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Lab-Created Molecule Achieves Positive Results in the Treatment of Arthritis

August 12, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Arthritis affects almost 2% of the world’s population, or some 150 million people, and currently, there is no completely effective treatment for this chronic disease. A new molecule...

Recipe for Success — Interaction Proteomics Become a Household Item

August 12, 2020
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Helsinki, Finland — Proteins in human cells do not function in isolation and their interactions with other proteins define their cellular functions. Therefore, detailed understanding of protein-protein...

COVID-19 does not Directly Damage Taste Bud Cells

August 11, 2020
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Athens, GA — A new study from the Regenerative Bioscience Center at the University of Georgia is the first to suggest that COVID-19 does not directly damage taste bud cells. Contrary to previous...

Agtech to The Rescue in a Pandemic: Adapting Plant Labs for Human Testing

August 11, 2020
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Saskatoon, SK — Just as redeploying a fleet of small British fishing boats helped during the Battle of Dunkirk, marshalling the research equipment and expertise of the many agtech labs around the world...

NSD2 Enzyme Appears to Prevent Cellular Senescence

August 11, 2020
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Kumamoto, Japan — Researchers from Kumamoto University in Japan have used comprehensive genetic analysis to find that the enzyme NSD2, which is known to regulate the actions of many genes, also works...

Electric Cooker an Easy, Efficient Way to Sanitize N95 Masks, Study Suggests

August 7, 2020
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Champaign, IL — Owners of electric multicookers may be able to add another use to its list of functions, a new study suggests: sanitization of N95 respirator masks. The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign...

Researchers Propose Strategy to Evaluate Tumour Photothermal Therapy in Real-Time

August 6, 2020
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Hefei, China — Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a promising alternative method for cancer treatment due to advantages of non-invasiveness, precise temporal and spatial control, strong specificity and...

Researchers Publish New Guide for Viral Tracers in Neural Circuit Mapping

August 6, 2020
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Irvine, CA — Researchers from the newly-established Center for Neural Circuit Mapping at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine evaluate the properties of anterograde and retrograde...

How Thoughts could One Day Control Electronic Prostheses, Wirelessly

August 6, 2020
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Stanford, CA — Stanford researchers have been working for years to advance a technology that could one day help people with paralysis regain use of their limbs, and enable amputees to use their thoughts...

Implanted Neural Stem Cell Grafts Show Functionality in Spinal Cord Injuries

August 6, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — Using stem cells to restore lost functions due to spinal cord injury (SCI) has long been an ambition of scientists and doctors. Nearly 18,000 people in the United States suffer SCIs...

AI for COVID-19 Diagnosis, Treatment, and Monitoring

August 5, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — The National Institutes of Health has launched the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC), an ambitious effort that will harness the powers of artificial intelligence, and...

Study Suggests Embryos Could Be Susceptible to Coronavirus

August 5, 2020
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Cambridge, UK — Genes that are thought to play a role in how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects our cells have been found to be active in embryos as early as during the second week of pregnancy, say scientists...

Researchers Develop New Mouse Model for Sars-Cov-2

August 5, 2020
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New York, NY — Researchers at Yale University School of Medicine have developed a new mouse model to study SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease and to accelerate testing of novel treatments and vaccines...

Implantable Transmitter Provides Wireless Option for Biomedical Devices

August 5, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in implantable devices and other wearable products such as smart watches to improve biomedical...

Iron Study Combats Anaemia with Cutting-Edge Computer Simulation

August 4, 2020
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Parkville, Australia — A new iron intervention study has determined which of the world’s low-and-middle income countries would benefit from using iron-containing micronutrient powders to tackle...

Hydrogel Paves Way for Biomedical Breakthrough

August 4, 2020
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Sydney, Australia — Published in Advanced Functional Materials, a University of Sydney team of biomedical engineers has developed a plasma technology to robustly attach hydrogels - a jelly-like substance...

Chlamydia: Greedy for Glutamine

August 4, 2020
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Würzburg, Germany — Chlamydia are bacteria that cause venereal diseases. In humans, they can only survive if they enter the cells. This is the only place where they find the necessary metabolites for...

A Blood Test could Predict Who Benefits from Immunotherapy

August 4, 2020
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Toronto, ON — A test which detects changing levels of tumour fragments in the blood may be an easy, non-invasive and quick way to predict who will benefit from immunotherapy, a treatment option for...

Machine Learning Makes Drug Repurposing for Psychiatric Disorders more Effective

August 4, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Artificial intelligence can increase the effectiveness of drug repositioning or repurposing research, according to a study published in Translational Psychiatry. In the study, which...

Cell Antennas Lacking in Fragile X Syndrome, Study Finds

August 3, 2020
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San Antonio, TX — Structures called primary cilia – which act like TV antennas for cells to detect signals – are present in fewer numbers in mice born with Fragile X syndrome, according...

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