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Discovery of a Potential New Therapy for Inflammatory Arthritis

October 21, 2021
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Toronto, Canada — In a paper published Oct. 20 in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers at the Schroeder Arthritis Institute, part of University Health Network (UHN) in Toronto, have...

New Step Towards Precision Medicine for Dialysis Patients

October 21, 2021
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Zurich, Switzerland — Every day, the human kidneys clean about 1,500 litres of blood by producing approximately 1–2 litres of urine. Thereby, the body gets rid of excess water and toxic waste products...

Research Breakthrough Could Mean Better Treatment for Patients With Most Deadly Form of Brain Tumour

October 21, 2021
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London, UK — Scientists studying the most common and aggressive type of brain tumour in adults have discovered a new way of analysing diseased and healthy cells from the same patient. Crucially,...

Researchers Develop a New Way to Find Cancer at the Nanometre Scale

October 20, 2021
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Quebec, Canada — Diagnosing and treating cancer can be a race against time. By the time the disease is diagnosed in a patient, all too often it is advanced and able to spread throughout the body, decreasing...

So-Called Junk DNA Plays Critical Role in Mammalian Development

October 19, 2021
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Berkeley, CA — Nearly half of our DNA has been written off as junk, the discards of evolution: sidelined or broken genes, viruses that got stuck in our genome and were dismembered or silenced, none...

Scientists Uncover a Circadian Rhythm in Heart Cells That Affects Their Daily Function

October 15, 2021
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Swindon, UK — A new study has shown how circadian rhythms in heart cells help to change heart function over the course of the day and may explain why shift workers are more vulnerable to heart problems. Scientists...

Metabolic Restoration in HIV-Infected Patients as a Therapeutic Approach

October 14, 2021
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Quebec, Canada — The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) particularly attacks CD4 lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell considered to be the conductor of the immune system. Hamza Loucif, a doctoral...

Study Finds Sex Matters When It Comes to Immune Responses Against Infection and Disease

October 13, 2021
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — A University of Alberta-led study shows that when it comes to susceptibility to infections and other health conditions, sex matters. The research, published in the journal...

Changes in Menstrual Cycle Length Before Menopause May Predict Risk of Heart Disease

October 13, 2021
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Pittsburgh, PA – As women near menopause, their menstrual cycle length often becomes longer. The timing of these changes could provide clues about a person’s risk of developing heart disease, according...

Antioxidants to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease

October 12, 2021
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Quebec, Canada — Research conducted by the Ph.D student Mohamed Raâfet Ben Khedher and the postdoctoral researcher Mohamed Haddad of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has shown...

Tracking How the Environment Influences Circadian Rhythms

October 8, 2021
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Troy, NY — Having challenged the idea that our environment cannot alter our genetically controlled 24-hour sleep-wake cycle, circadian rhythm researcher Jennifer Hurley has embarked on a new project...

Scientists Assemble a Biological Clock in a Test Tube to Study How It Works

October 8, 2021
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Santa Cruz, CA — Daily cycles in virtually every aspect of our physiology are driven by biological clocks (also called circadian clocks) in our cells. The cyclical interactions of clock proteins keep...

Strict Lineage Tracing Crucial to Nerve Cell Regeneration Research, Study Says

October 4, 2021
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Dallas, TX — UT Southwestern stem cell scientists find that stringent lineage tracing is crucial for studies of nerve cell regeneration. Their results, which are published in Cell, show that this tracing...

Strict Lineage Tracing Crucial to Nerve Cell Regeneration Research, Study Says

October 1, 2021
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How High-Fat Diets Allow Cancer Cells to Go Unnoticed

October 1, 2021
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY — A high-fat diet increases the incidence of colorectal cancer. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow Semir Beyaz and collaborators from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts...

Whole-Heart Computational Modelling Provides Insights for Individualized Treatment

October 1, 2021
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Washington, DC — Whole-heart ventricular modelling has come a long way in recent years and is currently witnessing the evolution of a variety of computational approaches, especially within the realm...

Researchers Reveal Molecular Mechanism of Nucleolar RNA

September 30, 2021
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Hefei, China — A research group led by Prof. GUANG Shouhong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with Prof. FENG Xuezhu from...

Novel Small Molecule Potently Attenuates Neuroinflammation in Brain and Glial Cells

September 30, 2021
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Birmingham, AL — Neuroinflammation can worsen outcomes in stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, as well as accelerate neurodegenerative diseases like ALS, Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s....

Nanocellulose Decorated with Proteins is Suitable for 3D Cell Culturing

September 29, 2021
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Tampere, Finland — Wood-derived cellulose nanofibers form a hydrogel in water, referred to as nanocellulose, which is a highly promising material for various biological applications. However, nanocellulose...

Antibody-Producing B Cells may be “Predestined” for Their Fates

September 29, 2021
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New York, NY — The master regulator behind the development of antibody-producing cells has been identified in a study by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The findings provide new insight into...

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