FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·June 7, 2019·4 min readScientists discover how hepatitis C ‘ghosts’ our immune systemHepatitis C virus increases the expression of SOCS, dulling the normal immune system response to viral infections. This may explain why Hepatitis C 'hides' in the immune system, leading to a lack of diagnosis in those suffering the infection.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 16, 2019·4 min readScientists ‘reverse engineer’ brain cancer cells to find new targets for treatmentUsing CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, researchers identified actionable pathways responsible for the growth of glioblastoma stem cells. By reverse engineering brain cancer cells, multiple potential new targets for cancer treatments have been uncovered.Read More
