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Researchers use gene editing to tackle facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Roughly 1 out of 15,000 people born suffer from Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), a rare disease that starts with the progressive weakening of facial muscles…
Researchers create viable mice eggs from scratch for the first time
A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions across Japan has created, for the first time, viable mice eggs from scratch using stem…
Researchers overcome winking, napping pigs to prove brain test works
If you’ve ever been to an eye doctor, there’s a good chance you’ve felt the sudden puff of air to the eye that constitutes a…
Researchers use a computer model to explain how children integrate information during word learning
Children learn a huge number of words in the early preschool years. A two-year-old might be able to say just a handful of words, while…
Researchers develop more reliable rapid tests for COVID-19
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have developed two rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 that are nearly as accurate as the…
Researchers discover potential new approach to treating psoriatic joint inflammation
An international team of researchers, led by UC Davis Health, has developed a new therapeutic approach to treating psoriatic arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease affecting…
Researchers find evidence that diet can alter the microbiome to affect breast cancer risk
When people think of microbiome, they typically think about the gut, but there’s also a breast microbiome, and the role it plays in breast health…
Researchers increase life expectancy in mice by an average of 30%
Aging is associated with an overall decline in health and increased frailty, and is a major risk factor for multiple chronic diseases. Frailty syndrome, characterized…
Researchers estimate COVID-19-positive rate in Stockholm during first year of pandemic
By the end of the first year of the pandemic in metropolitan Stockholm, investigators estimate that one-fifth of adults in the region previously had COVID-19.…