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COVID-19 can Kill Heart Muscle Cells, Interfere with Contraction

March 3, 2021
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St. Louis, MO — Since early in the pandemic, COVID-19 has been associated with heart problems, including reduced ability to pump blood and abnormal heart rhythms. But it’s been an open question...

Key Steps Discovered in Production of Critical Immune Cell

March 3, 2021
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Parkville, Australia — WEHI researchers have uncovered a process cells use to fight off infection and cancer that could pave the way for precision cancer immunotherapy treatment. Through gaining...

Common Bacteria Modified to Make Designer Sugar-Based Drug

March 3, 2021
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Troy, NY — Envisioning an animal-free drug supply, scientists have — for the first time — reprogrammed a common bacterium to make a designer polysaccharide molecule used in pharmaceuticals...

Meeting the Meat Needs of the Future

March 3, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Humans are largely omnivores, and meat in various forms has always featured in the diet of most cultures. However, with the increasing population and pressure on the environment, traditional...

Coronavirus-Like Particles could Ensure Reliability of Simpler, Faster COVID-19 Tests

March 3, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Rapid COVID-19 tests are on the rise to deliver results faster to more people, and scientists need an easy, foolproof way to know that these tests work correctly and the results can...

Research Team Develops Dual-Targeting Drug for EBV-Related Cancers

March 3, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — A Hong Kong Baptist University-led (HKBU) research team has developed a novel drug which has the potential to become a next-generation treatment for cancers associated with Epstein-Barr...

Hydrogel Injection may Change the Way Heart Muscle Heals After Heart Attack

March 2, 2021
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Galway, Ireland — Researchers at CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices based at National University of Ireland Galway, and BIOFORGE Lab, at the University of Valladolid in Spain, have...

Mutant Gene-Targeted Immunotherapy Approach Developed

March 2, 2021
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Baltimore, MD — A novel targeted immunotherapy approach developed by researchers at the Ludwig Center, the Lustgarten Laboratory, and Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the Johns...

Natural Product Isolated from Sea Sponge Tested Against Cancer Cells

March 2, 2021
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Vladivostok, Russia — Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) together with Russian and German colleagues, continue studying antitumor compounds synthesized based on bioactive molecules...

Predicting Microbial Interactions in Human Gut

March 2, 2021
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Urbana, IL — The human gut consists of a complex community of microbes that consume and secrete hundreds of small molecules–a phenomenon called cross-feeding. However, it is challenging to study...

Swapping Alpha Cells for Beta Cells to Treat Diabetes

March 2, 2021
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Dallas, TX — Blocking cell receptors for glucagon, the counter-hormone to insulin, cured mouse models of diabetes by converting glucagon-producing cells into insulin producers instead, a team led by...

Single Cell Sequencing Opens New Avenues for Eradicating Leukaemia at Its Source

March 1, 2021
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Barcelona, Spain — A new method, described in a study published today in the journal Nature Communications, has the potential to boost international research efforts to find drugs that eradicate cancer...

SARS-CoV-2 Mutations in Competition

March 1, 2021
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Bern, Switzerland — Prior to the emergence of new mutants of the coronavirus, such as the British variant B.1.1.7, the SARS-CoV-2 variant named D614G had already mutated from the original SARS-CoV-2...

New Substance to Suppress Neuroinflammation

March 1, 2021
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Moscow, Russia — Biologists from RUDN University confirmed that a well-known spasmolytic drug called hymecromone can suppress the inflammatory response in astrocytes, important glial cells of the central...

Bioinformatics Tool Accurately Tracks Synthetic DNA

March 1, 2021
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Houston, TX — Tracking the origin of synthetic genetic code has never been simple, but it can be done through bioinformatic or, increasingly, deep learning computational approaches. Though the...

Measuring the tRNA World

March 1, 2021
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Halle (Saale), Germany — Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) deliver specific amino acids to ribosomes during translation of messenger RNA into proteins. The abundance of tRNAs can therefore have a profound impact...

Super-Resolution RNA Imaging in Live Cells

February 26, 2021
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Heidelberg, Germany — Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is key to various fundamental biological processes. It transfers genetic information, translates it into proteins or supports gene regulation. To achieve...

New Signalling Pathway in Neurons

February 26, 2021
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Memphis, TN — Neurodegenerative diseases, such as various forms of senile dementia or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), have one thing in common: large amounts of certain RNA-protein complexes (snRNPs)...

Researchers Map Metabolic Signalling Machinery for Producing Memory T Cells

February 26, 2021
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Memphis, TN — Immunologists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have mapped the previously unknown biological machinery by which the immune system generates T cells that kill bacteria, viruses...

Harnessing the Power of Proteins in Our Cells to Combat Disease

February 26, 2021
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Las Vegas, NV — Over many decades now, traditional drug discovery methods have steadily improved at keeping diseases at bay and cancer in remission. And for the most part, it’s worked well. But...

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