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Landmark Study Details Sequencing of 64 Full Human Genomes to Better Capture Genetic Diversity

February 26, 2021
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Baltimore, MD — Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) co-authored a study, published today in the journal Science, that details the sequencing of 64 full human genomes....

First Complete Coronavirus Model Shows Cooperation

February 26, 2021
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Austin, TX — The COVID-19 virus holds some mysteries. Scientists remain in the dark on aspects of how it fuses and enters the host cell; how it assembles itself; and how it buds off the host cell. Computational...

Scientists Use Doppler to Peer Inside Cells

February 26, 2021
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West Lafayette, IN — Doppler radar improves lives by peeking inside air masses to predict the weather. A Purdue University team is using similar technology to look inside living cells, introducing...

Signal Transduction Without Signal — Receptor Clusters can Direct Cell Movement

February 26, 2021
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Frankfurt, Germany — Our body consists of 100 trillion cells that communicate with each other, receive signals from the outside world and react to them. A central role in this communication network...

Reactivating Ageing Stem Cells in the Brain

February 25, 2021
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Zürich, Switzerland — The stem cells in our brain generate new neurons throughout life, for example in the hippocampus. This region of the brain plays a key role for a range of memory processes. With...

Gearbox for Tumour Cell Identity Changes

February 25, 2021
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Berlin, Germany — Cancer cells can experience stress. They have to contend with attacks by the immune system or with anti-cancer therapeutics. If they attempt to colonize other tissues, they have to...

Researchers Identify Mechanism by Which Exercise Strengthens Bones and Immunity

February 25, 2021
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Dallas, TX — Scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have identified the specialized environment, known as a niche, in the bone marrow where new...

Microscopic Behaviour of Developing Breast Cells Uncovered

February 25, 2021
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Parkville, Australia — An improved high-tech fluorescence microscopy technique is allowing researchers to film cells inside the breast as never seen before. This new protocol provides detailed instructions...

Many Genes Associated with the Risk of Coronary Artery Disease Act Through Liver

February 25, 2021
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Eastern Finland, Finland — According to a new study published in The American Journal of Human Genetics, more than one third of genetic variants that increase the risk of coronary artery disease regulate...

Signal Coupling Between Neuron-Glia Super-Network may Lead to Improved Memory Formation

February 25, 2021
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Sendai, Japan — Tohoku University scientists have shown that neuronal and glial circuits form a loosely coupled super-network within the brain. Activation of the metabotropic glutamate receptors in...

Cancer Research to Gain from Identification of 300 Proteins that Regulate Cell Division

February 25, 2021
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Stockholm, Sweden — With the hope of contributing to the fight against cancer, researchers in Sweden have published a new molecular mapping of proteins that regulate the cell division process –...

Efficient, Systematic Genetic Analysis Helps Dissect Disease Inheritance

February 25, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — Many genetic variants have been found to have a linkage with genetic diseases, but the understanding of their functional roles in causing diseases are still limited. An international...

Discovery Offers Potential for Stripping Tumours of T-Cell Protection

February 25, 2021
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Memphis, TN — Immunologists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have discovered that tumours use a unique mechanism to switch on regulatory T cells to protect themselves from attack by the...

A Gene Provides Both Protection and Destruction

February 25, 2021
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany — The family of ENDOU enzymes is found in most organisms, yet its functions are only poorly understood. In humans, it has been connected with cancer. RNA viruses, such...

Seeing Schizophrenia: X-rays Shed Light on Neural Differences, Point Toward Treatment

February 24, 2021
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Lemont, IL — Schizophrenia, a chronic, neurological brain disorder, affects millions of people around the world. It causes a fracture between a person’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Symptoms...

3D Holographic Microscopy Powered by Deep-Learning Deciphers Cancer Immunotherapy

February 24, 2021
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Daejeon, South Korea — Live tracking and analyzing of the dynamics of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells targeting cancer cells can open new avenues for the development of cancer immunotherapy....

Study Brings New Direction for Treating Neurological Diseases

February 24, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — The finding, recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), has provided the scientific...

New Technique Reveals Switches in RNA

February 23, 2021
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Groningen, Netherlands — Scientists at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands), in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Torino (Italy), have developed a method to visualize and...

New Insights on How Inflammatory Molecule Contributes to Skin and Pancreatic Cancers

February 23, 2021
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Boston, MA — Chronic inflammation drives the development of various cancers, including those of the skin, colon and pancreas. Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) who previously demonstrated...

Attachable Skin Monitors that Wick the Sweat Away?

February 23, 2021
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Daejeon, South Korea — A silicone membrane for wearable devices is more comfortable and breathable thanks to better-sized pores made with the help of citric acid crystals. – A new preparation...

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