MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 16 [Category: Science] (TNSres) -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news: mRNA-based therapeutics and vaccines are the new hope in the fight against incurable diseases. A commonly used strategy in the development of messenger RNA (mRNA) medicine is based on the destruction of disease-causing mRNA. The team of Peter 't Hart, group leader at the Chemical Genomics Centre at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology has now developed the first active substanc more PR

COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news: Imagine you wake up in a hospital without a single memory of the last month. Doctors say you had a series of violent episodes and paranoid delusions. You'd become convinced you were suffering from bipolar disorder. Then, after a special test, a neurologist diagnoses you with a rare autoimmune disease called anti-NMDAR encephalitis. This is what happened to Susannah Cahalan, a New York  more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 18 -- The European Organization for Nuclear Research issued the following news release: * * * CERN raised today the Estonian flag to welcome its 24th Member State * * * The Estonian flag was raised today at a ceremony held at CERN to mark the country's accession as CERN's 24th Member State. The ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic of Estonia, Alar Karis, one of the two Vice-Presidents of the CERN Council, Eric Laenen, and the CERN Director-General, more PR

LAUREL, Maryland, Oct. 18 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Three staff members at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have been honored by the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) for their contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. SASE presents its Achievement Awards to individuals at various stages of their careers, from promising professionals with less than  more PR