Base Editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer
All other treatments for Alyssa's leukaemia had failed.
So doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital used "base editing" to perform a feat of biological engineering to build her a new living drug.
Six months later the cancer is undetectable, but Alyssa is still being monitored in case it comes back.
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Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer
New way of altering DNA is used to engineer an "exciting", experimental therapy for a 13-year girl.By James Gallagher (BBC News)
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Gut Bacteria Are Linked To Depression
Two studies published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications found a link between several types of bacteria in the gut and depressive symptoms.
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Why Do You Get Sick in the Winter? New Science Points Up Your Nose
New research appears to provide a clearer picture of why cold and flu cases are more common during the winter. The study found evidence that our nose’s innate immune response weakens in colder temperatures, providing some germs a better opportunity to infect the rest of the body.
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Why Do You Get Sick in the Winter? New Science Points Up Your Nose
The nose may be less able to fight off respiratory viruses when it's cold out, researchers have found.Ed Cara (Gizmodo)
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Radical new therapy for Parkinson’s will use stem cell transplants
"Lab-grown nerve cells will replace those destroyed by disease – scientists hope treatment may be available in five years"
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Long Covid: the patient who’s made an app to track symptoms
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Groundbreaking new compound eradicates the MRSA superbug
A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists at the University of Bath in the UK led by Dr Maisem Laabei and Dr Ian Blagbrough.The novel compound – a polyamine – seems to destroy Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium that causes (among other things) deadly Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, by disrupting the pathogen’s cell membrane.
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Groundbreaking new compound eradicates the MRSA superbug
A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists.Joseph Shavit (Brighter Side News)
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FDA approves 1st drug to delay onset of Type 1 diabetes
"The injection was shown in clinical trials to delay onset of insulin-dependent Type 1 diabetes for patients with autoantibody markers of early risk by over two years, with hopes for some that it can delay onset even longer."
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FDA approves 1st drug to delay onset of Type 1 diabetes
Doctors hailed the FDA approval as a "watershed moment."Eric M. Strauss (ABC News)
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Incredible science and medicine!
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