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‘Information Theory’ Recruited to Help Scientists Find Cancer Genes

April 21, 2021
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Baltimore, MD — Using a widely known field of mathematics designed mainly to study how digital and other forms of information are measured, stored and shared, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine and...

Scientists Identify Protein that could Serve as Therapeutic Target in Lung Cancer

April 20, 2021
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Richmond, VA — Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have identified a protein that operates in tandem with a specific genetic mutation to spur lung cancer growth and could serve as a therapeutic...

Researchers Grow Stem Cells to Cure Glaucoma

April 19, 2021
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Moscow Oblast, Russia — A joint research carried out by MIPT scientists and Harvard researchers have presented retinal cells that can integrate into the retina. This is the first successful attempt...

How Tangled Proteins Kill Brain Cells, Promote Alzheimer’s, CTE

April 19, 2021
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Boulder, CO — Look deep inside the brain of someone with Alzheimer’s disease, most forms of dementia or the concussion-related syndrome known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and you’ll...

Neural Plasticity Depends on this Long Noncoding RNA’s Journey from Nucleus to Synapse

April 19, 2021
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Jupiter, FL — Making memories involves more than seeing friends or taking photos. The brain constantly adapts to new information and stores memories by building connections among neurons, called synapses....

Understanding How DNA Repairs Itself may Lead to Better Cancer Treatment

April 16, 2021
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Evanston, IL — From cancer treatment to sunlight, radiation and toxins can severely damage DNA in both harmful and healthy cells. While the body has evolved to efficiently treat and restore damaged...

Scientists Program Microalgae’s ‘Oil Factory’ to Produce Various Oils

April 16, 2021
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Beijing, China — By combining the ‘chassis’ of an oil-producing microalgae with genes from a Cuphea plant, scientists from the Single-Cell Center, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess...

DNA Structure Itself is Involved in Genome Regulation

April 15, 2021
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Madrid, Spain — The (when stretched) two-metre-long DNA molecule in each human cell is continuously being unpacked and packed again to enable the expression of genetic information. When genes must...

Aged Bone Marrow Niche Impedes Function of Rejuvenated Hematopoietic Stem Cells

April 15, 2021
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Durham, NC — When leukaemia strikes an older person, it is in part due to the aging of his or her hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). These immature cells can develop into all types of blood cells, including...

Researchers Establish Intracellular Interaction Network in Breast Cancer

April 15, 2021
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Moscow, Russia — Researchers at HSE University have identified the genes that play a crucial role in breast cancer metastasis. The results of the study were published in the journal PLOS ONE. Every...

Lab Study Solves Textbook Problem: How Cells Know Their Size

April 15, 2021
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Hanover, NH — Scientists have searched for years to understand how cells measure their size. Cell size is critical. It’s what regulates cell division in a growing organism. When the microscopic...

Protein can Release Trapped Histones in the Cell

April 15, 2021
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Copenhagen, Denmark — In the cell nucleus histones play a crucial role packaging DNA into chromatin. Histones are however very sticky to both DNA and RNA, so to ensure they are transported to the cell...

Chemical Modification of RNA could Play Key Role in Polycystic Kidney Disease

April 14, 2021
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Dallas, TX — A chemical modification of RNA that can be influenced by diet appears to play a key role in polycystic kidney disease, an inherited disorder that is the fourth leading cause of kidney...

Cancer DNA Blood Tests Validated by International Research Team

April 14, 2021
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Darlinghurst, Australia — An international team today reports the findings of an independent assessment of five commercially-available assays for tumour DNA sequencing – a fast, cheap and less...

Gut Epithelium Muscles Up Against Infection

April 14, 2021
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Uppsala, Sweden — To maximise absorption of nutrients from the diet, the intestinal mucous membrane has a large surface area. However, this also makes it vulnerable to attack from aggressive gut microbes....

Tummy Invader: This Bacterial Molecule may be Key to Fighting Stomach Cancer

April 13, 2021
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Osaka, Japan — Humans are exposed to many types of bacteria daily, the majority of which are harmless. However, some bacteria are pathogenic, which means they can cause disease. An extremely common...

Brain Damage Caused by Plasticisers

April 13, 2021
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Bayreuth, Germany — The plasticisers contained in many everyday objects can impair important brain functions in humans. Biologists from the University of Bayreuth warn of this danger in an article...

Technique Allows Mapping of Epigenetic Information in Single Cells at Scale

April 13, 2021
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Solna, Sweden — Histones are tiny proteins that bind to DNA and hold information that can help turn on or off individual genes. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a technique that...

Neural Stem Cells Age Rapidly, Study Reveals

April 13, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — In a new study published in Cell Stem Cell, a team led by USC Stem Cell scientist Dr. Michael Bonaguidi, demonstrates that neural stem cells – the stem cells of the nervous...

Activating the Brain’s Immune System Against Cancer Prevents It from Spreading

April 13, 2021
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Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel — Groundbreaking research from Tel Aviv University may lead to a significant breakthrough in the battle against deadly brain cancer. To begin with, the researchers identified...

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