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Discovery of a Novel Gene Involved in DNA Damage Repair and Male Fertility

June 5, 2020
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Kumamoto, Japan — A research group from the Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG) at Kumamoto University, Japan has discovered that the gene C19ORF57 plays a critical role in meiosis....

Immune From Chronic Stress? Limit Inflammatory Signalling to Specific Brain Circuits

June 5, 2020
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Boca Raton, FL — Anxiety and depression are significantly heightened during times of great stress such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, psychosocial stress is a major contributing factor to...

Study Ties Stroke-Related Brain Blood Vessel Abnormality to Gut Bacteria

June 5, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — In a nationwide study, NIH funded researchers found that the presence of abnormal bundles of brittle blood vessels in the brain or spinal cord, called cavernous angiomas (CA), are linked...

Researchers Find New Way to Detect Blood Clots

June 5, 2020
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College Station, TX — Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University are working on an entirely new way to detect blood clots, especially in paediatric patients. Unlike...

Hairy, Lab-Grown Human Skin Cell Model Could Advance Hair Loss Research

June 5, 2020
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Portland, OR — A new, hair-sprouting dollop of human skin created in the lab might one day help prevent hair loss. Organoids are small, lab-grown cell groupings are designed to model real-world...

Intranasal Delivery of MSCs Provides Hope for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease

June 5, 2020
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Durham, NC — In the search for a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, mesenchymal stem cells and their derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) offer much promise, thanks to their protective and anti-inflammatory...

Study Finds Early-Life Education Improves Memory in Old Age — Especially for Women

June 5, 2020
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Washington, DC — Education appears to protect older adults, especially women, against memory loss, according to a study by investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center, published in the journal...

Reducing Severe Breathlessness and Psychological Trauma in COVID-19 ARDS Survivors

June 5, 2020
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New York, NY — A new paper published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines ventilation and medication strategies that can help avoid psychological trauma for severe COVID-19...

Gene Therapy with New Base Editing Technique Restores Hearing in Mice

June 4, 2020
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Boston, MA — Using a new genetic engineering technique, known as base editing, researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, have restored hearing in...

Genome Evolution Goes Digital

June 4, 2020
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Charlestown, MA — Dr. Alan Herbert from InsideOutBio describes ground-breaking research in a paper published online today by Royal Society Open Science. The study focuses on the digital genome that...

Promising New Method for Producing Tiny Liquid Capsules

June 4, 2020
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Washington, DC — Microcapsules for the storage and delivery of substances are tiny versions of the type of capsule used for fish oil or other liquid supplements, such as vitamin D. A new method for...

Better Model for Neutrophil-Related Diseases

June 4, 2020
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Lausanne, Switzerland — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, researchers are turning their attention to the virus’ biology, mechanism of action, and possible treatments. One of the targets...

Recycling Plastics Together, Simple and Fast

June 4, 2020
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Nagano, Japan — Recycling plastic faces several challenges, one of which is recycling different types of plastics together, because they have varying properties, each of which need to be addressed...

New Discovery could Highlight Areas Where Earthquakes are Less Likely to Occur

June 4, 2020
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Cardiff, UK — Scientists from Cardiff University have discovered specific conditions that occur along the ocean floor where two tectonic plates are more likely to slowly creep past one another as opposed...

Immune Cells Multiply and Diversify in Mouse Lungs at Birth

June 4, 2020
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Stanford, CA — An explosion in the number and types of immune cells in the lungs of newborn mice likely helps them adapt to breathing and protects them from infection, says a new study published today...

‘A Litmus Paper for CO2:’ Scientists Develop Paper-Based Sensors for Carbon Dioxide

June 4, 2020
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Edmonton, AB — A new sensor for detecting carbon dioxide can be manufactured on a simple piece of paper, according to a new study by University of Alberta physicists. “You can basically think...

Impact of COVID-19 Infection in Blood Cancer Patients

June 4, 2020
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London, UK — One of the first studies to investigate the outcome of COVID-19 infection in patients with blood cancer has been conducted by clinical researchers from Queen Mary University of London...

How Fat Cell’s Immune Response Makes Obesity Worse

June 4, 2020
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Cincinnati, OH — When obesity occurs, a person’s own fat cells can set off a complex inflammatory chain reaction that can further disrupt metabolism and weaken immune response–potentially...

Antibiotic-Destroying Genes Widespread in Bacteria in Soil and on People

June 4, 2020
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St. Louis, MO — The latest generation of tetracyclines – a class of powerful, first-line antibiotics – was designed to thwart the two most common ways bacteria resist such drugs. But a...

Study Reveals Continuous Pathway to Building Blocks of Life

June 4, 2020
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Princeton, NJ — Researchers have long sought to understand the origins of life on Earth. A new study conducted by scientists at the Institute for Advanced Study, the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI),...

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