7+ hour, 34+ min ago  (309+ words) TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered a rare subgroup of cells in the inner ear that can convert into sensory hair cells, potentially opening the door to regenerative therapies for hearing loss long viewed as irreversible....

8+ hour, 51+ min ago  (896+ words) Thirty years after Dolly the sheep, cloning has not delivered armies of identical animals or resurrected mammoths – but it has transformed disease research, conservation and our understanding of cells. When Dolly the sheep – the first cloned mammal – was born 30 years…...

10+ hour, 40+ min ago  (1642+ words) Genetic editing of human embryos has achieved unprecedented precision in two new studies with material donated by in vitro fertilization patients. The technique managed to modify specific letters of DNA with fewer chromosomal damages, but unwanted alterations and unedited cells…...

10+ hour, 37+ min ago  (609+ words) Discovery raises possibility that damaged hair cells can be regrown – a process previously thought to be impossible A groundbreaking study by a team of Israeli researchers has raised hopes of a treatment for what has until been thought of as…...

18+ hour, 46+ min ago  (860+ words) The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka There is only one acceptable path for ‘Designer Babies’ BOSTON—Designer babies who are genetically engineered for desirable health, physical, and intellectual features are now within reach using existing technologies, a prospect that raises far-reaching…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (84+ words) | Its prototype being used by 10,000+ scientists | Inshorts Inshorts Stanford unveils AI agent that automates complex biomedical research Stanford researchers have unveiled Biomni, a general-purpose AI agent that automates complex biomedical research workflows. With a single prompt, it can carry out…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (934+ words) A groundbreaking study by a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University’s Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences offers hope to millions of people suffering from irreversible hearing loss. The researchers identified a unique biological mechanism that could, in…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (289+ words) The oncology space today is an array of different innovative mechanisms of action, and companies of all sizes are trying to keep pace with the cutting edge of the space. For Debiopharm, one of those novel areas is DNA damage…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (354+ words) Apertura has entered a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with various NIH institutes for a gene therapy to treat Niemann-Pick Disease Type C1 (NPC1). The company signed the agreement to test the investigational therapy with Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (585+ words) RegMedNet is part of Taylor & Francis Group. Original story from the University of Rochester Medicine (URochester Medicine; NY, USA). Researchers have developed a gene therapy platform using the brain’s glymphatic system to deliver therapeutic genes to glial cells throughout the…...