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Scientists Identify Hormone that might Help Treat Malabsorption

September 24, 2020
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Cincinnati, OH — Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s used human intestinal organoids grown from stem cells to discover how our bodies control the absorption of nutrients from the food we eat....

Co-Occurrence of Cancer Driver Genes, Key to Precision Medicine

September 24, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Cancer driver genes are those with mutations that are essential for tumour development and spread. Led by ICREA researcher Patrick Aloy, scientists from the Structural Bioinformatics...

Physicists Develop Printable Organic Transistors

September 24, 2020
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Dresden, Germany — High-definition roll-up televisions or foldable smartphones may soon no longer be unaffordable luxury goods that can be admired at international electronics trade fairs. High-performance...

Smart Cells: Chemists Develop Tool with Potential to Treat Illness at the Cellular Level

September 24, 2020
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Edmonton, AB — New research by an international team of chemists describes a new type of artificial cell that can communicate with other cells within the body–with potential applications in the...

Exercise Hormone may Modulate Genes Associated with Replication of Novel Coronavirus

September 24, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — A study conducted by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) suggests that irisin, a hormone secreted from muscles in response to exercise, could have a therapeutic effect...

Scientists Get Soft on 3D Printing

September 24, 2020
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Gaithersburg, MD — Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method of 3D-printing gels and other soft materials. Published in a new paper, it has...

Regulatory T Cells could Lead to New Immunotherapies Aimed at Treating Multiple Sclerosis

September 22, 2020
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Irvine, CA — In a new University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers have discovered how regulatory T cells (Treg) are instrumental in limiting the damage caused to the spinal cord in diseases...

Personal Interactions are Important Drivers of STEM Identity in Girls

September 22, 2020
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Tallahassee, FL — As head of the educational outreach arm of the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Roxanne Hughes has overseen dozens of science camps...

Scientists Discovers Why We Need Sleep

September 22, 2020
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Los Angeles, CA — Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead to severe health problems in humans and other animals. But why is sleep so vital to our health? A UCLA-led team of scientists has answered this...

New Way to Halt Leukaemia Relapse Shown Promising in Mice

September 22, 2020
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Hiroshima, Japan — Researchers have identified a second path to defeating chronic myelogenous leukaemia, which tends to affect older adults, even in the face of resistance to existing drugs. The...

Researchers Discover a Novel Family of Toxins Used in Bacterial Competition

September 22, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have characterized a novel family of anti-bacterial toxins present in bacteria, including Salmonella enterica. This species...

Researchers Discover a Mechanism Allowing Immune Cells to Regulate Obesity

September 21, 2020
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Madrid, Spain — Macrophages are immune system cells. They are essential in the early response to infections, and they also have a key role in the proper functioning of our tissues and the regulation...

New Smart Drug Delivery System may Help Treatment for Neurological Disorders

September 21, 2020
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New Brunswick, NJ — A Rutgers-led team has created a smart drug delivery system that reduces inflammation in damaged nervous tissues and may help treat spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders. The...

Scientists Uncover the Structural Mechanism of Coronavirus Receptor Binding

September 21, 2020
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London, UK — The spike protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can adopt at least ten distinct structural states, when in contact with the human virus receptor ACE2, according to research...

Brain’s Memory Abilities Inspire AI Experts in Making Neural Networks Less ‘Forgetful’

September 21, 2020
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Amherst, MA — Artificial intelligence (AI) experts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Baylor College of Medicine report that they have successfully addressed what they call a “major,...

‘Cellular Compass’ Guides Stem Cell Division in Plants

September 21, 2020
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Stanford, CA — The stem cells tasked with creating and maintaining biological tissues have a difficult job. They have to precisely divide to form new specialized cells, which are destined to different...

Reward and Punishment Take Similar Paths in Mouse Brain

September 17, 2020
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory (CSHL) scientists have discovered neurons in the mouse brain that help an animal learn to avoid negative experiences. The cells reside in a part...

Stem Cells Engineered to Evade Immune System Hold Promise for ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Grafts

September 17, 2020
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Durham, NC — Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) hold promise in the field of regenerative medicine for how they give rise to every other cell type in the body and for their ability to propagate indefinitely....

Decoding the Genetics that Drive Disease

September 17, 2020
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Adelaide, Australia — From Alzheimer’s to obesity, life can change dramatically if you discover you have a genetic risk of disease. Now, a new study from the Australian Centre for Precision Health,...

Wnt Pathway Gets Even more Complicated

September 17, 2020
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Vienna, Austria — The Wnt signalling pathway has been studied for decades, still it holds surprises in store. Bon-Kyoung Koo, group leader at IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the...

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