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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....

Researchers Simulate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Infection on Airline Flights

January 20, 2022
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Hoboken, NJ — A study published in Indoor Air simulated the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, on a flight from London to Hanoi and on another flight from Singapore to Hangzhou. When...

Nano-Sized Vesicles With ACE2 Receptor Could Prevent, Treat Infection From Current and Future Strains of SARS-CoV-2

January 20, 2022
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Houston, TX and Chicago, IL ― Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Northwestern Medicine have identified natural extracellular vesicles containing the ACE2 protein (evACE2)...

Black Eyed Peas Could Help Eliminate Need for Fertilizer, Says Study

January 20, 2022
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Riverside, CA — Black eyed peas’ ability to attract beneficial bacteria isn’t diminished by modern farming practices, new UC Riverside research shows. Planting it in rotation with other crops could...

Magnesium Is Essential for the Immune System, Including in the Fight Against Cancer

January 19, 2022
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Basel, Switzerland — The level of magnesium in the blood is an important factor in the immune system’s ability to tackle pathogens and cancer cells. Writing in the journal Cell, researchers from the...

Lightning Storm of COVID-19 Variants

January 19, 2022
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Beijing, China — COVID-19 waves a spike protein as it roams a host’s body, a hand reaching out to greet cells in a nasty trick. The virus connects to a cell, binding, breaking in and hijacking the...

Researchers Uncover Molecular Details of a Dangerous Form of Liver Cancer

January 19, 2022
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Osaka, Japan – In a recent article published in Hepatology, a group led by researchers at Osaka University investigated the molecular mechanisms that drive development of Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma...

Partial Bone Marrow Transplant ‘Rescues’ Mice With Cystic Fibrosis

January 19, 2022
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La Jolla, CA — Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found they can dramatically improve survival of mice with cystic fibrosis through a partial bone marrow transplant. Their new...

The Six Characteristics of Ideal Healthcare Algorithms

January 19, 2022
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Gainesville, FL — A newly proposed checklist outlines six objectives to strive for in the development of machine-learning algorithms that help clinicians make health care decisions and recommendations...

Machine Learning Model Uses Blood Tests to Predict COVID-19 Survival

January 19, 2022
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Berlin, Germany — A single blood sample from a critically ill COVID-19 patient can be analyzed by a machine learning model which uses blood plasma proteins to predict survival, weeks before the outcome,...

Kernel Flow: A Wearable Device for Noninvasive Optical Brain Imaging

January 19, 2022
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Bellingham, WA —Recent advances in brain imaging techniques facilitate accurate, high-resolution observations of the brain and its functions. For example, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)...

Research Team Identifies New Mechanism for Protecting DNA

January 19, 2022
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Cleveland, OH — Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have identified a new mechanism by which a protein known for repairing damaged DNA also protects the integrity of DNA by preserving...

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