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Gene therapy builds muscle mass, reduces fat in mice

Exercise and physical therapy often are recommended to help people who have arthritis. Both can strengthen muscle - a benefit that also can reduce joint pain.

12 May 2020

New open-source software tool aims to analyze lipid behavior

Lipids are essential building blocks of cell membranes, which control the exchange of substances and energy between a cell and its environment.

8 May 2020

Junk food consumed by U.S. adults is associated with inflammatory bowel disease

Foods like cookies, cheese, soda, and French fries are often present in the diets of U.S. adults suffering from inflammatory bowel disease.

7 May 2020

Entos and Precision NanoSystems to develop vaccines and therapeutics using NanoAssemblr GMP System

Entos Pharmaceuticals, a healthcare biotechnology company developing next generation nucleic acid medicines with their Fusogenix delivery platform announced today a partnership with Precision NanoSystems, Inc., (PNI), a global leader in enabling transformative nanomedicines, to produce clinical grade vaccines and therapeutics using PNI's NanoAssemblr GMP System.

7 May 2020

Anti-cancer medicine could improve current therapy for ER+ breast cancer

The anti-cancer medicine venetoclax could improve the current therapy for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer - the most common form of breast cancer in Australia - according to preclinical studies led by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers.

7 May 2020

Researchers Develop Chemistry Needed To Create Marijuana Breathalyzer

Chemists have reported the key chemical discovery necessary for the creation of a small, electronic marijuana breathalyzer.

7 May 2020

Modeling Gas Diffusion In Aggregated Soils

Agricultural soils contribute to 16% of total Greenhouse gas emissions, particularly nitrous oxide (N2O).

7 May 2020

Virus-specific antibodies are generated by many newly discharged COVID-19 patients

A majority of the recently discharged patients who have currently recovered from the COVID-19 infection create virus-specific T cells and antibodies.

6 May 2020

New tool may shed more light on neurodegenerative diseases

About 350 years ago, Robert Hooke provided an initial description of a cell in Micrographia, and since then, microscopy has played a major role in figuring out life’s rules.

6 May 2020

Study shows how mutational signatures are shaped by DNA repair pathways

A research team has examined more than 2700 genomes from C. elegans worms to gain a better understanding on the causes responsible for mutations.

4 May 2020

Researchers design novel cell culture model of human intestine to study COVID-19

Scientists have identified that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, known to cause COVID-19, infects intestinal cells and undergo proliferation there.

4 May 2020

New antimicrobial peptide proves more effective in fighting drug-resistant bacteria

Through serendipity, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health considerably reduced the toxicity of a potential antibiotic against the most feared drug-resistant bacteria, while also improving its stability in fighting infections.

4 May 2020