An international consortium of thousands of scientists is creating the Human Cell Atlas, a three-dimensional map of all the cells in the body. The goal is to understand all the cells that make up human tissues, organs and systems, which will enable multiple medical applications. This collection of cell maps is openly available for navigation at single-cell resolution, identified through omics analyses that reveal the tridimensional distribution of each cell.
An international consortium of thousands of scientists is creating the Human Cell Atlas, a three-dimensional map of all the cells in the body. The goal is to understand all the cells that make up human tissues, organs and systems, which will enable multiple medical applications. This collection of cell maps is openly available for navigation at single-cell resolution, identified through omics analyses that reveal the tridimensional distribution of each cell.
Abionic SA received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its in vitro diagnostic Capsule pancreatic stone protein (PSP) sepsis test. Produced by the pancreas and immune cells, PSP provides an early biomarker for sepsis that could push back detection of deadly condition by 24 to 48 hours.
Researchers from Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA published new clinical data for CHF-6467, a recombinant modified form of human nerve growth factor (NGF), being evaluated for the treatment of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).
The map of the human brain is not a static image of the cellular architecture of the central nervous system (CNS). Throughout life, all living beings are born, develop and age. The brain of pregnant mothers reflects a dynamic that modifies this general picture. A collaboration of scientists from the University of California has studied the changes in the adult brain during pregnancy and observed that a large part of it adapts during the development of the fetus.
Seoul, South Korea-based Neudive Inc. is advancing a game-like digital therapeutic called Buddy-in as a software solution for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder to practice and improve social skills.
Researchers from Royal Children's Hospital, the University of Melbourne and affiliated organizations published data from a study that aimed to investigate the potential of benfotiamine, which is a lipid soluble precursor to thiamine, for the treatment of inflammation related dystrophic pathology in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
Medannex Ltd. has been awarded an Innovate UK grant to fund a £313,000 (US$403,000) project developing a new treatment for pediatric osteosarcoma. Innovate UK will fund £231,000 (US$297,000) of the project costs, with the remainder financed by Medannex.
One of the most common causes of adverse neurological disabilities in newborns is neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is the standard therapy, but it is not efficient in all cases. Cannabinoids have raised interest as therapeutics as they are neuroprotective.