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COBCAN Highlights Systematic Exclusion of Biologists from Specialist Healthcare Training
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (325+ words) Tenerife Weekly [ad_1] The Official College of Biologists of the Canary Islands (COBCAN) has sent a formal letter to the Canarian Health Minister, highlighting what it calls systematic discrimination against biologists in the allocation of healthcare training positions The college is…...
Large-scale admixture mapping in All of Us reveals cross-population trait
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (603+ words) A new analysis of genetic diversity in the United States is offering researchers a sharper way to investigate why health-related traits differ among populations with different ancestral backgrounds. Published in Nature Communications, the study by R. Mandla, Z. Shi, K....
Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Linked to Metabolic Syndrome in Hispanic and
4+ hour, 44+ min ago (649+ words) A new study is putting a high-tech twist on a long-standing question in health science: does metabolic syndrome accelerate biological aging, or can accelerated biological aging help drive the emergence of metabolic syndrome? Researchers examining Hispanic/Latino adults in the…...
Proteomics Identifies Carboxypeptidase E as Potential Biomarker for
9+ hour, 39+ min ago (551+ words) Synucleinopathies, a group of progressive neurological disorders that includes Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy, may have acquired a new molecular clue. In a study published in npj Parkinson’s Disease, Luan, Wei, Chen and colleagues report…...
New Neuropsychiatric Journal Illuminates Brain-Behavior Links in Mental and
14+ hour, 55+ min ago (626+ words) Despite extraordinary advances in biomedical science, neuropsychiatric disorders continue to impose one of the largest health burdens on societies worldwide. More than 1 billion people are estimated to live with conditions affecting the brain, behavior, mood, cognition, or nervous system, making…...
Scientists Discover and Design Potent Cell-Surface Display Elements
15+ hour, 53+ min ago (610+ words) Cell surface display has become one of biotechnology’s most useful strategies for controlling what cells present to their surroundings. By placing a protein, peptide or antigen on the exterior of a living cell, researchers can create systems for immune-cell activation,…...
OneCell CUT&Tag Maps Chromatin, Transcripts and Surface Markers,
16+ hour, 54+ min ago (669+ words) A new single-cell technology is giving researchers an unusually complete view of how individual cells establish and change their identities. Called OneCell CUT&Tag, the method simultaneously profiles chromatin states, gene activity and cell-surface markers from the same cell, even…...
Self-Healing, Electrically Polarized Hydrogel Advances Biomedical
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (410+ words) Researchers in Japan and Germany have created a self-healing hydrogel whose internal architecture is so precisely organized that it resembles a microscopic plumbing system. Built from a single synthetic peptide, the material forms helical nanofibers containing water-filled channels only a…...
Scientists Engineer Cellular Membrane Transport
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (520+ words) A team at the University of Stuttgart has developed a programmable DNA origami nanosyringe that can mechanically transport molecules across synthetic cell membranes....
Machine Learning May Make Prenatal Genetic Testing More Reliable
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (524+ words) Advances in genome sequencing are opening a new window onto fetal health, allowing clinicians to examine an unborn baby’s DNA for changes associated with genetic and neurodevelopmental conditions. Yet the same technology that can reveal potentially important mutations can also…...