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Medical Xpress / Experimental drug BNC210 shows early benefits in PTSD trial
Bionomics Limited is reporting that their experimental drug BNC210, a novel α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor modulator, significantly reduced symptom severity in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Medical Xpress / Lentiviral vectors offer gene therapy option for hemophilia A patients with anti-AAV antibodies
Research led by Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, has demonstrated the successful use of lentiviral vectors to deliver gene therapy for patients with severe hemophilia A. The study presents a potential alternative ...
Medical Xpress / Why copper could be key to treating a rare childhood cancer
The survival rate for children with a rare but deadly cancer could one day be improved by adding an existing drug—which is currently used to manage excess copper in the body—to their treatment.
Medical Xpress / Limiting intake of a non-essential amino acid brings surprising benefits in fruit fly study
Feeding female fruit flies a diet low in the amino acid tyrosine improves their ability to endure food shortage, reduces their reproductive output, and causes them to live longer, RIKEN researchers have found. The findings, ...
Medical Xpress / Immune system 'tuning dial' sheds light on why COVID makes some sicker than others
Why does the COVID-19 virus make some people sicker than others? For years, scientists have looked to a critical piece of immune system machinery—known as the interferon pathway—for answers. There, when our cells sense ...
Medical Xpress / Repurposed drug blocks key inflammatory pathways in psoriasis mouse models
A team of skin disease specialists has found that a derivative of the diuretic drug benzamil can be used to block key inflammatory pathways in psoriasis mouse models. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists establish novel link between T cell nutrition and identity
The decision between scrambled eggs or an apple for breakfast probably won't make or break your day. However, for your cells, a decision between similar microscopic nutrients could determine their entire identity. If and ...
Medical Xpress / RNA:DNA 'sandwich' plays key role in behavioral adaptations arising from emotional experiences, research reveals
A team of neuroscience researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina reports in Science the discovery of a new genetic regulatory mechanism involved in behavioral adaptations to emotional experiences in a preclinical ...
Medical Xpress / Analysis challenges claims and understanding of COVID-19-era suicides
In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, University of Michigan researchers dug deeper into the numbers-only data of COVID-19-era suicides and evaluated the narratives contained in reports from coroners, medical ...
Medical Xpress / Slow brain waves and the neocortex: Why deep sleep is helpful for memory
It has been known for nearly 20 years that slow, synchronous electrical waves in the brain during deep sleep support the formation of memories. Why that is, was previously unknown.
Medical Xpress / Key brain mechanism provides new insights into empathy
A specific brain mechanism modulates how animals respond empathetically to others' emotions. This is the latest finding from the research unit Genetics of Cognition, led by Francesco Papaleo, Principal Investigator at the ...
Medical Xpress / An intellectually stimulating lifestyle is key to fighting Huntington's disease, finds study
An intellectually active lifestyle—in other words, the so-called cognitive reserve—has a protective effect on the progression and severity of the symptoms of motor, cognitive and psychiatric impairments in Huntington's ...