Boston University neuroscientist shows that stimulating different parts of the brain can dial up or down a specific memory’s emotional oomph What if scientists could manipulate your brain so that a traumatic memory lost its emotional power over your psyche? Steve Ramirez (CAS’10), a Boston University neuroscientist fascinated by memory, believes that a small structure in the
Source STAT he Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first gene therapy for a type of spinal muscular atrophy, a lifesaving treatment for infants that will also be the most expensive drug in the world. Known as Zolgensma, the gene therapy treats children under 2 years of age with spinal muscular atrophy, an
Source Nature One day before the last parliament dissolved, on 17 April, negotiators signed off on the general outlines of the union’s next giant research programme, known as Horizon Europe, which runs from 2021 to 2027. The EU’s much sought after multi-year research programmes support academic and commercial research across its 28 member states and
For thousand of years humans have been using fermentation as a way of preserving foods and engendering good gut health. A fascinating new study from scientists at the University of Leipzig has discovered that a specific immune function receptor, uniquely evolved in humans and great apes, is triggered by a metabolite from lactic acid bacteria
Source ARM Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Treated Early With Cell Therapy Delivered With BioCardia’s HElix Endocardial Delivery System Improved in Ejection Fraction and NYHA ClassMay 23, 2019 – (BioCardia) – At 12 months, patients with Helix-delivered cell therapy experienced a 7.33 percent imprvement in ejection fraction at 12 months compared to the control group. Helix patients
Activity trackers and mobile phone apps are all the rage, but do they really help users increase and maintain physical activity? A new study has found that one mobile phone app designed for inactive women did help when combined with an activity tracker and personal counseling. Researchers said the findings offer important clues about how
Bone defects caused by various aetiologies, such as trauma, tumours, infection and congenital deformities, together with articular cartilage defects and osteochondral complex defects caused by trauma and degenerative diseases, are common clinical diseases that significantly affect the patient’s quality of life. Repair and regenerating these defects in bone and cartilage is a considerable challenge for
Researchers of the Institute of Neurophysiology and Centre for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne (UKK) and Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Technical University of Dortmund (IfADo) have just published a paper in Trends in Molecular Medicine showing that hiPSC differentiation protocols theoretically offer the prospect of an unlimited supply
Whether hippocampal neurogenesis persists throughout life in the human brain is not fully resolved. Researchers of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA demonstrate in a just published paper on Cell Stem Cell that hippocampal neurogenesis is persistent through the tenth decade of life and is detectable
Meaningful studies are lacking for certain patient groups / Disease-specific registries could help close the data gap The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) has investigated whether patients suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma have (better) chances of recovery when stem cells from another person are transplanted. In its final report now presented,
