New CRISPR-based system could eliminate malaria-carrying mosquitoes

Malaria remains one of the world's deadliest diseases. Each year malaria infections result in hundreds of thousands of deaths, with the majority of fatalities occurring in children under five.

5 Jul 2023

Crunching the numbers: assessing Hungary's reluctance towards entomophagy

Study explores the rate of insect consumption in Hungary over the five years between 2016 and 2021.

4 Jul 2023

Cell therapy using genome-edited iPS cells could be a new treatment for Fabry disease

Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have a great impact on biology and medicine, and they are expected to improve regenerative medicine.

3 Jul 2023

Insights gained from genetically modified pig heart transplantation

Researchers described a genetically engineered pig cardiac xenotransplantation in a 57-year-old male patient.

3 Jul 2023

Myelin can be harmful to axons in multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a serious neurological disease that usually causes permanent disability. Approximately 2.9 million people are affected worldwide, 240,000 in Germany alone.

30 Jun 2023

As low-nicotine cigarettes hit the market, anti-smoking groups press for wider standard

The idea seems simple enough. Preserve all the rituals of smoking: Light up a cigarette, inhale the smoke, including the nasty stuff that can kill you, and exhale.

30 Jun 2023

Advances in influenza research

This interview with Dr. Mohammad S Safiarian, Associate Product Manager at Sino Biological, discusses the advances in influenza research and how effective vaccines are developed.

From Sino Biological Inc. 30 Jun 2023

How New Genomic Techniques can make agricultural production more sustainable

The EU Commission announced the release of a draft proposal for a reformed regulation of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) that is expected to be published in early July 2023.

29 Jun 2023

AI may hold the key to a sharper and more precise DNA scissor technology

Artificial Intelligence may be the key to more precise and effective gene therapy treatments. A new study from Aarhus University has found, that applying AI predictions of protein structures enhances the DNA scissor technology CRISPR, by making the cuts in a patient's DNA more precise.

29 Jun 2023

Gene editing receives higher favorability ratings than GMOs in social and traditional media

Gene editing and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have been topics of significant debate in recent years.

28 Jun 2023

Glioblastoma cells found to have ‘critical point’ between order and disorder

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain cancer. Despite decades of major efforts and clinical trials, the tumor's survival rate has remained stagnant.

28 Jun 2023

New nanoparticle could improve the delivery of mRNA-based vaccines

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle -; an extremely tiny biodegradable container -; that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and vaccines for treating non-infectious diseases including cancer.

28 Jun 2023

Radiation combined with cancer-targeting virus therapy more effective in fighting brain tumors

Combining a cancer-targeting virus with radiation to treat brain cancer in mice was more effective than either therapy on its own according to University of Alberta research, providing hope for new treatments that combine immunotherapy with traditional surgery, chemotherapy or radiation.

20 Jun 2023

Genetic Engineering News and Research

New molecular pathway identified for early onset coronary artery disease

Researchers show how communication networks in the tumor microenvironment promote cancer growth

Aneuploidy could function as a therapeutic target for cancer

Study offers new insights into why some CAR T-cells persist in children with leukemia

New CRISPR-based system could eliminate malaria-carrying mosquitoes

Crunching the numbers: assessing Hungary's reluctance towards entomophagy

Cell therapy using genome-edited iPS cells could be a new treatment for Fabry disease

Insights gained from genetically modified pig heart transplantation

Myelin can be harmful to axons in multiple sclerosis

As low-nicotine cigarettes hit the market, anti-smoking groups press for wider standard

Advances in influenza research

How New Genomic Techniques can make agricultural production more sustainable

AI may hold the key to a sharper and more precise DNA scissor technology

Gene editing receives higher favorability ratings than GMOs in social and traditional media

Glioblastoma cells found to have ‘critical point’ between order and disorder

New nanoparticle could improve the delivery of mRNA-based vaccines

Radiation combined with cancer-targeting virus therapy more effective in fighting brain tumors

Neurodevelopmental disruptions could pave the way for Alzheimer's disease

Scientists develop two novel oral polio vaccines to bolster WHO's push to eradicate polio

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