PIER MARIA FORNASARI

PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-07-28

To become, or not to become… a neuron. Scientists find a factor that makes neural stem cells “deaf” to proliferative signals, turning them into neurons

Researchers led by Pierre Vanderhaeghen and Jérôme Bonnefont (VIB-KU Leuven and ULB), in collaboration with Stein Aerts (VIB KU Leuven) and François Guillemot (Crick Institute), have unraveled a new mechanism controlling the switch between growth and differentiation of neural stem cells during brain development. They discovered a specific factor that makes stem cells ‘deaf’ to proliferative signals,

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-07-28

Some health websites are notoriously misleading: their reliability rated

Source STAT For millions of Americans, including health professionals, the resurgence of measles is a confounding and frightening development. How can a disease declared eliminated nearly two decades ago come back when it can be prevented with a vaccine proven to be safe and effective? But that’s not the reality for those getting their health information from

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-07-28

For Mortality, Busting the Myth of 10 000 Steps per Day

Source JAMA When it comes to living longer, reaching the oft-repeated goal of 10 000 steps per day may not be necessary. Older women who walked more than their peers had lower death rates in a recent observational study in JAMA Internal Medicine, and the mortality benefit was seen with as few as 4400 steps. Why This Matters Most

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-07-28

Liver transplants could be redundant with discovery of new liver cell

Researchers at King’s College London have used single cell RNA sequencing to identify a type of cell that may be able to regenerate liver tissue, treating liver failure without the need for transplants. In a paper published today in Nature Communications, the scientists have identified a new type of cell called a hepatobiliary hybrid progenitor (HHyP), that

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-07-27

Designer Protein Acts as a Switch for Cellular Circuitry

Scientists have invented a synthetic protein designed to control the inner workings of cells. In a pair of papers, published yesterday (July 24) in Nature, the researchers demonstrate how the tool can be used to tweak gene expression, orchestrate protein binding events, and cue functional changes in the cell in response to environmental conditions. “Cells receive stimuli, then have

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-07-27

Hydrogel sticky plaster speeds up wound repair

A new bioinspired adhesive made from a temperature-responsive hydrogel appears to speed up wound healing and so could find use in a wide range of application areas, including regenerative medicine and soft robotics. The material, which works like embryonic skin in that it draws wound edges together by contracting, has already been tested on the

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-07-27

MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore launches new group, boosting cell therapy research

Cell therapies, in which cellular material is injected, grafted, or implanted into a patient to treat a range of illnesses and medical conditions, are a vital and integral component of medicine today — promising treatment of tissue degenerative diseases, cancer, and autoimmune disorders. However, significant challenges currently exist to prevent its widespread adoption, including problems

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-07-26

First in-body CRISPR study set to start in U.S. to treat Leber congenital amaurosis

Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the body to try to cure an inherited form of blindness. People with the disease have normal eyes but lack a gene that converts light into signals to the brain that enable sight. The experimental treatment aims to

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-07-26

Biologists and mathematicians at MIT team up to explore tissue folding

An algorithm developed to study the structure of galaxies helps explain a key feature of embryonic development. As embryos develop, they follow predetermined patterns of tissue folding, so that individuals of the same species end up with nearly identically shaped organs and very similar body shapes. MIT scientists have now discovered a key feature of

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-07-26

Regulating Digital Health: Novartis CEO Seeks Further Modernization

Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan told attendees of PhRMA’s Innovation Day on Thursday that as biopharmaceutical companies embrace digital technologies to speed the discovery and development of new medicines, regulators will have to adapt more quickly. “FDA has been, more than any other regulator in the world, interested in working with these technologies,” Narasimhan said. But

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To become, or not to become… a neuron. Scientists find a factor that makes neural stem cells “deaf” to proliferative signals, turning them into neurons

Some health websites are notoriously misleading: their reliability rated

For Mortality, Busting the Myth of 10 000 Steps per Day

Liver transplants could be redundant with discovery of new liver cell

Designer Protein Acts as a Switch for Cellular Circuitry

Hydrogel sticky plaster speeds up wound repair

MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore launches new group, boosting cell therapy research

First in-body CRISPR study set to start in U.S. to treat Leber congenital amaurosis

Biologists and mathematicians at MIT team up to explore tissue folding

Regulating Digital Health: Novartis CEO Seeks Further Modernization