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Machine Learning and Infrared Light Unlock Health Insights

Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ), in collaboration with Helmholtz Zentrum München, are pioneering a new approach to health screening.

22 Jul 2024

Researchers Unveil Revolutionary New Template of the Human Brain

The human brain is in charge of important processes such as perception, memory, language, reasoning, awareness, and emotions.

17 Jul 2024

New Approach to Finding Antibiotic Alternatives Using Bacterial Data

Researchers have devised an approach for identifying novel antimicrobial drugs with clinical potential using bacterial databases, offering insights into finding alternatives to existing antibiotics.

17 Jul 2024

FAM110A's Dual Role: Orchestrating Microtubule-Actin Interactions in Mitosis

An international research collaboration, led by Prof. Dr. Robert Grosse (Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies and Institute of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Freiburg), Dr. Libor Macurek (Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague) and Dr. Zdenek Lansky (Institute of Biotechnology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague) has uncovered a new mechanism of the crosstalk between microtubules and actin cytoskeleton during cell division and revealed unique characteristics of the previously unexplored protein FAM110A.

17 Jul 2024

The Protein STAT3 Helps the Immune System Fight Leukemia

Study at the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences uncovers unknown interaction between leukemic cells and immune cells. Potential biomarkers for future immunotherapies found.

From Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences 17 Jul 2024

Neuregulin 3 Gene Variant Linked to Gabapentin Effectiveness in Chronic Pelvic Pain

Women who carry a particular form of a pain gene are more likely to respond well to a common medication used to treat long-term discomfort, research shows.

16 Jul 2024

Harnessing Immune Cell Triads for Effective Cancer Treatment

There's a frustrating fact about today's immunotherapies for cancer. While sometimes they work beautifully -; completely eliminating or greatly reducing cancer in particular patients -; other times they don't work at all. It's a mystery.

16 Jul 2024

New Insights into the Composition and Efficacy of Stem Cell Therapies

Two commonly used stem cell therapies are found to contain entirely different types of cells, despite their frequent interchange, according to research from the University of California San Diego.

15 Jul 2024

All-RNA Gene Writing Method Paves Way for Precise Gene Editing in Human Cells

A novel gene-writing technology based on retrotransposons.

15 Jul 2024

Macrophage Inflammation may Contribute to LSD Symptoms

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have found that inflammation in an immune cell may be responsible in part for some severe symptoms in a group of rare genetic conditions called lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs).

15 Jul 2024

Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensors: Transforming Drug Development and Clinical Diagnostics

The latest developments in SPR-based biosensors and their applications in drug discovery.

15 Jul 2024

Artificial Intelligence Drives Breakthroughs in Drug Discovery, Reducing Costs and Timelines

Researchers discussed using deep generative AI models and their diverse algorithms in de novo drug design.

12 Jul 2024

New Gene Editing Technique Outperforms Existing Therapies

Cystic fibrosis, a prevalent genetic disorder, leads to thick mucus accumulation in the lungs and other parts of the body, resulting in breathing difficulties and infections.

11 Jul 2024

Exploring Gut Microbiome Modulation for Disease Prevention

Carriers of gut Blastocystis, a single-celled organism that has been classified as either a parasite or harmless organism but is frequently found in the digestive system, were associated with markers of good cardiovascular health and decreased body fat in an analysis of over 50,000 people from around the world.

9 Jul 2024