Elio Academy of Biomedical Sciences

02/01/2025

A study on the genetics of epilepsy https://elioacademy.org/student/23/adina-almakhambetova.

Biomedical Sciences. We provide course programs and advanced workshops for high achieving high school students who wish to pursue Biomedical professional careers in Healthcare, Therapeutics, Pharmacy, Nursing etc. Our U.S based experts offer exclusive summer camp courses like Immunotherapy, Cancer b...

08/17/2023

Mitochondira disregulation could be linked to the development of schizophrenia.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-hypothesis-mitochondrial-dysregulation-contributor-schizophrenia.html

Researchers at Rutgers and Emory University are gaining insights into how schizophrenia develops by studying the strongest-known genetic risk factor.

08/16/2023

Swine flu reservoirs in south east asia are alarming warning for potential epidemic.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-unmonitored-reservoirs-influenza-virus-pigs.html

Research led by a team at Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School, Singapore, has found alarmingly active swine flu reservoirs in South East Asia. Their study traced the evolutionary origin of these viruses and identified migration patterns.

08/15/2023

Why hearing cells in the inner ear do not regenerate and how they could be made to regenerate to revert hearing loss.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-stem-cell-tune-regeneration.html

A deafened adult cannot recover the ability to hear, because the sensory hearing cells of the inner ear don't regenerate after damage. In two new studies, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS), USC stem cell scientists explain why this is the case and how we mig...

08/14/2023

Scientists have replicated the varied Covid19 response in genetically varied mice, similar to humans. This will help in studies that bridge the gap in understanding the varied responces and resiliance to the disease.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-variable-patient-responses-sars-cov-infection.html

Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory have created a panel of genetically diverse mice that accurately model the highly variable human response to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Together with collaborators at NIH's Rocky Mountain Laboratories, the team uncovered differences in the innate immune and regulated...

08/13/2023

Tackle football and boxing may increase the chances of parkinson's disease.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-playing-football-parkinson-disease.html

Identification of risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for early diagnosis. Dating back to the 1920s, Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism—an umbrella term that refers to motor symptoms found in Parkinson's disease and also other conditions—have long been described in boxers. R...

08/12/2023

Malaria vaccine seems safe and successful in its initial trials in infants from Tanzania.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-malaria-vaccine-candidate-safe-immune.html

An experimental malaria vaccine appears safe and promotes an immune response in African infants, one of the groups most vulnerable to severe malaria disease.

08/11/2023

Machine learning could help with targeted gene therepy.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-machine-enable-gene-therapies-genetic.html

Though almost every cell in your body contains a copy of each of your genes, only a small fraction of these genes will be expressed, or turned on. These activations are controlled by specialized snippets of DNA called enhancers, which act like skillful on-off switches. This selective activation allo...

08/10/2023

Scientists identify the mechanism involved in focusing attention and keeping away distractions. The finding may suggest way to solve attention deficit disorder or other similar problems.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-neuroscientists-brain-mechanism-focus.html

Trying to finish your homework while the big game is on TV? "Visual-movement" neurons in the front of your brain can help you stay focused, according to a new study from neuroscientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

08/09/2023

Afternoon nap could help survive extreme heat.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-afternoon-nap-extreme.html

Too much air conditioning may be harming our health, according to a new study led by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU).

08/08/2023

Skin protects us from external pathogens by hosting a diverse microbiome, short and intense sun exposure can destroy the same.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-holidaymakers-short-intense-sun-seeking-disrupt.html

08/07/2023

Blocking immune responses may treat severe asthma.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-blocking-immune-messenger-severe-asthma.html

Asthma is more dangerous than many people realize. An estimated 10 Americans die everyday from asthma, and the disease leads to around 439,000 hospitalizations and 1.3 million emergency room trips each year.