Blood test can now diagnose Glut1 deficiency syndrome
Glut1 deficiency syndrome is a rare and disabling neurological disease still relatively unknown to the medical community. A mutation in the SLC2A1 gene in affected patients causes the glucose transporter GLUT1 to malfunction. Since this transporter is responsible for the…
Engineering molecular interactions with machine learning
In 2019, scientists in the joint School of Engineering and School of Life Sciences Laboratory of Protein Design and Immunoengineering (LPDI) led by Bruno Correia developed MaSIF: a machine learning-driven method for scanning millions of protein surfaces within minutes to…
Can Science Help in Vaccine Hesitancy ?
South Carolina residents were more hesitant than Americans as a whole to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during the fall of 2020, report researchers in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in the Journal of…
Study finds similar association of progestogen-only and combined hormonal contraceptives with breast cancer risk
There is a relative increase of 20% to 30% in breast cancer risk associated with both combined and progesterone-only contraceptives, whatever the mode of delivery, though with five years of use, the 15-year absolute excess incidence is at most 265…
The Viral Amazon Snake Cat: Real or Fake?
The social media is going insane after finding this mysterious creature apparently called as “Serpens Catus” or “Amazon Snake Cat”. The black cat having bright yellow patches which looks quite similar to the scales of a reptile. It belongs to…
Breakthrough drug combination for Cystic Fibrosis
Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) face difficulty breathing and a decline in lung function and are at risk of early death. CF is an inherited condition that results in thick mucus build-up, persistent infection and inflammation in the lungs. Medical…
Top Women Scientists in Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a rapidly advancing field that has the potential to revolutionise the way we live our lives. It involves the use of living organisms or their components to create new products or processes that benefit society. Women have played…
New treatment for Pancreatic Cancer using miRNA therapy
SiSaf in collaboration with the University of Leipzig has developed Bio-Courier targeted micro interfering RNAs (miRNA therapy) in order to treat cancer, especially pancreatic cancer. The agreement of SiSaf with Leipzig university consists of, SiSaf’s work in RNA delivery with…
A new breakthrough treatment for autoimmune diseases
Scientists in Japan have revealed a chemical compound that could be used for the treatment of various autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. These diseases occur when the body’s immune response goes wiry. The immune system, which normally…
Digital twins explain a path to Personalized Inflammatory Disease Treatment
Inflammatory disease is when the immune system attacks the body’s own cells or tissues which results in causing inflammation. Rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis are some examples of inflammatory diseases having very complex disease-causing mechanisms and which can…
