Spinal muscular atrophy, a disease that leaves babies unable to move, swallow and breath, is caused when a mutated gene can’t produce a protein crucial for the survival of motor neurons, nerve cells in the…
In a new study, researchers have figured out more about how a hormone produced by our bones that affects how we metabolize sugar and fat and more specifically the bone cells that produce them, play…
The past decade has seen an increase in the use of umbilical cord blood for stem cell transplants that can save children with fatal or debilitating diseases. Cord blood is an excellent source of stem…
Spinal injuries affect 2,50,000-5,00,000 people globally every year. According to scientists from the universities of Aberdeen and Oxford, cleaned, sterilized silk from Asian wild silkworms has the properties well suited for spinal cord repair following…
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that the part of the brain associated with daydreaming also allows us to perform tasks on autopilot mode faster and better. A collection of brain regions known…
It is now possible to induce cancer cell suicide without damaging healthy cells. Researchers have found a compound that directly makes cancer cells commit suicide while sparing healthy cells. The new treatment was directed against…
Researchers genetically modified (GM) Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes to develop gut microbiota that combats the malaria parasite. GM mosquitoes successfully mated with wild mosquitoes and passed along their disease-resistant trait. In recent years, one new tool,…
Researchers have engineered an antibody that attacks 99% of HIV strains and can prevent infection in primates. It is built to attack three critical parts of the virus, making it harder for HIV to resist…
Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in St. Louis have transformed skin cells from healthy adults directly into motor neurons without going through a stem cell state. Motor neurons drive muscle contractions…
Researchers have found that our ability to resist yawning when someone else near us yawns is limited. Our urge to yawn is increased if we are instructed to resist yawning. Importantly, they have discovered that…