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Study Compares Low-Fat, Plant-Based Diet to Low-Carb, Animal-Based Diet

January 21, 2021
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Bethesda, MD — People on a low-fat, plant-based diet ate fewer daily calories but had higher insulin and blood glucose levels, compared to when they ate a low-carbohydrate, animal-based diet, according...

Cancer can be precisely diagnosed using a urine test with artificial intelligence

January 21, 2021
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Seoul, South Korea — Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers among men. Patients are determined to have prostate cancer primarily based on Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), a cancer factor...

Stealing the Spotlight in the Field and Kitchen

January 21, 2021
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Madison, WI — Plant breeders are constantly working to develop new bean varieties to meet the needs and desires of the food industry. But not everyone wants the same thing. Many consumers desire...

Breakthrough in Understanding ‘Tummy Bug’ Bacteria

January 21, 2021
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Exeter, UK — Scientists have discovered how bacteria commonly responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and then “wake up”. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium...

Study Reveals Immune Driver of Brain Ageing

January 21, 2021
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Stanford, CA — Suppose Smokey the Bear were to go on a tear and start setting forest fires instead of putting them out. That roughly describes the behaviour of certain cells of our immune system that...

Automated Imaging Reveals Where TAU Protein Originates in the Brain in Alzheimer’s Disease

January 21, 2021
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Washington, DC — Researchers have developed an automated method that can track the development of harmful clumps of TAU protein related to Alzheimer’s disease in the brain, according to work...

Designer DNA Therapeutic Wipes Out Cancer Stem Cells, Treats Multiple Myeloma in Mice

January 21, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Many patients with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, eventually develop resistance to one treatment after another. That’s in part because cancer stem cells drive the disease...

Brain Cell Network Supplies Neurons with Energy

January 20, 2021
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Bonn, Germany — The human brain has about as many neurons as glial cells. These are divided into four major groups: the microglia, the astrocytes, the NG2 glial cells, and the oligodendrocytes. Oligodendrocytes...

Researchers Demonstrate Success with New Therapy for COVID-19

January 20, 2021
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Chicago, IL — A new therapy developed by researchers at Rush University Medical Center is showing success as a way to prevent COVID-19 symptoms in mice. In a study published in the Journal...

New Approach Emerges to Better Classify, Treat Brain Tumours

January 19, 2021
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Augusta, GA — A look at RNA tells us what our genes are telling our cells to do, and scientists say looking directly at the RNA of brain tumour cells appears to provide objective, efficient evidence...

New Discovery in Breast Cancer Treatment

January 19, 2021
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Adelaide, Australia — Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found new evidence about the positive role of androgens in breast cancer treatment with immediate implications for women with oestrogen...

New Computational Tool Reliably Differentiates between Cancer and Normal Cells from Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Data

January 19, 2021
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Houston, TX — In an effort to address a major challenge when analyzing large single-cell RNA-sequencing datasets, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a...

SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Test Helps Select Donor Blood Samples for Therapeutic Use

January 18, 2021
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Buenos Aires, Argentina — Researchers have developed and applied a robust, versatile antibody test to assist health authorities in managing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, according...

Even Skin Shielded from the Sun Accumulates Genomic DNA Changes from UV Light

January 18, 2021
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Durham, NC — For the first time, scientists have measured the different types of genomic DNA changes that occur in skin cells, finding that mutations from ultraviolet (UV) light is especially common,...

Cancer Research Reveals How Mutations in a Specific Gene Cause Different Types of Disease

January 18, 2021
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Birmingham, UK — Leading cancer experts at the University of Birmingham have solved a long-standing question of how various types of mutations in just one gene cause different types of diseases. A...

Acute Itching in Eczema Patients Linked to Environmental Allergens

January 18, 2021
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St. Louis, MO — In addition to a skin rash, many eczema sufferers also experience chronic itching, but sometimes that itching can become torturous. Worse, antihistamines — the standard treatment...

Basis for the Essential Cellular Powerhouses

January 18, 2021
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany — Mitochondria are vital for the human body as cellular powerhouses: They possess more than 1,000 different proteins, required for many central metabolic pathways. Disfunction...

Scientists Identify Nutrient that Helps Prevent Bacterial Infection

January 18, 2021
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Bethesda, MD — Scientists studying the body’s natural defenses against bacterial infection have identified a nutrient–taurine–that helps the gut recall prior infections and kill invading...

The Odd Structure of ORF8: Mapping the Coronavirus Protein Linked to Disease Severity

January 15, 2021
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Berkeley, CA — A team of HIV researchers, cellular biologists, and biophysicists who banded together to support COVID-19 science determined the atomic structure of a coronavirus protein thought to...

Enhanced Oral Uptake of Exosomes Opens Cell Therapy Alternative

January 15, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — Cell-derived exosomes are effective in treating disease when mixed with the dominant protein in breast milk and given orally, a new Smidt Heart Institute study of laboratory mice...

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