Disorders

Science behind ‘Polly want a cracker’ could guide future treatment design for speech disorders

A new study explains how a parakeet's brain helps it to mimic human words. By recording for the first time…

1 year ago

New discovery enables gene therapy for muscular dystrophies, other disorders

Gene therapy can effectively treat various diseases, but for some debilitating conditions like muscular dystrophies there is a big problem:…

1 year ago

New findings on TB could change how we treat inflammatory disorders

Tuberculosis is a confounding scourge. It's the leading cause of death from infectious disease in the world, and yet it's…

2 years ago

Scientists discover new T cells and genes related to immune disorders

Researchers led by Yasuhiro Murakawa at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) and Kyoto University in Japan and…

2 years ago

Genetic cause of rare childhood immune disorders discovered

Scientists have pinpointed genetic changes that can leave children born with little to no immune defence against infection. In a…

2 years ago

Samsung Launches Impulse, an AI-powered App to Assist People With Speech Disorders

Samsung launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered mobile application that can play an assistive role for those who suffer from…

2 years ago