Everything’s good for something. Including, it turns out, 5’ untranslated trinucleotide repeats. In the Feb. 17, 2020, issue of Nature Neuroscience, researchers have demonstrated a role for such repeats in controlling protein levels of fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP).
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Bone or cartilage? Presence of fatty acids determines skeletal stem cell development; A promising new strategy to help broken bones heal faster; Drug cocktail holds promise for spinal injuries.
LONDON – Six weeks on from the initial alert, “the window of opportunity” to control the COVID-19 epidemic is “narrowing,” according to the latest assessment from WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: Study demonstrates time travel possible for pancreatic cancer; Angle’s Parsotix fares well in new study; New technique boosts utility of organoids; Smart microwaves take on breast cancer.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: Using AI to predict heart attacks, stroke; Startup focuses on nano-capsules derived from milk to deliver heart drug; Biotronik sees positive results with ultrathin strut DES.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Therapeutic cooling targets site of newborn brain injury; Boys with inattention-hyperactivity face increased risk for traumatic brain injuries; Nanogold improves MS symptoms; Thanks for the memories, myelin.
LONDON – Six weeks on from the initial alert, “the window of opportunity” to control the COVID-19 epidemic is “narrowing,” according to the latest assessment from World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
BioWorld looks at translational medicine, including: Noncoding RNA protects blood vessel walls; PD-1 blockade interferes with opioid analgesia; T-cell population is biomarker for beta cell function; Glutaminase 1 is NASH target; Oligodendrocyte-neural connections not just about myelin; Sharper look yields new potential kinase target in ovarian cancer; Structural insights could enable specific activation of GPCRs; Autophagy activation may prevent metastasis; AI finds structurally unique antibiotics.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Detailed mapping of breast tumors sheds light on role of genetic variations; Leveraging AI in breast cancer diagnosis; T cell population is biomarker for β-cell function; Oligodendrocyte-neural connections not just about myelin.
Beyond every binary is a more complex reality. And so it is with driver and passenger mutations. The separation of tumor mutations into drivers and passengers underpins much progress in the development of targeted therapies. By looking at passenger mutations more carefully, though, researchers at Yale University have shown that passenger mutations, too, played a role in how tumors progressed.
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