- International study finds consensual nonmonogamy can be 'healthy' relationship option, increasing sexual satisfaction without decreasing life satisfaction or relationship quality https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2020/04/30/open-relationship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-relationship&fbclid=iwar0e4w1scj4invdi6-xjuumqi2jvuk6r0pfw387hqwbemb1teddxclntlp4 17 comments science
- Research has found no evidence that consensual nonmonogamy impacts life satisfaction or relationship quality with the primary partners in a romantically involved couple. The study demonstrated only positive outcomes and provides new evidence that CNM can be a healthy, viable relationship option. https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2020/04/30/open-relationship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=open-relationship 150 comments science
- Researchers have developed a new way to deliver CRISPR to specific bacteria in the lab, in order to alter their DNA and kill them. It has the potential for the development of antimicrobial agents that would be effective even for bacteria that are resistant to all known antibiotics. https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2019/10/04/researchers-unlock-potential-to-use-crispr-to-alter-the-human-microbiome/?t=au 2 comments science
- Researchers have developed a new way to deliver the DNA-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 into microorganisms in the lab, providing a way to efficiently launch a targeted attack on specific bacteria. This study opens up the possibility of using CRISPR to alter the makeup of the human microbiome. https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2019/10/04/researchers-unlock-potential-to-use-crispr-to-alter-the-human-microbiome/ 4 comments science
- Tobacco plants transformed into ‘green bioreactors’ to produce an anti-inflammatory protein called Interleukin 37, produced in the human kidney, the first to demonstrate that functional human protein can be produced in tobacco plant cells, which is much more affordable than current pharma methods. https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2019/02/26/tobacco-plants-transformed-green-bioreactors-benefit-human-health/ 27 comments science
- World’s largest sleep study shows too much sleep can be bad for your brain - Preliminary results have shown that people who sleep on average between 7 to 8 hours per night performed better cognitively than those who slept less, or more, than this amount (n>10,000). https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2018/10/09/worlds-largest-sleep-study-shows-much-shut-eye-can-bad-brain/ 53 comments science
- Research shows if your eyes wrinkle when you smile or frown, you appear more sincere https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2018/06/11/research-shows-eyes-wrinkle-smile-frown-appear-sincere/ 7 comments science
- Understanding the evolution of a 400 million-year-old anti-viral protein that first emerged in marine life, is helping researchers get the upper-hand on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2018/05/24/400-million-year-old-evolutionary-arms-race-helps-researchers-understand-hiv/ 3 comments science
- ‘Ridiculously healthy’ elderly have the same gut microbiome as healthy 30 year-olds - overall microbiota composition of the healthy elderly group was similar to that of people decades younger, and that the gut microbiota differed little between individuals from the ages of 30 to over 100. http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2017/10/11/ridiculously-healthy-elderly-gut-microbiome-healthy-30-year-olds/ 192 comments science
- Researchers reverse the negative effects of adolescent marijuana use, by using drugs to activate GABA in a rat model of schizophrenia http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2017/09/12/western-researchers-reverse-negative-effects-adolescent-marijuana-use/ 4 comments science
- Western University scientists add an engineered enzyme to the gene-editing tool, CRISPR/Cas9, which makes gene-editing more efficient, potentially more specific in targeting genes, and less likely to cause off-target effects that are a problem for any potential therapeutic application. http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2016/12/12/scientists-use-molecular-lego-take-crispr-gene-editing-tool-next-level/ 3 comments science
- Phase II clinical trials of AIDS vaccine underway after successful phase I of clinical trials http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2016/12/01/western-virologist-hopes-test-vaccine-600-hiv-negative-subjects-next-fall/ 442 comments science