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Team Find Brain Mechanism that Automatically Links Objects in Our Minds

July 12, 2021
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Baltimore, MD — When people see a toothbrush, a car, a tree — any individual object — their brain automatically associates it with other things it naturally occurs with, allowing humans...

Relationship between Chromosomal Instability and Senescence Revealed in Fly Drosophila

July 9, 2021
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Barcelona, Spain — Chromosomal instability is a feature of solid tumours such as carcinoma. Likewise, cellular senescence is a process that is highly related to cellular ageing and its link to cancer...

How an Unfolding Protein can Induce Programmed Cell Death

July 8, 2021
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Groningen, Netherlands — The death of cells is well regulated. If it occurs too much, it can cause degenerative diseases. Too little, and cells can become tumours. Mitochondria, the power plants of...

Nano-Scale Borate Bioactive Glass: Next Generation material for skin-healing

July 8, 2021
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Hefei, China — Recently, with the help of a steady-state strong magnetic field experimental device, scientists constructed nano-scale borate bioactive glass (Nano-HCA@BG), which can effectively reduce...

Study Reveals How Our Immune System Reacts to COVID-19 Variants

July 8, 2021
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Sydney, Australia — Australian scientists researching how our immune system responds to COVID-19 have revealed that those infected by early variants in 2020 produced sustained antibodies, however,...

Scientists Closing in on Map of the Mammalian Immune System

July 7, 2021
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Dallas, TX — Using artificial intelligence, UT Southwestern scientists have identified thousands of genetic mutations likely to affect the immune system in mice. The work is part of one Nobel laureate’s...

Study Shows Laboratory Developed Protein Spikes Consistent with COVID-19 Virus

July 7, 2021
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Southampton, UK — A new international study has found that the key properties of the spikes of SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19 are consistent with those of several laboratory-developed protein...

Structuring the Cerebral Neocortex

July 7, 2021
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Berlin, Germany — The neocortex is a layered structure of the brain in which neurons are arranged parallel to each other. This organization is critical for healthy brain function. A team of researchers...

Potential Drug Target for Difficult-to-Treat Breast Cancer: RNA-Binding Proteins

July 6, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — In cancer research, it’s a common goal to find something about cancer cells — some sort of molecule — that drives their ability to survive, and determine if that molecule...

Inside the Lungs, a New Hope for Protection Against Flu Damage

July 5, 2021
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Oeiras, Portugal — The seasonal flu kills up to 600 000 people a year worldwide and has a century-long history of pandemics. Examples include the Spanish flu in the late 1910’s or the H1N1 in...

Scientists Find Genetic Cause, Underlying Mechanisms of New Neurodevelopmental Syndrome

July 5, 2021
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Chapel Hill, NC — Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and colleagues have demonstrated that variants in the SPTBN1 gene can alter neuronal architecture,...

Machine Learning Algorithm Predicts How Genes are Regulated in Individual Cells

July 5, 2021
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Chicago, IL — A team of scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago has developed a software tool that can help researchers more efficiently identify the regulators of genes. The system leverages...

New Microchip Sensor Measures Stress Hormones from Drop of Blood

July 5, 2021
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New Brunswick, NJ — A Rutgers-led team of researchers has developed a microchip that can measure stress hormones in real time from a drop of blood. The study appears in the journal Science...

Human Stem Cells Enable Model to Test Drug Impact on Brain’s Blood Barrier

July 2, 2021
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Stockholm, Sweden — Using an experimental model to simulate the blood-brain barrier, scientists in Sweden reported in unprecedented detail how antioxidants protect the brain from inflammation caused...

New Markers for Coronary Microvascular Disease Identified

July 2, 2021
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Urbana, IL — Although cardiovascular disease is the main cause of illness among women in the U.S., certain conditions such as coronary microvascular disease (CMD) cannot be easily diagnosed. In a new...

Researchers Discover Unique ‘Spider Web’ Mechanism that Traps, Kills Viruses

July 1, 2021
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Hamilton, ON — Immunologists at McMaster University have discovered a previously unknown mechanism which acts like a spider web, trapping and killing pathogens such as influenza or SARS-CoV-2, the...

Reversal Speeds Creation of Important Molecule

July 1, 2021
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Houston, TX — The story of halichondrin B, an inspirational molecule obtained from a marine creature, goes back to the molecule’s discovery in an ocean sponge in 1986. Though it has been...

‘Unexciting’ an Anxious Brain: Novel Drug Reduces Anxiety-like Behaviour in Mice

June 30, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Anxiety, commonly termed as a feeling of fear, dread, and restlessness, is a perfectly normal reaction to stressful situations. However, a state of heightened anxiety, which is the reality...

AI Used to Predict Unknown Links between Viruses and Mammals

June 30, 2021
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Liverpool, UK — A new University of Liverpool study could help scientists mitigate the future spread of zoonotic and livestock diseases caused by existing viruses. Researchers have used a form or...

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