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Genetic Barcodes can Ensure Authentic DNA Fingerprints

May 25, 2020
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Durham, NC — Engineers at Duke University and the New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering have demonstrated a method for ensuring that an increasingly popular method of genetic identification...

Measuring Blood Damage

May 25, 2020
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Newark, DE — According to the National Kidney Foundation, more than 37 million people are living with kidney disease. The kidneys play an important role in the body, from removing waste products...

At The Crossroads

May 25, 2020
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany — On average, the human body contains 35 trillion red blood cells (RBCs). Approximately three million of these small disc-shaped cells die in one second. But in this second,...

Iron Nanorobots Go Undercover

May 25, 2020
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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia — Living cells inside the body could be placed under surveillance–their location and migration noninvasively tracked in real time over many days–using a new method...

New Understanding of Everyday Cellular Processes

May 25, 2020
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Coventry, UK — We use cells to breathe, to moderate body temperature, to grow and many other every day processes, however the cells in these processes are so complex its left scientists perplexed into...

T-cells could be Made into Better Cancer Killers by Increasing Their Protein Production

May 25, 2020
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Charleston, SC — A team of scientists from Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has developed a novel flow cytometry technique that can, for the first-time, quantify...

Subcellular Chatter Regulates Longevity

May 21, 2020
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Firenze FI, Italy — As people get older, they often feel less energetic, mobile or active. This may be due in part to a decline in mitochondria, the tiny powerhouses inside of our cells, which provide...

Lighting Up Cells with Genetically-Encoded X-Ray-Sensitive Probes

May 21, 2020
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Shanghai, China — Microscopic visualization of sub-cellular structures and constituents plays a central role in cell biology. Synchrotron-based X-ray microscopy (XRM) provides a unique approach for...

Identification of a Determining Factor in Luminal Cancer Cells

May 21, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — The Translational Control of Cell Cycle and Differentiation Lab at IRB Barcelona, led by ICREA researcher Raúl Méndez, has published a study in the journal Science Advances that...

Releasing Molecular ‘Brake’ Kick-Starts Immune Cell Function

May 21, 2020
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Grand Rapids, MI — The immune system’s ability to marshal specialized cells to fight off infection relies in part on tiny molecules called microRNAs, which act as a release for the “brakes”...

New Tool to Map the Flow of Info Within Living Cells

May 21, 2020
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Chapel Hill, NC — How do cells move? Why do they move? Why do some cancer cells move slowly while others move quickly, causing a cancerous tumour to metastasize and become much more difficult to treat...

Study on Nerve Cell Repair

May 21, 2020
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Aurora, CO — Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified a new way that cells in the central nervous system regenerate and repair following damage. In an article...

Smoking Increases SARS-CoV-2 Receptors in Lung

May 21, 2020
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY — New research from CSHL scientists suggests that cigarette smoke spurs the lungs to make more ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2), the protein that the coronavirus responsible...

Location, Location, Location: The Cell Membrane Facilitates RAS Protein Interactions

May 21, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — Many cancer medications fail to effectively target the most commonly mutated cancer genes in humans, called RAS. Now, Salk Professor Geoffrey Wahl and a team of scientists have uncovered...

New Wearable Sensor Tracks Vitamin C Levels in Sweat

May 20, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — A team at the University of California San Diego has developed a wearable, non invasive Vitamin C sensor that could provide a new, highly personalized option for users to track their...

Clinical Trial Shows Ability of Stem Cell-Based Topical Solution to Regrow Hair

May 19, 2020
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Durham, NC — The results of a clinical trial released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine demonstrate how a topical solution made up of stem cells leads to the regrowth of hair for people with...

Scientists Find Brain Center that ‘Profoundly’ Shuts Down Pain

May 19, 2020
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Durham, NC — A Duke University research team has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly control the animals’ sense of pain. Somewhat unexpectedly, this brain center turns...

Controlling Cells with Light

May 19, 2020
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Jena, Germany — Photopharmacology investigates the use of light to switch the effect of drugs on and off. Now, for the first time, scientific teams from Jena, Munich, and New York have succeeded in...

‘Cell Pores’ Discovery Gives Hope to Millions of Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Patients

May 18, 2020
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Birmingham, UK — Scientists have discovered a new treatment to dramatically reduce swelling after brain and spinal cord injuries, offering hope to 75 million victims worldwide each year. The breakthrough...

Researchers Discover Potential Targets for COVID-19 Therapy

May 18, 2020
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Frankfurt, Germany — A team of biochemists and virologists at Goethe University and the Frankfurt University Hospital were able to observe how human cells change upon infection with SARS-CoV-2, the...

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