Can deconstructing the biological clock help treat diabetes and cancer?
Rhode Island biopharma company VeroScience aims to understand Circadian rhythms, harnessing the biological clock to treat diseases like type 2 diabetes and cancer.
Our biological clock can help predict how long we will live
A chemical modification to DNA, known as methylation, takes place throughout our lifetime, providing what could be considered a biological clock age. New research suggests that the biological clock age can tell us more about how long we will live than our actual age. Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, worked in collaboration with researchers […]
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Wow of the Week: The sound of a ticking clock speeds up a woman’s biological clock?
Tick tock, tick tock! Your-ovaries-are-shriveling-up, goes the clock! The sound of a ticking clock can speed up a lady’s urge to conceive before her childbearing years are over, a team of (sadistic?) Florida State University researchers have found. Two experiments were published recently in the journal Human Nature; the paper’s called “The Clock is Ticking: The Sound […]