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Eagle Eye Cataract Detection Independent Medical Device Software Registration Application Approved
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
Article source: Medicine Rubik's Cube InvestOn January 16, 2022, AI medical company Eagle Eye Technology announced that the Shanghai Municipal Drug Administration has approved the company's application for a second-class medical device registration certificate for the company's independent medical device software products for cataract detection .
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"Nature" concerns: How has the brain development of children born during the epidemic been affected?
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
Deoni and colleagues evaluated more than 600 children aged 3 months to 3 years and found that infants born in 2020 and 2021 scored lower on cognitive development tests (Image source: Reference [1])According to Dr.
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Does lipodystrophy lead to muscle gain?
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh found that mice lacking the protein Tmem120a, which is mainly found in fat cells, developed symptoms similar to FPLD2 .
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Schizophrenia risk linked to brain cell development
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
Dr Pocklington said: "Genetic factors play an important role in determining a person's risk of developing mental illness .
Dr Pocklington said: "Previous research has shown that genes active in mature brain cells are enriched for common genetic variants that contribute to schizophrenia .
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The first line response of an animal's immune system to a viral infection
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
"Troemel's lab is now further exploring the details of this finding, including studying how receptors that worms use to sense viruses (similar to those humans use in immune responses) communicate with ZIP-1 during defense .
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Nature Biotechnology: Unprecedented new tool for cell tissue localization
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
This new tool, Cell2location, addresses this problem by combining two types of information, single-cell sequencing data and spatial transcriptome data, to visualize relationships between cells and better understand tissue biology .
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Research on functional traits and ecological adaptation of woody vines in Banna Botanical Garden...
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
Zhang Keyan, a doctoral student in the Physiological and Ecology Research Group, assistant researcher Yang Da and engineer Zhang Yunbing analyzed the branch anatomy and leaf morphology of common woody vines, climbing shrubs and trees in the subalpine cold-temperature coniferous forest ( 2600–3200 m above sea level) in Lijiang Sixteen functional traits related to nutrient content were determined .
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Science heavy: CAR-T technology upgrades without in vitro programming of T cells
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
In the study, published in the internationally renowned journal Science, the researchers delivered modified mRNAs using T cell-targeting lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) as carriers to generate transient CAR-T cells in vivo to attack cardiac fibroblasts .
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How bacterial defenses affect the spread of 'mobile genetic elements'
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
"The MUSIC project aims to understand how the bacterial immune system keeps mge out," said Dr Van Houte, from the Institute for Environment and Sustainability at Penryn Campus, Exeter, Cornwall .
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Institute of Aquatic Studies finds that decabromodiphenyl ethane affects muscle contraction and reproductive endocrine system in female zebrafish
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
Figure 3 Effects of DBDPE on muscle contraction and reproductive endocrine-related indicators Using zebrafish as a model organism, this study used TMT proteomics and PRM technology, combined with multiple levels of toxicity endpoint validation, and found and confirmed for the first time that DBDPE exposure affects the muscle contraction and reproductive endocrine system of female zebrafish.
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To treat HIV and prevent malaria Gates Foundation and Vir join forces to develop neutralizing antibodies
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
New initiatives related to the collaboration include a proof-of-concept clinical trial designed to evaluate the potential utility of Vir broadly neutralizing antibodies in inhibiting viral replication and transmission in HIV-infected individuals, as well as their ability to produce vaccine-like effects (in Durable suppression of HIV without antiretroviral therapy) .
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Is it futile to take vitamin D supplements?
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
Screenshot source: Lancet Diabetes & EndocrinologyA recent study published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (called the "D-Health Trial") examined the association between vitamin D supplementation and all-cause mortality .
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Application of enucleated cells in the treatment of diseased tissues
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
"These sac cells retain most of their cellular functions, but now also have a greatly enhanced ability to carry and deliver therapeutics specifically to target tissues in a safe manner," Klemke said .
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At the beginning of the new year, the "Science" sub-journal reported new discoveries on the origin of life on Earth
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
While tackling one of biology's deepest unanswered questions, a Rutgers-led research team has discovered the structure of a protein that may be relevant to the origin of life in the primordial soup of ancient Earth .
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Cryo-electron microscopy structure of human brain amyloid β42 filaments
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
These structures will facilitate the development of better in vitro and animal models, inhibitors of Aβ42 assembly, and imaging agents with higher specificity and sensitivity .
Knowledge of human brain Aβ42 fiber structure may lead to the development of assembly inhibitors and improved imaging agents .
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Science: A billion-year-old protein family in the human immune system
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
The study's senior author, Dr Philip Kranzusch of Dana-Farber, said: "Researchers around the world have done a great deal to understand how the human immune system works .
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Nature: Comparison of PD1/PDL1 Immunotherapy Clinical Development Strategies
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
Here, we discuss the differences in the clinical development strategies of PD1/PDL1 inhibitors between global and Chinese biopharmaceutical companies based on approved PD1/PDL1 drugs and pivotal clinical trials .
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BPA exposure in the placenta affects fetal brain development
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
"Rosenfeld suspects that microRNAs play a role in the effects of BPA exposure on later neurological disorders .
Rosenfeld believes that changes in microRNAs in the placenta could also serve as early diagnostic biomarkers of BPA exposure .
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A new species of chandeliers was discovered in Jilong County, Tibet Autonomous Region - Jilong...
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
According to its type of origin, it was named Ceropegia jilongensis , and the title of Ceropegia jilongensis , a new species of Apocynaceae from Xizang, China, was recently published online in the journal Taiwania .
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Skin-related side effects suggest better outcomes for patients taking certain cancer drugs
Time of Update: 2022-01-22
The team compared information from 14,016 advanced cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: 7,008 of whom experienced skin-related side effects, and 7,008 who did not .
Patients who experienced at least one skin-related adverse event had a 22% reduction in mortality .
