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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...

Researchers Find Clues to Clarify Why Cohesine Has a Role in Cancer and Cardiac Development

August 12, 2020
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Madrid, Spain — Ana Losada, from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), is the scientist who identified cohesin in vertebrates, a protein that is essential in cell division. Losada has...

Secretion of Sugar Polymers Modulates Multicellularity in the Bacterium Myxococcus Xanthus

August 12, 2020
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Quebec, QC, Canada — Research by INRS (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique) Professor Salim Timo Islam and his PhD student Fares Saïdi has recently revealed that multicellular physiology...

Re-Engineering Antibodies for COVID-19

July 31, 2020
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Austin, TX — With millions of COVID-19 cases reported across the globe, people are turning to antibody tests to find out whether they have been exposed to the coronavirus that causes the disease. But...

New Insights Into Wound Healing

July 31, 2020
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St. Louis, MO — When we get a wound on our skin, the cells in our bodies quickly mobilize to repair it. While it has been known how cells heal wounds and how scars form, a team led by researchers from...

Inflammation Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction Studied in Organoids

July 29, 2020
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Winston-Salem, NC — The scientists who developed the first 3D multicellular brain organoid with a functional blood brain barrier now report that the model could be a promising platform to screen drugs...

Computational Gene Study Suggests New Pathway for COVID-19 Inflammatory Response

July 29, 2020
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Oak Ridge, TN — Analyses of lung fluid cells from COVID-19 patients conducted on the nation’s fastest supercomputer point to gene expression patterns that may explain the runaway symptoms produced...

COVID-19 Research: Anti-Viral Strategy With Double Effect

July 29, 2020
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Frankfurt, Germany — In the case of an infection, the SARS-CoV-2 virus must overcome various defence mechanisms of the human body, including its non-specific or innate immune defence. During this process,...

Artificial Intelligence Identifies Prostate Cancer With Near-Perfect Accuracy

July 29, 2020
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Pittsburgh, PA — A study published July 27 in The Lancet Digital Health by UPMC and University of Pittsburgh researchers demonstrates the highest accuracy to date in recognizing and characterizing...

In Cell Studies, Seaweed Extract Outperforms Remdesivir in Blocking COVID-19 Virus

July 26, 2020
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Troy, NY — In a test of antiviral effectiveness against the virus that causes COVID-19, an extract from edible seaweeds substantially outperformed remdesivir, the current standard antiviral used to...

Researchers Use Cell Imaging and Mathematical Modelling to Understand Cancer Progression

July 26, 2020
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Blacksburg, VA — Cell division is a fundamental process that organisms need to reproduce, grow, and make repairs. But when an error disrupts this complex biological process, cellular abnormalities...

Neutralizing Antibodies Isolated From COVID-19 Patients May Suppress Virus

July 22, 2020
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New York, NY — Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center have isolated antibodies from several COVID-19 patients that, to date, are among the most potent in neutralizing the SARS-CoV-2...

“Love Hormone” Oxytocin Could Be Used to Treat Cognitive Disorders Like Alzheimer’s

July 22, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disorder in which the nerve cells (neurons) in a person’s brain and the connections among them degenerate slowly, causing severe memory loss,...

Scientists Discover Key Element of Strong Antibody Response to COVID-19, Offering Inspiration for Vaccine Design

July 15, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — A team led by scientists at Scripps Research has discovered a common molecular feature found in many of the human antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The...

Autism Researchers Map Brain Circuitry of Social Preference

July 15, 2020
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Jupiter, FL — Some individuals love meeting new people, while others abhor the idea. For individuals with conditions such as autism, unfamiliar social interactions can produce negative emotions such...

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Safe, Generates Immune Response, Says Study

July 15, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — An investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralizing...

Study Suggests Pickled Capers Activate Proteins Important for Human Brain and Heart Health

July 15, 2020
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Irvine, CA — A compound commonly found in pickled capers has been shown to activate proteins required for normal human brain and heart activity, and may even lead to future therapies for the treatment...

Dissecting Fruit Flies’ Varying Responses to Life-Extension Diet

July 10, 2020
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Seattle, WA — Changes in a few small molecules involved in a cell’s metabolism seem to indicate whether a restricted “life extension” diet will actually extend, shorten, or have no...

New Treatment Approach Uses Killer Cells to Treat Deadly Brain Tumours

July 10, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — Glioblastomas are the most common malignant brain tumours in adults. Treatment options are extremely limited and usually not effective, leading to death for most patients within...

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