A new biomedical tool successfully delivers genetic material to edit faulty genes in developing fetal mouse brain cells. This might stop disease progression of genetic-based neurodevelopmental conditions before birth.
Read more …Could a new medical approach fix faulty genes before birth?
Scientists have found individuals in Nigeria are experiencing neurological manifestations of long COVID -- called neuro-long COVID -- such as brain fog, mild cognitive impairment, fatigue, sleep problems, headache, sensations of pins and needles, and muscle pain.
Read more …Nigerians are experiencing neuro-long COVID, research finds
Researchers discovered potentially far-reaching effects of a particular gut bacterium that was linked to better growth in Bangladeshi children receiving a therapeutic food designed to nurture healthy gut microbes. A strain of the bacterium harbored in the children's gut microbial communities possessed a previously unknown gene capable of producing and metabolizing key molecules involved in regulating many important functions ranging from appetite, immune responses, neuronal function, and the ability of pathogenic bacteria to produce disease.
Read more …Beneficial gut microbe has surprising metabolic capabilities