The team investigates extracellular vesicles as next-generation drug platform by engineering their uniformity, receives $2.3M from the NIH Researchers at the University of California, Davis, want to even...
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Researchers at the University of Basel have developed an efficient method for the preparation of therapeutic nanovesicles, thereby fulfilling a key prerequisite for industrial production. The method...
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Autologous conditioned serum (ACS) — a biologic therapy that famous athletes swear by to treat arthritis and sports injuries — also shows benefit for the kind of neurological pain caused by chemotherapy or diabetes. In a study using rodents, Duke ...
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Scientists are calling for tighter regulation of stem cell treatments, after finding hundreds of clinics worldwide offering unproven ‘therapies’ for conditions as varied as hair loss and Parkinson’s...
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EVtrap technology identifies proteins from brain cells in urine samples. A team led by researchers at Purdue University and Purdue spinoff company Tymora Analytical Operations has developed a technique that may reveal signs of Parkinson’s...
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Tau tangles accumulate within neurons, but they are also thought to travel from cell to cell via extracellular vesicles. A study posted April 30 on bioRXiv provides startling support for this idea...
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In a study with 116 participants, researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo evaluated the genetic material contained in extracellular vesicles possibly secreted by brain tissue. Using blood samples to study diseases that originate in the brain is a ...
Read More »EXTRA-CRISPR assay to quantify miRNA biomarkers in extracellular vesicles for liquid-biopsy-based cancer diagnosis
A team of University of Florida researchers has developed a promising new CRISPR-powered method for noninvasive blood tests that could help clinicians diagnose cancer at earlier stages...
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