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October 19, 2018, 10:20

Engineered enzyme eliminates nicotine addiction in preclinical tests

Scientists at Scripps Research have successfully tested a potential new smoking-cessation treatment in rodents.

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October 18, 2018, 10:45

Liver-on-a-chip, the ideal test environment for CRISPR

The SCGE program, launched in January 2018, is aimed at improving therapeutic options for both rare and common diseases, including supporting methods to improve editing the human genome.

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October 17, 2018, 10:52

Many cases of dementia may arise from non-inherited DNA ‘spelling mistakes’

Only a small proportion of cases of dementia are thought to be inherited – the cause of the vast majority is unknown.

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October 17, 2018, 10:46

Hearing and visual aids linked to slower age-related memory loss

Hearing aids and cataract surgery are strongly linked to a slower rate of age-related cognitive decline, according to new research by University of Manchester academics.

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October 16, 2018, 13:26

Human Retinas Grown in a Dish Explain How Color Vision Develops

Biologists at Johns Hopkins University grew human retinas from scratch to determine how cells that allow people to see in color are made

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October 15, 2018, 13:10

Vaccinating humans to protect mosquitoes from malaria

Immunized people would transmit anti-malarial proteins to the insects that bite them, reducing spread of the deadly disease

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October 15, 2018, 11:17

Markers of dairy fat consumption linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Higher levels of biomarkers of dairy fat consumption are associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research published today in PLOS Medicine.

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October 01, 2018, 11:52

Mitochondrial diseases could be treated with gene therapy, study suggests

Researchers have developed a genome-editing tool for the potential treatment of mitochondrial diseases: serious and often fatal conditions which affect 1 in 5,000 people.

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