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Scientists Propose Potential Method for Imaging-Guided Synergistic Cancer Therapy

October 19, 2020
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Beijing, China — A joint research team led by Prof. WANG Hui and Prof. LIN Wenchu from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science developed a synthesis of metal-free...

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...

Study Reveals Most Effective Drugs for Common Type of Neuropathic Pain

October 19, 2020
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Columbia, MO — More than 20 million people in the U.S. suffer neuropathic pain. At least 25% of those cases are classified as unexplained and considered cryptogenic sensory polyneuropathy (CSPN). There...

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...

Researchers Mine Data and Connect the Dots About Processes Driving Neuroblastoma

October 15, 2020
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Memphis, TN — Researchers have used insight from a comprehensive genomic analysis of neuroblastoma to learn about the process driving one of the most common childhood solid tumours. The findings revealed...

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...

Protein that Keeps Immune System from Freaking Out could Form Basis for New Therapeutics

October 15, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — The immune response to infections is a delicate balance. We need just enough action to clear away the offending bacteria or viruses, but not so much that our own bodies suffer collateral...

Layer of Strength, Layer of Functionality for Biomedical Fibers

October 15, 2020
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Washington, DC — Wound dressing, tissue scaffolding, controlled and sustained drug delivery, and cardiac patching are all biomedical processes requiring a material that combines strength with functionality....

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...

New Deep Learning Models: Fewer Neurons, More Intelligence

October 15, 2020
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Klosterneuburg, Austria — Artificial intelligence has arrived in our everyday lives–from search engines to self-driving cars. This has to do with the enormous computing power that has become...

Anticancer Compounds for B Cell Cancer Therapy Targeting Cellular Stress Response

October 15, 2020
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Philadelphia, PA — Researchers at The Wistar Institute and collaborators from the University of Notre Dame are developing anticancer compounds targeting a pathway of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)...

Bacterial Toxin with Healing Effect

October 15, 2020
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Jena, Germany — Normally they are among the many harmless organisms found in and on the human body: one in four people have millions of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on their skin and on the mucous...

Technique to Recover Lost Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Information

October 15, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — Sequencing RNA from individual cells can reveal a great deal of information about what those cells are doing in the body. MIT researchers have now greatly boosted the amount of information...

Controlling the Speed of Enzyme Motors Brings Biomedical Applications of Nanorobots Closer

October 15, 2020
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Madrid, Spain — A study by scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), the Universidad Complutense (UCM), Universidad de Girona (UdG), and the Institute for Bioengineering...

World First Study Shows Some Microorganisms can Bend the Rules of Evolution

October 15, 2020
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Melbourne, Australia — In a world first Monash University scientists have discovered that HGT can bend the rules of evolution. The discovery is outlined in a study published today in PNAS, which...

Single Gene Disorders not so Simple After All

October 13, 2020
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Chicago, IL — Traditionally, geneticists divide disorders into “simple,” where a single gene mutation causes disease, or complex, where mutations in many genes contribute modest amounts....

New Virtual Reality Software Allows Scientists to ‘Walk’ Inside Cells

October 13, 2020
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Cambridge, UK — Virtual reality software which allows researchers to ‘walk’ inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology and develop new...

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