Researchers have found genes that make children susceptible to the disease, and those associated with the heart damage it can cause in severe cases. The
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Insomnia associated with more suicidal thoughts, worse disease symptoms in schizophrenia
Insomnia is a common problem in patients with schizophrenia, and a new study reinforces a close association between insomnia, more suicidal thoughts and actions and
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Alzheimer’s Disease: Everything You Need To Know
In case you didn’t already know, Alzheimer’s is a disease that robs people of their memory. At first, people have a hard time remembering recent
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Independent of cholesterol, gene variants raise risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure
High cholesterol is the most commonly understood cause of atherosclerosis, a hardening of the arteries that raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. But
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Gene therapy using ‘zinc fingers’ may help treat Alzheimer’s disease, animal study shows
Researchers have used a genetic engineering strategy to dramatically reduce levels of tau—a key protein that accumulates and becomes tangled in the brain during the
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Multicellular liver-on-a-chip for modeling fatty liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent chronic liver disease worldwide. It is found in 30% of people in developed countries and occurs
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A Canadian success story: World-first to treat Fabry disease with gene therapy
Results of a world-first Canadian pilot study on patients treated with gene therapy for Fabry disease show that the treatment is working and safe. The
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Cardiovascular disease burden, deaths are rising around the world
The number of people dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD) is steadily rising, including one-third of all deaths globally in 2019, according to a paper in
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Scientists identify a new diagnostic and therapeutic target for cardiovascular disease
Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have identified a mitochondrial protein as a potential marker for the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (CVD)
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Face masks cut disease spread in the lab, but have less impact in the community. We need to know why
In controlled laboratory situations, face masks appear to do a good job of reducing the spread of coronavirus (at least in hamsters) and other respiratory
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