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Scientists are on the verge of a male birth-control pill. Will men take it?

A male contraceptive is almost here – and it’ll be another test of whether heterosexual men are actually willing to share the responsibilities of adult life

The Guardian - US

mRNA, easy to customise, is the next frontier for personalised medicine

Because it is so easy to change the mRNA recipes, cancer vaccines can be part of a personalized medicine plan where doctors sample a patient’s tumour, sequence key genes and adjust the mRNA treatment to include recipes specific to that patient’s cancer. Clinical trials using this personalized approach for pancreatic…

The Hindu

Researchers give more insight into how new genes arise from nothing

The DNA of living species encode their complexity, but where do these genes come from? The University of Helsinki researchers answered long-standing problems about the development of small regulatory genes and described a way for generating their DNA palindromes. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Eczema breakthrough as unlikely cure for itch is found

One in five children suffer from eczema and one in 10 adults

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Here is why chemotherapy becomes less effective, finds study

According to two research from UCL and Yale, chemotherapy becomes less effective when healthy">healthy cells encourage cancer cells to grow more slowly. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The era of CRISPR therapeutics is here – what can we expect? | Explained

Two geneticists explain the groundbreaking CRISPR-based therapies approved for sickle-cell disease and β-thalassaemia, and other genetic therapeutics in development, including base-editing and prime-editing.

The Hindu

A matter of taste: food preferences may be influenced by our unique ‘tongue prints’

Analysis of 3D images reveals the organ’s bumps and grooves are as personal as fingerprints

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IISc scientists develop novel technique to encapsulate liquid droplets used for various applications

IISc scientists have developed a new capillary force-assisted cloaking method to trap droplets within colloidal particles and liquid-infused surfaces. Droplets are used for various applications, such as in microreactors, drug delivery systems, in single crystal growth and cell culture platforms.

The Hindu

Game-changer: On approval for gene therapy to treat sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia

Landmark decisions that mark the beginning of gene therapy using the CRISPR-Cas9 tool to treat diseases that could otherwise be cured only through bone marrow transplantation

The Hindu

Risk of dying from cancer in England varies hugely between regions, say scientists

Researchers say ‘astounding’ inequalities are widest where risk can be cut with lifestyle changes

The Guardian - UK

Scientists Unlock Secrets Of Human Limb Development In Unprecedented Study

Insights into intricate processes of limb formation could lead to new treatments for muscle disorders and congenital limb syndromes.

Zenger

Study reveals new genes can arise from nothing

The human genome contains ca. 20,000 genes that are used for the construction of proteins. Actions of these classical genes are coordinated by thousands of regulatory genes, the smallest of which encode microRNA molecules that are 22 base pairs in length. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Life might have been possible just seconds after the Big Bang

Some physicists have hypothesized that in the earliest moments of the Big Bang, the forces of nature were so extreme and so exotic that they could have supported the growth of complex structures.

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Do you know presence of healthy cells enables cancer to resist treatment? Study finds

Chemotherapy becomes less effective as healthy cells encourage cancer cells to grow more slowly, according to two studies from UCL and Yale. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘He found a lump’: how school tragedy drove UK scientist’s mission to fight blood cancers

Professor tells of his teenage grief and how it drove a new approach to research at York University

The Guardian - UK

Sickly sweet: how our sugar-coated cells helped humanity turn illness into evolution

The molecules that cover our cells have interacted over the ages with our environment and the diseases that plague us – and in the process shaped our progress

Dynamite News

Research reveals why presence of healthy cells enables cancer to resist treatment

According to two studies from UCL and Yale, chemotherapy becomes less effective because healthy cells push cancer cells to grow more slowly. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

US approves two gene therapies for sickle cell disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a pair of gene therapies for sickle cell disease, including the first treatment based on the breakthrough CRISPR gene editing technology.

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Two gene therapies for sickle cell disease approved in US

U.S. regulators have approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease

Medical Daily

People Above 50 May Have Accelerated Aging In At Least 1 Organ; A Blood Test Could Detect It

Researchers now say around 18% of healthy adults above the age of 50 face accelerated aging in at least one of their organs.

The Guardian - UK

Call to help UK IVF patients donate unused embryos after shortage hinders research

Scientists complain after ‘sheer waste’ of human embryos discarded despite patients’ wishes

The Guardian - UK

Mike Brown obituary

Other lives: Academic pharmacist and pharmaceutical microbiologist who specialised in understanding how bacteria respond to antibiotics

Salon

Here's why sleep gets worse as you age

Insomnia and fatigue can worsen with time, but it doesn't have to be complicated to find decent rest

Inverse

Bottlenose Dolphins Possess a Shocking Sense, New Study Confirms

A new study demonstrates that bottlenose dolphins possess electroreception capabilities, meaning they can detect electric fields in the surrounding water.

Marie Claire

Would You Pay $5,000 to Get Rid of Cellulite?

The newest treatment, Aveli, is FDA-approved—and the results are impressive.

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