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Single CRISPR treatment provides long-term benefits in mice | Duke University
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1These images highlight the stark contrast between mouse models of untreated Duchenne muscular dystrophy (left) and those treated with a CRISPR-based genetic therapy after one year (right). On the right, green indicates a higher level of dystrophin gene expression. The dark spots in the inset show T cells from these mice responding to the bacterial Cas9 protein, indicating the presence of an immu ...
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Researchers find trigger that turns strep infections into flesh-eating disease | Houston Methodist
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Scanning electron microscope image of Staphylococcus pyogenes bacteria (pink). Credit: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Feb. 18, 2019 (MedicalXpress) -- Houston Methodist inf ...
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How exercise may protect against Alzheimer's | Columbia University Irving Medical Center
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Credit: CC0 Public DomainFeb. 9, 2019 (MeidcalXpress) -- Athletes know a vigorous workout can release a flood of endorphins: "feel-good" hormones that boost mood. Now there's evidence that exercise p ...
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Simple drug combination creates new neurons from neighboring cells | Jiu-Chao Yin, Gail Mccormick
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A simple treatment using four small molecules converts human astrocytes - a common type of cells in the nervous system - into new neurons, which develop complex structures after four months, as pictu ...
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Anti-cancer virus fits tumor receptor like a 'key in a lock' | Nadishka Jayawardena
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A cryo-EM map of the receptor decorated capsid in which a single protomer was replaced with the atomic model. Seneca Valley Virus capsid proteins are shown in blue, green, and red, and the ANTXR1 rec ...
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Antibiotics are 'avoidable trigger' for bowel disease | Elizabeth Mann
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 25, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Scientists at The University of Manchester have shown for the first time how antibiotics can predispose the gut to avoidable infections that ...
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A call to add a well-being index to national economic measures | Bob Yirka
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 19, 2018 (Phys.org) -- A trio of economists is suggesting that it is time to add a well-being index to national economic measures. Carol Graham with the Brookings Insti ...
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Males have greater reproductive success if they spend more time taking care of kids | Stacy Rosenbaum
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 15, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Males have greater reproductive success if they spend more time taking care of kids -- and not necessarily only their own, according to new resea ...
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Too much sleep bad for brain, study says | Conor Wild
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Credit: University of Western Ontario Oct. 9, 2018 (MedicalXpress) -- Preliminary results from the world's largest sleep study have shown that people who sleep on average between seven to eight hours ...
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Global warming will hike mental health woes, study finds | Nick Obradovich
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Oct. 10, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Mental health problems will increase as temperatures rise due to climate change, a new study warns. The researchers said that over five years, a 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degr ...
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Oysters at risk from changing climate | Yoann Thomas
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Oct. 9, 2018 (Phys.org) -- Climate change's effect on coastal ecosystems is very likely to increase mortality risks of adult oyster populations in the next 20 years. That is ...
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