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Researchers Mine Data and Connect the Dots About Processes Driving Neuroblastoma

October 15, 2020
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Memphis, TN — Researchers have used insight from a comprehensive genomic analysis of neuroblastoma to learn about the process driving one of the most common childhood solid tumours. The findings revealed...

Reviving Cells After Heart Attack

October 15, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — Extracellular vesicles (EVs) — nanometer sized messengers that travel between cells to deliver cues and cargo — are promising tools for the next generation of therapies...

Protein that Keeps Immune System from Freaking Out could Form Basis for New Therapeutics

October 15, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — The immune response to infections is a delicate balance. We need just enough action to clear away the offending bacteria or viruses, but not so much that our own bodies suffer collateral...

How Deadly Parasites ‘Glide’ into Human Cells

October 15, 2020
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Hamburg, Germany — In biological terms, gliding refers to the type of movement during which a cell moves along a surface without changing its shape. This form of movement is unique to parasites from...

Study Indicates that Hair Loss might be Prevented by Regulating Stem Cell Metabolism

October 15, 2020
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Helsinki, Finland — Hair follicle stem cells, which promote hair growth, can prolong their life by switching their metabolic state. In experiments conducted with mice, a research group active in Helsinki...

Anticancer Compounds for B Cell Cancer Therapy Targeting Cellular Stress Response

October 15, 2020
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Philadelphia, PA — Researchers at The Wistar Institute and collaborators from the University of Notre Dame are developing anticancer compounds targeting a pathway of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)...

Bacterial Toxin with Healing Effect

October 15, 2020
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Jena, Germany — Normally they are among the many harmless organisms found in and on the human body: one in four people have millions of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on their skin and on the mucous...

World First Study Shows Some Microorganisms can Bend the Rules of Evolution

October 15, 2020
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Melbourne, Australia — In a world first Monash University scientists have discovered that HGT can bend the rules of evolution. The discovery is outlined in a study published today in PNAS, which...

Single Gene Disorders not so Simple After All

October 13, 2020
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Chicago, IL — Traditionally, geneticists divide disorders into “simple,” where a single gene mutation causes disease, or complex, where mutations in many genes contribute modest amounts....

Scientists Develop New Precise Therapeutic Leukaemia Vaccine

October 13, 2020
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Beijing, China — Exploration of new leukaemia antigens and construction of appropriate delivery systems using FDA-approved material are important strategies for developing leukaemia vaccines for clinic...

Scientists Find Neurochemicals have Unexpectedly Profound Roles in Human Brain

October 13, 2020
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Blacksburg, VA — In first-of-their-kind observations in the human brain, an international team of researchers has revealed two well-known neurochemicals — dopamine and serotonin — are at...

Making of Memory B Cells and Long-Term Immune Responses

October 13, 2020
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Osaka, Japan — The current COVID-19 climate has made vaccines, antibodies, and immune responses topics of everyday conversation. Now, it isn’t just immunologists who want to know how our bodies...

Computational Approach to Optimise Culture Conditions Required for Cell Therapy

October 13, 2020
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Singapore / Melbourne, Australia — Cellular therapy is a powerful strategy to produce patient-specific, personalised cells to treat many diseases, including heart disease and neurological disorders....

Damaged Muscles Don’t Just Die, They Regenerate Themselves

October 13, 2020
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Kumamoto, Japan — While building a muscle damage model in a cultured system, a research collaboration between Kumamoto University and Nagasaki University in Japan has found that components leaking...

When It Comes to Arthritic Bone Spurs, Stem Cells Hurt Instead of Heal

October 12, 2020
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Los Angeles, CA — The same stem cells that heal broken bones can also generate arthritic bone spurs called osteophytes, according to a new study in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. “Although...

Terahertz Zaps Alter Gene Activity in Stem Cells

October 12, 2020
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Kyoto, Japan — Terahertz light pulses change gene expression in stem cells, report researchers from Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and Tokai University...

Inhibiting Epileptic Activity in the Brain

October 12, 2020
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Chicago, IL — Epileptic seizures often originate in small, localized areas of the brain where neurons abnormally fire in unison. These electrical impulses disrupt proper brain functioning and cause...

Setting a TRAP for Pandemic-Causing Viruses

October 12, 2020
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Nagoya, Japan — A research team led by Nagoya University scientists in Japan has developed an approach that can quickly find synthetic proteins that specifically bind to important targets, such as...

Severe COVID-19 Infection Linked to Overactive Immune Cells

October 12, 2020
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London, UK — Samples from the lungs of patients show a runaway immune system reaction could be one mechanism behind severe COVID-19 cases. When infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, many people...

Reprogram CRISPR System in Mice to Eliminate Tumour Cells Without Affecting Healthy Cells

October 12, 2020
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Madrid, Spain — The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool is one of the most promising approaches to advancing treatments of genetic diseases – including cancer -, an area of research where progress...

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