Molecular signature of heart attack predicts longer-term outcomes
The distinctive molecular signature of a heart attack may also predict whether a patient will later die of cardiovascular causes
Shoutout to Not a Mad Scientist
Winship’s Adam Marcus has a new blog
How CMV gets around
Cytomegalovirus attracts and hijacks patrolling monocytes
Fluorescent jungle gyms made of DNA
We’re getting closer to the movie “Fantastic Voyage.” A new paper in Science describes DNA-based polyhedral shapes — potential scaffolding for building walkers or cages — that are bigger than ever before.
Hypersomnia update: beyond subject one
It’s not sleep apnea. It’s not narcolepsy. Hypersomnia is a different kind of sleep disorder. On Saturday, Lab Land attended a patient-organized Living with Hypersomnia conference, which included updates on Emory research on the condition.
NMDA receptors: triple-quadruple axel
NMDA receptors in the brain are actually mix-and-match assemblies of four subunits. Most of the time in the brain, three different proteins come together to make one receptor with distinct properties.
Two heavy hitters in this week’s Nature
Dias/Ressler on olfactory epigenetics, and Pulendran on systems vaccinology
Personalized molecular medicine part 3
Q + A with doctors who treated the early-onset epilepsy patient who received individualized therapy
Personalized molecular medicine part 2
Some context for personalized medicine/pharmacogenomics. Is it fine-tuning drugs for common conditions? Or discovering treatments for rare, hard-to-diagnose disorders?