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Substances With Anti-Cancer Action Are Identified in Brazilian Red Propolis

September 11, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Brazilian red propolis found in beehives along the coast and mangroves in the Northeast region contains two substances with anti-cancer properties. In laboratory tests, they considerably...

Improving European Healthcare Through Cell-Based Interceptive Medicine

September 9, 2020
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Berlin, Germany — Hundreds of innovators, research pioneers, clinicians, industry leaders and policy makers from all around Europe are united by a vision of how to revolutionize healthcare. In two...

New Microfluidic Device Minimizes Loss of High Value Samples

September 9, 2020
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Tempe, AZ — A major collaborative effort that has been developing over the last three years between ASU and European scientists, has resulted in a significant technical advance in X-ray crystallographic...

Coaxing Single Stem Cells Into Specialized Cells

September 6, 2020
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Chicago, IL — Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a unique method for precisely controlling the deposition of hydrogel, which is made of water-soluble polymers commonly...

Autophagy: The Beginning of the End

September 6, 2020
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Vienna, Austria — Autophagosomes first form as cup-shaped membranes in the cell, which then grow to engulf the cellular material designated for destruction. The formation of these membranes is catalyzed...

Finding Cortisone Alternatives With Fewer Side Effects

September 2, 2020
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München, Germany — The work group around Henriette Uhlenhaut, Professor for Metabolic Programming at TUM School of Life Sciences in Freising-Weihenstephan and researcher in the field of Molecular Endocrinology...

Misfiring Brain Cells May Cause Swallowing Woes in Children With Developmental Disorders

September 2, 2020
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Blacksburg, VA — Misfiring brain cells that control key parts of the mouth and tongue may be creating swallowing difficulties in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, according to neuroscientists...

Two Discoveries Boost Next-Generation Organoid Development

August 28, 2020
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Cincinnati, OH — In back-to-back reports published Aug. 27, 2020, in Nature Communications, a team of scientists from Cincinnati Children’s and Japan report discoveries that will be vital to...

A Ribosome Odyssey in Mitochondria

August 26, 2020
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Solna, Sweden — Proteins make life and are made by ribosomes. In mitochondria, the repertoire of the mitoribosomal architectures turns out to be much more diverse than previously thought. A paper...

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...

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