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Unique Weapon in Immune System Arsenal Could Unlock MS Treatment

January 26, 2022
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Canberra, Australia — Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified why certain cells in the body, known as Th17 cells, go rogue and promote the onset of autoimmune diseases...

Zoologist Solves the 100-Year-Old Mystery of the

January 26, 2022
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Vancouver, BC, Canada — In spring 2018, Dr. Philip Matthews spent a typical afternoon capturing dragonflies in the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) experimental ponds. Little did the zoologist...

Study Shows Pre-existing Immune Cells Can Predict Early Response to Hepatitis B Vaccine

January 25, 2022
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Cambridge, UK — Researchers have shown how pre-existing immune cells in the blood may help individuals develop rapid and strong protection against hepatitis B infection following vaccination. Their...

An Unexpected Attraction of Nucleic Acids and Fat

January 25, 2022
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Dresden, Germany — Lipids and RNA are two of the essential building blocks of cells. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a versatile molecule. On the one hand, like DNA, RNA encodes genetic information which...

Alzheimer’s Disease: An Alternative Hypothesis Based on Synaptic Alterations

January 25, 2022
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Genève, Switzerland — New research published today in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association could explain why neurons fail to communicate effectively in...

Study Details Changes in Omicron’s Spike Protein

January 25, 2022
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Seattle, WA — An international team of scientists has determined the precise structural changes in the spike protein of the omicron variant. Their observations explain how the virus is able to evade...

Fast, Cheap Test Can Detect COVID-19 Virus’ Genome Without Need for PCR, Says Study

January 25, 2022
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Seattle, WA — Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new test for COVID-19 that combines the speed of over-the-counter antigen tests with the accuracy of PCR tests that are processed...

Probing How Proteins Pair up Inside Cells

January 25, 2022
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Cambridge, MA — Despite its minute size, a single cell contains billions of molecules that bustle around and bind to one another, carrying out vital functions. The human genome encodes about 20,000...

Is Your Seafood Climate Friendly? Scientists Outline the Benefits of Marine Aquaculture

January 25, 2022
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Washington, DC — As a major source of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, food production has long occupied an important place in the climate-change discussion. Writing in BioScience, Alice Jones of the...

Scientists Unveil First Molecular-Level Analysis of Omicron Spike Protein

January 21, 2022
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Vancouver, BC, Canada — Researchers at UBC’s faculty of medicine have conducted the world’s first molecular-level structural analysis of the Omicron variant spike protein. The findings were published...

Researchers Develop Novel Microscopic Picoshell Particles

January 21, 2022
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Los Angeles, CA — Production of high-energy fats by microalgae may provide a sustainable, renewable energy source that can help tackle climate change. However, microalgae engineered to produce lipids...

PSMA Pet Validates EAU Classification System to Determine Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence

January 21, 2022
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Reston, VA — New research has confirmed the accuracy of the novel European Association of Urology (EAU) risk classification system that groups prostate cancer patients based on their risk of recurrence....

Oral Immunotherapy Induces Remission of Peanut Allergy in Some Young Children

January 21, 2022
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Bethesda, MD — A clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health has found that giving peanut oral immunotherapy to highly peanut-allergic children ages 1 to 3 years safely desensitized...

Scientists Build ‘Valves’ in DNA to Shape Biological Information Flows

January 21, 2022
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Bristol, UK — Scientists at the University of Bristol have developed new biological parts that are able to shape the flow of cellular processes along DNA. The work, now published in the journal...

Scientist Seeking Solution to Antibiotic Resistance

January 21, 2022
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Lubbock, TX — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 2.8 million Americans experience antibiotic-resistant infections each year; more than 35,000 die from those infections. To...

Mediterranean Diet Associated With a Lower Risk of Mortality in Older Adults

January 20, 2022
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Barcelona, Spain — A greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet which had been assessed through an index made with biomarkers during a 20-year scientific monitoring is associated with a lower mortality...

Study Shows Old Neurons Can Block Neurogenesis in Mice

January 20, 2022
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Cambridge, MA — Destroying senescent cells in the ageing stem cell niche enhances hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive function in mice, researchers report January 20 in the journal Stem Cell Reports. “Our...

New Findings for the Function of Tau in Neurodegenerative Disease

January 20, 2022
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Novato, CA — Utilizing cutting-edge proteomics, researchers at the Buck Institute and elsewhere have mapped the “tau interactome” uncovering new findings about the role of tau in neurodegenerative...

Researchers Simulate Behavior of Living ‘Minimal Cell’ in Three Dimensions

January 20, 2022
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Champaign, IL — Scientists report that they have built a living “minimal cell” with a genome stripped down to its barest essentials – and a computer model of the cell that mirrors its behaviour. By...

Scientists Trace the Path of Radioactive Cesium in the Ecosystem of Fukushima

January 20, 2022
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Japan — In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear accident, the Japanese government performed intensive decontamination in the human-occupied parts of the affected area by removing soil surface layers....

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