All Rare & Genetic Disorders articles – Page 8
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NewsImproved cognitive function in rats with serine racemase upregulation
US researchers have found that increasing the expression of the enzyme serine racemase in the prefrontal cortex of middle-aged rats can enhance cognitive function.
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NewsStudy identifies microbe-gut signalling as potential new treatment for IBD
New research from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center suggests blocking IL-22 and IL-1R could offer a promising IBD treatment.
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NewsNew self-powered drug delivery system
US researchers have invented a drug delivery technology that has implications for opioid epidemic, cancer treatment, rehabilitation care and more.
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NewsScientists create organoid to understand hearing loss
The ground-breaking study is an important step towards modelling cochlear function in a dish.
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NewsExperimental antidepressant could also treat alcohol use disorder
A US pre-clinical study investigating the antidepressant: MAP4343, discovered it reduced alcohol intake in a mouse model of alcoholism.
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NewsDifferent cardiac reactions to stress hormone in mouse study
US researchers use new imaging technique to see cardiac reactions to noradrenaline, the ‘fight or flight’ hormone.
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NewsNovel therapeutic approach aims to prevent ARDS
UCLA researchers have found peptide blocks that cause the damaging lung inflammation seen in acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS.
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News50 year old blood pressure drug offers alternative treatment for PTSD
US scientists offer a new purpose for the blood pressure drug clonidine as a treatment to reduce the affects of PTSD.