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Elephants may Hold Secrets to Long Life

Indiana University researcher Daniella Chusyd is studying human aging in an unlikely way: through elephants.

7 Aug 2023

Environmental Factors Linked With AD Children Aged Between 15 – 35 Months Living in Rural Areas

Children raised in rural environments who spend a lot of time outdoors with some exposure to animals grow to have better regulated immune systems than children living in urban environments, a new study has found.

4 Aug 2023

Mothers Who Eat Herbs in Early Pregnancy Can Protect Their Grandchildren’s Brains, Finds Study

Mothers who eat apples and herbs in early pregnancy could be protecting the brain health of their children and grandchildren, a Monash University study using genetic models has found.

4 Aug 2023

New Proof-of-Concept Model for Delivering Gene Editing Tools to Treat Blood Disorders

In a step forward in the development of genetic medicines, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a proof-of-concept model for delivering gene editing tools to treat blood disorders, allowing for the modification of diseased blood cells directly within the body.

28 Jul 2023

Nasal Swab Proves to Determine the Effectiveness of Antibiotics

According to a recent JAMA study by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, a nasal swab to screen for three types of bacteria can reveal whether or not antibiotics are likely to be beneficial in children with suspected sinusitis.

26 Jul 2023

Researchers Design New Algorithm to Boost Pandemic Preparedness

Immune system researchers have designed a computational tool to boost pandemic preparedness. Scientists can use this new algorithm to compare data from vastly different experiments and better predict how individuals may respond to disease.

26 Jul 2023

New Vaccine Shows Promise in Combating MenB

Investigators from the Universities of Surrey and Oxford have declared that a vaccine candidate that can shield children from Meningococcal group B (MenB), which can cause meningitis, has advanced to clinical development.

19 Jul 2023

New Study Highlights Genetic Variations for a Precision Medicine Approach

There are genetic variations among children with a rare neurodevelopmental disease, according to a new study headed by the Seaver Autism Center for Study and Treatment at Mount Sinai. This discovery could set the path for a precision medicine approach to treating these children.

18 Jul 2023

Scientists Discover Specific Genes Involved in Rare, Life-Threatening Heart Disease

By identifying genes in patients and testing their effects in fruit flies, researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys have found new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a rare, life-threatening heart disease that occurs in infants.

18 Jul 2023

Novel Drug Compound Reduces Sensory Hypersensitivity in Fragile X Mice

Boosting the activity of inhibitory interneurons in Fragile X mice reduced their hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli, according to a new Neuron study led by UCLA Health researchers.

14 Jul 2023

Glucose-Sensing Neurons May Play a Role in Regulating Blood Sugar

The body's blood glucose level needs to be maintained in a relatively narrow range. It cannot be too high, as it can lead to diabetes, and it cannot be too low because it can cause fainting or even death.

12 Jul 2023

Whole Genome Sequencing More Effective Than Targeted Gene Sequencing in Detecting Genetic Disorders

A new national study, led by researchers at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, has found whole genome sequencing (WGS) to be nearly twice as effective as a targeted gene sequencing test at identifying abnormalities responsible for genetic disorders in newborns and infants.

12 Jul 2023

Study Provides More Treatment Options for Severe COVID-19

Two anti-inflammatory drugs, abatacept and infliximab, reduced deaths among patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19, according to a national study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

11 Jul 2023

Mapping Immune Microenvironments in Human Placenta

Until recently, scientific evidence on the ability of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, to replicate in the human placenta has been inconclusive.

10 Jul 2023

Nutrient Tug-of-War Between Tumor and Immune Cells Could Be Targeted for Cancer Therapy

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital found immune and tumor cells compete over glutamine, a major nutrient in their local environment, with significant implications for anti-cancer activity.

6 Jul 2023

Researchers Develop New Way to Genetically Suppress Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes

Malaria remains one of the world's deadliest diseases. Each year malaria infections result in hundreds of thousands of deaths, with the majority of fatalities occurring in children under five.

6 Jul 2023

New Technology can Help Probe the Connections Between the Brain and Gut

The brain and the digestive tract are in constant communication, relaying signals that help to control feeding and other behaviors.

23 Jun 2023

Newly Found Disease Links Disruptions of Blood Formation, Immune System and Inflammation

In the quest to find the origin of the puzzling symptoms in four children, researchers from St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), and the Medical University of Vienna have discovered a completely new disease, linking disruptions of blood formation, the immune system, and inflammation.

22 Jun 2023

Rescue Treatment Found From Plant Extracts for People With Ataxia

A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers have discovered that extracts from plants used by the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations peoples in their traditional botanical medicine practices are able to rescue the function of ion channel proteins carrying mutations that cause human Episodic Ataxia.

22 Jun 2023

New Automated Machine Learning Tool to Design and Interpret Biological Sequences

The amount of data generated by scientists today is massive, thanks to the falling costs of sequencing technology and the increasing amount of available computing power.

22 Jun 2023

Children News and Research

Elephants may Hold Secrets to Long Life

Environmental Factors Linked With AD Children Aged Between 15 – 35 Months Living in Rural Areas

Mothers Who Eat Herbs in Early Pregnancy Can Protect Their Grandchildren’s Brains, Finds Study

New Proof-of-Concept Model for Delivering Gene Editing Tools to Treat Blood Disorders

Nasal Swab Proves to Determine the Effectiveness of Antibiotics

Researchers Design New Algorithm to Boost Pandemic Preparedness

New Vaccine Shows Promise in Combating MenB

New Study Highlights Genetic Variations for a Precision Medicine Approach

Scientists Discover Specific Genes Involved in Rare, Life-Threatening Heart Disease

Novel Drug Compound Reduces Sensory Hypersensitivity in Fragile X Mice

Glucose-Sensing Neurons May Play a Role in Regulating Blood Sugar

Whole Genome Sequencing More Effective Than Targeted Gene Sequencing in Detecting Genetic Disorders

Study Provides More Treatment Options for Severe COVID-19

Mapping Immune Microenvironments in Human Placenta

Nutrient Tug-of-War Between Tumor and Immune Cells Could Be Targeted for Cancer Therapy

Researchers Develop New Way to Genetically Suppress Malaria-Carrying Mosquitoes

New Technology can Help Probe the Connections Between the Brain and Gut

Newly Found Disease Links Disruptions of Blood Formation, Immune System and Inflammation

Rescue Treatment Found From Plant Extracts for People With Ataxia

New Automated Machine Learning Tool to Design and Interpret Biological Sequences

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