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Nanodevices Show How Living Cells Change with Time, by Tracking from Inside

October 22, 2020
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Bath, UK — For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning...

Researchers Discovered the Second ‘Key’ Used by the SARS-CoV-2 Virus to Enter into Human Cells

October 22, 2020
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Helsinki, Finland — To efficiently infect human cells, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is able to use a receptor called Neuropilin-1, which is very abundant in many human tissues including...

The Road to Uncovering a Novel Mechanism for Disposing of Misfolded Proteins

October 22, 2020
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Houston, TX — About 30 years ago, Dr. Richard Sifers set out on a journey to discover why people with a rare condition known as alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency present with high variation in the...

AI Methods of Analyzing Social Networks Find New Cell Types in Tissue

October 22, 2020
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Uppsala, Sweden — In situ sequencing enables gene activity inside body tissues to be depicted in microscope images. To facilitate interpretation of the vast quantities of information generated, Uppsala...

The Right Cells in the Right Spot

October 22, 2020
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Munich. Germany — Spotting, pursuing and catching prey – for many animals this is an essential task for survival. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology now show in zebrafish...

‘Multi-Omics’ Adds New Cell to Immune Family Tree

October 22, 2020
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Parkville, Australia — WEHI researchers have used powerful ‘single cell multi-omics’ technologies to discover a previously unknown ancestor of T and B lymphocytes, which are critical components...

The Line of Succession

October 20, 2020
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München, Germany — A specific region of messenger RNAs, the 3′ untranslated region (3’UTR), plays an important role for cells to function properly. During embryonic development, 3’UTRs...

Study Discovers Gene that Helps Us Know When It’s Time to Urinate

October 20, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — In a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study involving both mice and patients who are part of an NIH Clinical Center trial, researchers discovered that a gene, called PIEZO2,...

Immune Protein Orchestrates Daily Rhythm of Squid-Bacteria Symbiotic Relationship

October 20, 2020
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Honolulu, HI — Nearly every organism hosts a collection of symbiotic microbes–a microbiome. It is now recognized that microbiomes are major drivers of health in all animals, including humans,...

Fats Fighting Back Against Bacteria

October 20, 2020
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Queensland, Australia — Droplets of fat inside our cells are helping the body’s own defence system fight back against infection, University of Queenslandresearchers have discovered. The international...

New Strategy for siRNA Stabilization by Artificial Cationic Oligosaccharide

October 20, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — RNA interference is a gene regulatory mechanism in which the expression of specific genes is downregulated by endogenous microRNAs or by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). Although siRNAs...

Lineage Tracing of Direct Astrocyte-to-Neuron Conversion for Brain Repair

October 20, 2020
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Guangzhou, China — Regeneration of functional new neurons to repair injured human brain is a long-term unsolved problem up till today. The lack of neuroregeneration is one of the major reasons why...

Discoveries Suggest New Breast Cancer Treatment

October 19, 2020
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Melbourne, Australia — Findings by Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers have pointed to a new combination of treatments that may help breast cancer patients with certain gene mutations. The...

Small RNA as a Central Player in Infections

October 19, 2020
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Würzburg, Germany — More than half of the world’s population carries the bacterium Helicobacter pylori in their stomach mucosa. It often causes no problems throughout life, but sometimes it can...

Rare Congenital Heart Defect Rescued by Protease Inhibition

October 19, 2020
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Greenwood, SC — A research team at the Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) has successfully used small molecules to restore normal heart and valve development in an animal model for Mucolipidosis II (ML...

New Test can Target and Capture Most Lethal Cells in Fatal Brain Cancer

October 19, 2020
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Baltimore, MD — A laboratory test developed by a research team led by Johns Hopkins University bioengineers can accurately pinpoint, capture and analyze the deadliest cells in the most common and aggressive...

Researchers Make Counterintuitive Discoveries About Immune-Like Characteristics of Cells

October 19, 2020
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Nashville, TN — Vanderbilt University researchers have reported the counterintuitive discovery that certain chemotherapeutic agents used to treat tumours can have the opposite effect of tissue overgrowth...

An Alternative to Animal Experiments

October 15, 2020
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Munich, Germany — The human intestine is vital for both digestion and absorbing nutrients as well as drugs. For any type of research that involves intestines, scientists require research models that...

Reviving Cells After Heart Attack

October 15, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — Extracellular vesicles (EVs) — nanometer sized messengers that travel between cells to deliver cues and cargo — are promising tools for the next generation of therapies...

How Deadly Parasites ‘Glide’ into Human Cells

October 15, 2020
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Hamburg, Germany — In biological terms, gliding refers to the type of movement during which a cell moves along a surface without changing its shape. This form of movement is unique to parasites from...

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