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Green is More Than Skin-Deep for Hundreds of Frog Species

July 14, 2020
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Durham, NC — Frogs and toads are green for a very good reason – it makes them harder to see in their leafy environments. Good camouflage allows them to eat and not be eaten. But not all frogs...

Researchers have Discovered New Antiviral Mechanism for Dengue Therapeutics

July 14, 2020
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Galveston, TX — A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered a new mechanism for designing antiviral drugs for dengue virus. The study is currently...

Special Filters in Glasses can Help Colour Blind See Colours Better, Study Finds

July 14, 2020
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Davis, CA — A new UC Davis Eye Center study, conducted in collaboration with France’s INSERM Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, found that special patented glasses engineered with technically...

Fat Cell Hormone Boosts Potential of Stem Cell Therapy

July 13, 2020
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Osaka, Japan — Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have the potential to differentiate into a range of different cell types, including bone, fat, and muscle cells. But it’s their ability to stimulate...

Safer CRISPR Gene Editing with Fewer Off-Target Hits

July 13, 2020
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Wenzhou, China — The CRISPR system is a powerful tool for the targeted editing of genomes, with significant therapeutic potential, but runs the risk of inappropriately editing “off-target”...

Study Sheds Light on How Cancer Spreads in Blood

July 13, 2020
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West Hollywood, CA — A new study sheds light on proteins in particles called extracellular vesicles, which are released by tumour cells into the bloodstream and promote the spread of cancer. The findings...

Structural Analysis of COVID-19 Spike Protein Provides Insight into Its Evolution

July 13, 2020
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London, UK — Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have characterised the structure of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as well as its most similar relative in a bat coronavirus. The structures provide...

Surprisingly Many Peculiar Long Introns Found in Brain Genes

July 13, 2020
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Moscow Oblast, Russia — In a recent study of genes involved in brain functioning, their previously unknown features have been uncovered by bioinformaticians from the Moscow Institute of Physics and...

Research Findings Set New Standard for Blood-Based Biomarkers in Prediction of Cancer Recurrence

July 13, 2020
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Indianapolis, IN — Indiana University School of Medicine researchers Dr. Milan Radovich and Dr. Bryan Schneider, have discovered that the presence of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) and circulating...

CT of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Versus CT of Influenza Virus Pneumonia

July 13, 2020
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Leesburg, VA — An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article investigating the differences in CT findings between coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia and influenza virus pneumonia...

Researchers Solve a 50-Year-Old Enzyme Mystery

July 13, 2020
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St Lucia, Australia — Advanced herbicides and treatments for infection may result from the unravelling of a 50-year-old mystery by University of Queensland researchers. The research team, led by...

Dissecting Fruit Flies’ Varying Responses to Life-Extension Diet

July 10, 2020
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Seattle, WA — Changes in a few small molecules involved in a cell’s metabolism seem to indicate whether a restricted “life extension” diet will actually extend, shorten, or have no...

Study of Giant Ant Heads Using Simple Models May Aid Bio-Inspired Designs

July 10, 2020
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Urbana, IL — Researchers use a variety of modelling approaches to study form and function. By using a basic biomechanical model for studying body form and centre of mass stability in ants, new research...

A New Look at Deep-Sea Microbes

July 10, 2020
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Newark, DE — Microbial cells are found in abundance in marine sediments beneath the ocean and make up a significant amount of the total microbial biomass on the planet. Microbes found deeper in the...

Bats Offer Clues to Treating COVID-19

July 10, 2020
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Rochester, NY — Bats are often considered patient zero for many deadly viruses affecting humans, including Ebola, rabies, and, most recently, the SARS-CoV-2 strain of virus that causes coronavirus. Although...

New Treatment Approach Uses Killer Cells to Treat Deadly Brain Tumours

July 10, 2020
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West Lafayette, IN — Glioblastomas are the most common malignant brain tumours in adults. Treatment options are extremely limited and usually not effective, leading to death for most patients within...

Scientists Discover Protective Alzheimer’s Gene and Develop Rapid Drug-Testing Platform

July 10, 2020
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London, UK — A gene has been discovered that can naturally suppress the signs of Alzheimer’s Disease in human brain cells, in research led by Queen Mary University of London. The scientists have...

Antioxidants in Corn Line Could Aid Human IBD Protection, Therapy

July 10, 2020
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State College, PA — Flavonoids from a specific line of corn act as anti-inflammatory agents in the guts of mice with an inflammatory-bowel-disease-like condition, according to a team of researchers...

Researchers Discover Novel Mechanism Regulating Planar Cell Polarity

July 9, 2020
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Hong Kong, China — Planar cell polarity (PCP), a process in which the epithelial tissues are polarized within the plane of the epithelium, plays an important role in development and organ function....

How to Precisely Edit Mitochondrial DNA

July 9, 2020
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Chevy Chase, MD — Scientists can now precisely edit the genes inside mitochondria, the tiny energy factories inside of cells. Over the past decade, gene editing has exploded in popularity. With...

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