Medicine SIG

The Medicine SIG is one of two special interest groups within Prudentia. Medical doctors
and biologists with a university degree may become full members and those just interested
in the matter subscribers. Here are some interesting articles related to medicine from the past
month.

How blood stem cells maintain their lifelong potential for self-renewal
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-blood-stem-cells-lifelong-potential.html

Researchers reveal recipe for engineering ribosomes
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-reveal-recipe-ribosomes.html

Genome-editing tool TALEN outperforms CRISPR-Cas9 in tightly packed DNA
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-genome-editing-tool-talen-outperforms-crispr-cas9.html

Epigenetic mechanisms that regulate macrophage inflammation discovered
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-01-epigenetic-mechanisms-macrophage-inflammation.html

AI Machine Learning Used to Predict Psychosis
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-future-brain/202101/ai-machine-learning-used-predict-psychosis

Targeting metabolism to influence aging
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6526/234

Bioactive lipids in antiviral immunity
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6526/237

Learning the language of viral evolution and escape
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6526/284

Eye membrane removal may help transplanted cells reverse glaucoma damage
https://newatlas.com/medical/membrane-removal-reverse-glaucoma-optic-nerve-damage/

A New Kind of Gene Editing Could Turn Back the Clock on a Rapid Aging Disease
https://futurehuman.medium.com/a-new-kind-of-gene-editing-could-turn-back-the-clock-on-a-rapid-aging-disease-c9895018c0f9 

Evolvable neural units that can mimic the brain's synaptic plasticity
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-01-evolvable-neural-mimic-brain-synaptic.html

An unexpected, and novel, target for prostate cancer—our biological clock
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-01-unexpected-prostate-cancerour-biological-clock.html

Model analyzes how viruses escape the immune system
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-viruses-immune.html

Taking the lab into the ocean: A fleet of robots tracks and monitors microbial communities
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-01-lab-ocean-fleet-robots-tracks.html

Scientists Successfully Store Data Inside DNA of Living Bacteria
https://futurism.com/data-dna-living-bacteria

Cancer cells hibernate to survive chemotherapy, finds study
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/cancer-cells-hibernate-chemotherapy

Dendritic action potentials and computation in human layer 2/3 cortical neurons
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6473/83

Sensing bacterial communication
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-bacterial.html

Advances in research on the most general type of stem cells
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-advances-stem-cells.html

Unravelling the mystery that makes viruses infectious
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-unravelling-mystery-viruses-infectious.html

Bacteria can tell the time
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-bacteria.html

How mice feel each other's pain or fear
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6525/122

In First-of-Its-Kind Discovery, Scientists Confirm Bacteria Have a 24-Hour Body Clock
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-confirm-bacteria-have-a-24-hour-body-clock-in-first-of-its-kind-discovery

Research Says Alzheimer's Is Actually 3 Distinct Disease Subtypes
https://www.sciencealert.com/study-splits-alzheimer-s-into-three-subtypes-and-it-might-help-us-treat-it-better

Cancer Cells Can Go Into Bear-Like Hibernation to Evade Chemotherapy
https://www.sciencealert.com/cancer-cells-can-go-into-a-bear-like-hibernation-to-evade-chemotherapy

New class of antibiotics active against a wide range of bacteria
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201223125759.htm

How our brains track where we and others go
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201223125757.htm

New Study Images the Brain as It Loses Consciousness
https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/new-study-images-the-brain-as-it-loses-consciousness-344242

Will Technology Lead to the Next Wave of Mental Health Treatment?
https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/articles/will-technology-lead-to-the-next-wave-of-mental-health-treatment-343902

Beyond the Brain: How "Noncognitive" Skills Contribute to Educational Attainment
https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/beyond-the-brain-how-noncognitive-skills-contribute-to-educational-attainment-344447

Which Came First: The Brain or Sleep?
https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/which-came-first-the-brain-or-sleep-344439

Scientists observe live cells responding to magnetic fields for first time
https://newatlas.com/biology/live-cells-respond-magnetic-fields/

Heating cancer cells with magnetic nanoparticles can enhance chemotherapy
https://newatlas.com/medical/heat-cancer-cells-magnetic-nanoparticles-enhance-chemotherapy/

The First Pig-to-Human Organ Transplants Could Happen This Year
https://futurehuman.medium.com/the-first-pig-to-human-organ-transplants-could-happen-this-year-a538ad0c5536

Study uses computer modelling to identify 'vulnerable sites' on coronavirus protein
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-vulnerable-sites-coronavirus-protein.html

Cell biologists decipher signal that ensures no chromosome is left behind
https://phys.org/news/2021-01-cell-biologists-decipher-chromosome-left.html

Scientists are using bread as scaffold for human cells
https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-bread-scaffold-human-cells

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