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Vultures and warthogs and bats, oh my!

Israeli startup goes bio(me)-prospecting in wild animals

March 26, 2021
By Anette Breindl
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The animal world is full of species that can perform astonishing, and sometimes disgusting, feats. Take vultures, for example. “They eat this rotten meat that is full of pathogens and toxins, and they stay healthy,” Neta Raab told BioWorld. Raab is the co-founder and CEO of Wild Biotech Ltd., an Israeli startup that is seeking to understand gut microbiome contributions to these animal superpowers, and harness them for therapeutic use.
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BioWorld MedTech’s Neurology Extra for March 26, 2021

March 26, 2021
By Andrea Applegate and Anette Breindl
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Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: New discovery improves DBS effects in Parkinson’s; Women accumulate Alzheimer’s-related protein faster; Brain cell alcohol metabolism affects behavior, addiction; Lipopolysaccharides induce neural repair sweet spot.
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Endocannabinoids act on astrocytes to prevent tremor

March 26, 2021
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Investigators at the department of neuroscience at the faculty of health and medical sciences at the University of Copenhagen have discovered the mechanism of action of a synthetic cannabinoid derivative on spinal astrocytes for reduction of pathological tremors.
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BioWorld MedTech’s Diagnostics Extra for March 25, 2021

March 25, 2021
By Meg Bryant
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Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Review highlights differences in accuracy of COVID-19 rapid tests; Likelihood of disease from hidden genetic defects; Confocal PET enables color differentiation of PET tracers in preclinical imaging.
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Juvenile king penguin
Vultures and warthogs and bats, oh my!

Israeli startup goes bio(me)-prospecting in wild animals

March 25, 2021
By Anette Breindl
No Comments
The animal world is full of species that can perform astonishing, and sometimes disgusting, feats. Take vultures, for example. “They eat this rotten meat that is full of pathogens and toxins, and they stay healthy,” Neta Raab told BioWorld. Raab is the co-founder and CEO of Wild Biotech Ltd., an Israeli startup that is seeking to understand gut microbiome contributions to these animal superpowers, and harness them for therapeutic use.
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Microvesicles promote infarct recovery in primates

March 25, 2021
By John Fox
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A Chinese study has shown that small extracellular vesicles produced by microRNA-overexpressing mesenchymal stem cells improved cardiac function, reduced infarct size and promoted angiogenesis without arrhythmia in nonhuman primate models of myocardial infarction.
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Cholesterol-independent heart disease risk gene

March 25, 2021
By Anette Breindl
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BioWorld looks at translational medicine, including: Ultrarare variants give insights into schizophrenia; T-cell ‘auto-aggression’ causes liver damage in NASH; Engineered myeloid cells prevent pro-metastatic microenvironments.
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BioWorld MedTech’s Orthopedics Extra for March 24, 2021

March 24, 2021
By Holland Johnson
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Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: TKR a cost-effective treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis; Nonsurgical treatment quickly reduces arthritis knee pain and improves function; Inflammation and pressure-sensing leads to 'feed-forward' loop in osteoarthritis.
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GAUSS identifies subsets, improves UK Biobank interpretation

March 24, 2021
By John Fox
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A study by Korean and U.S. geneticists has demonstrated that the newly developed Gene set analysis Association Using Sparse Signals (GAUSS) is more powerful than existing methods for detecting phenotype-associated gene sets and facilitating interpretation of gene set analysis results.
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Induced blastocysts are model for earliest development stages

March 23, 2021
By Nuala Moran
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LONDON – The alchemy of induced pluripotent cells has broken another barrier, delivering a model of the earliest preimplantation stages of human development, when fertilized eggs form a blastocyst.
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