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Gene Therapies May Provide New Dimension in Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by Karishma Abhishek on  January 31, 2021 at 9:43 AM Eighteen specific, fixed positions on chromosomes (known as loci) associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are identified by researchers at the University of California San Diego, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS), Yale University, and West Haven VA, published in the journal Nature Genetics. PTSD, long been known to be heritable, is a serious mental disorder that can occur after exposure to extre...

Sri Lanka Approved AstraZeneca's Vaccine for Emergency Use by Angela Mohan on  January 25, 2021 at 7:40 PM Sri Lankan authorities granted approval for the emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, says the Minister for Pharmaceutical Production and Regulation "Channa Jayasumana". Jayasumana said the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) had granted the approval for the emergency use of the British vaccine while several other vaccines were also in the pipeline at the National Medicines Regulatory Authority, reports Xinhua news agency. This...

Mother's Stress may Influence Disease Development in Kids by Angela Mohan on  January 12, 2021 at 5:12 PM Maternal stress could influence her baby's chance of developing disease over the course of the child's life, according to UC researchers. Psychosocial factors creating stress -- such as lack of social support, loneliness, marriage status or bereavement -- may be mutating their child's mitochondrial DNA and could be a precursor to a host of diseases, according to a University of Cincinnati study. "There are a lot of conditions that start in childhood that have ties to mi...

COVID Vaccine: Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine All Set For FDA Emergency Approval by Colleen Fleiss on  December 18, 2020 at 10:30 PM A high powered vaccine advisory panel has endorsed Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use approval (EUA) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), potentially adding the second vaccine into America's mass vaccination effort against a raging pandemic. The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) of the FDA voted 20-0 in favour of getting Moderna's shots into the arms of American 18 years and older, with one e...