Chemical changes to peptide siRNA-carrier enhance gene silencing for future cancer drugs
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers are exploring the use of peptide carriers for the delivery of small RNA drugs as a novel treatment for cancer. The...
Category: Health
Facilitating speech comprehension in rare inherited hearing loss patients
Hearing loss is a disability that affects approximately 5% of the world’s population. Clinically determining the exact site of the lesion is critical for choosing a...
Flu fighter: Nanoparticle-based vaccine effective in preclinical trials
An experimental flu vaccine consisting of billions of tiny spherical sacs that carry infection-fighting proteins throughout the body has proven effective in preclinical studies.
Researcher solves longstanding fallopian tube transport debate
Wei Yan, MD, Ph.D., and his research group have solved a longstanding mystery and scientific debate about the mechanism underlying the gamete and embryo transport within...
How hepatitis C virus evades the immune system
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) may cause chronic infection to the liver, which can result in irreversible liver damage and liver cancer. How HCV manages to evade...
Storytelling reduces pain and stress, and increases oxytocin in hospitalized children
A new study, carried out by the D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) and the Federal University of ABC (UFABC), has shown for the first...
Simple diagnostic tool predicts individual risk of Alzheimer’s
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great...
Specialized inhibitory cluster gates plasticity in fear learning
Has your heart ever started to race at the thought of an upcoming deadline for work? Or has the sight of an unknown object in a...
Weight-loss treatment prevents accumulation of lipid linked to cardiac mortality
Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet, University of Oxford and University of Copenhagen have shown that elevated levels of lipids known as ceramides can be associated with...
Built environments don’t play expected role in weight gain
People don’t gain or lose weight because they live near a fast-food restaurant or supermarket, according to a new study led by the University of Washington....
