Rare disease innovation and data sharing accelerated by new RDCA-DAP program
TUCSON, Ariz. and WASHINGTON, September 15, 2021 — The Rare Disease Cures Accelerator-Data and Analytics Platform initiative (RDCA-DAP®) officially launched its ...
Tag: Disease
COVID-19 nasal vaccine candidate effective at preventing disease transmission
Breathe in, breathe out. That’s how easy it is for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to enter your nose. ...
Stem cells model genetic risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease
AD, the most frequent cause of dementia, affects an estimated 24 million people worldwide. With very limited treatment options, scientists ...
Protein from the liver may cause Alzheimer’s disease in the brain
Amyloid protein made in the liver can cause neurodegeneration in the brain, according to a new study in the open-access ...
Stronger lettuce stems are a key part of disease resistance
Lettuce drop is a lettuce disease that results in browning or wilting of leaves, plant collapse, and death. The disease ...
UMass Amherst infectious disease forecaster gets renewed funding
University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician Nicholas Reich, who rose to national prominence for his COVID-19 pandemic forecasting leadership, has received a ...
Children of cancer patients are too often excluded from the disease journey, research shows
Lugano, Switzerland, 13 September 2021 – The announcement of a cancer diagnosis abruptly and durably alters the course of daily life – not just for the person receiving it, ...
USC Institute launches worldwide study of Parkinson’s disease
The USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (USC Stevens INI), part of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, ...
Treatment with gene therapy of a new rat model of Morquio A, a disease with severe skeletal dysplasia and cartilage deterioration
A research team from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has generated the first rat model recapitulating all disabling alterations ...
Gut flora composition and function may impact susceptibility to konzo, a neurological disease caused by world staple crop cassava
Differences between gut flora and genes from konzo-prone regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may affect the release ...
Disease genes help developing brains
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) affects around one to four in every 1,000 unborns, and occurs when the cerebral hemispheres of the forebrain ...
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‘Stealth transmission’ fuels fast spread of coronavirus outbreak
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Metabolism changes with age, just not when you might think
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Chinese case study suggests COVID-19 is not transmitted from pregnant mothers to newborns
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ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may increase the risk of severe COVID-19
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Statins starve cancer cells to death