RNA-based editing tool enables editing of specific cell types Duke University researchers have used an RNA-based editing tool to introduce proteins into specific types of cells, which they contend could potentially enable modifying very specific cells and cell functions to manage disease.Read More
Link between ion channel and cholesterol in brain may lead to novel treatments for Alzheimer’s Mechanical forces and tissue functions influence the morphology of the developing brain, according to University of California, Irvine researchers, who also discovered a direct link in neural stem cells between Piezo1 -- a mechanically-activated ion channel -- and intracellular cholesterol levels during neural development.Read More
Stanford scientists create synthetic microbiome Stanford University researchers built a complex and well-defined synthetic microbiome with 100 bacterial species that they successfully transplanted into mice. The creation of the synthetic microbiome means the scientists will be able to add, remove, and edit individual species so they may better comprehend the links between gut microbiome and health.Read More