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New Computational Methods for Improving Alzheimer’s Disease Characterization

An improved method of subtyping Alzheimer’s disease based on genetic and tau PET imaging data has been developed computationally.

27 Jun 2023

Novel Drug Slows Development of Antibiotic Resistance

At the Baylor College of Medicine, a research group is gaining ground in its quest for solutions to the global concern of bacterial antibiotic resistance, which was accountable for almost 1.3 million deaths in 2019.

26 Jun 2023

Immune Deficits in Space are Temporary

An increase in proof has been found that astronauts are highly vulnerable to infections while in space. For instance, astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) generally suffer from skin rashes, and also respiratory and non-respiratory diseases.

23 Jun 2023

New Genetic Marker Could Predict Lenvatinib Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

A genetic marker discovered by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers could help physicians predict which patients with hepatocellular carcinoma are most likely to develop resistance to the drug lenvatinib.

23 Jun 2023

Elaborate 3D Structures of DNA That Mimics Protein Functions

According to a study from scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health, DNA can imitate protein activities by folding into complex, three-dimensional structures.

22 Jun 2023

Loss of the Y Chromosome Impairs Body's Ability to Fight Cancer

According to recent Cedars-Sinai Cancer research, as men age, some of their cells lose the very feature that makes them biological males—the Y chromosome—and this loss impairs the body’s ability to fight cancer.

22 Jun 2023

Newly Found Disease Links Disruptions of Blood Formation, Immune System and Inflammation

In the quest to find the origin of the puzzling symptoms in four children, researchers from St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, the CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), and the Medical University of Vienna have discovered a completely new disease, linking disruptions of blood formation, the immune system, and inflammation.

22 Jun 2023

New DNA Test for HPV Infections Could Make Cervical Cancer Screening More Accessible

Rice University bioengineers have demonstrated a low-cost, point-of-care DNA test for HPV infections that could make cervical cancer screening more accessible in low- and middle-income countries where the disease kills more than 300,000 women each year.

22 Jun 2023

Rescue Treatment Found From Plant Extracts for People With Ataxia

A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers have discovered that extracts from plants used by the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations peoples in their traditional botanical medicine practices are able to rescue the function of ion channel proteins carrying mutations that cause human Episodic Ataxia.

22 Jun 2023

New Method Provides Near-Perfect Control Over the Manipulation of Individual Molecules

Aleksandra Radenovic, Head of the School of Engineering’s Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology, has spent years working to enhance nanopore technology, which primarily involves a molecule like DNA through a tiny pore in a membrane to quantify an ionic current.

20 Jun 2023

Establishing the Flour Reference Proteome for Five Wheat Species

The protein composition of the five types of wheat—einkorn, emmer, spelt, durum, and common wheat—and their varieties differ widely.

20 Jun 2023

Using Enzyme Inhibitors to Assess the Potential for Antimicrobial Resistance

Early tests revealed that MK-3402, an experimental metallo-beta-lactamase inhibitor, was well tolerated after administration to healthy individuals.

19 Jun 2023

Microglial Cells Serve as a Stable Viral Reservoir for Latent HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) introduces a copy of its DNA into human immune cells as part of its life cycle. Some of these newly infected immune cells can subsequently enter an inactive, latent state for an extended length of time, which is known as HIV latency.

19 Jun 2023

UCL Scientists Visualize the Molecular 'Nano-Machinery' That Causes Cilia to Beat

The first image of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways – has been produced by a team involving UCL researchers and could lead to much-needed treatments for people with rare cilial diseases.

14 Jun 2023

Laxative Prucalopride can Have Important Effects in the Brain Circuits Crucial for Learning and Memory

Cognitive deficits accompany mood disorders and other psychiatric conditions, often with debilitating effects.

14 Jun 2023

Study Links Timing of Childhood Adversity With Epigenetic Patterns in Adolescents

Childhood adversity-;circumstances that threaten to a child's physical or psychological well-being--has long been associated with poorer physical and mental health throughout life, such as greater risks of developing cardiac disease, cancer, or depression.

14 Jun 2023

Virus Plays Important Role in Treating Glioblastoma

A potential advancement in the treatment of glioblastoma was noted by Howard Colman, MD, PhD, the Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Professor of Neuro-Oncology and co-leader of the Neurologic Cancers Disease Center and the Experimental Therapeutics CCSG program at Huntsman Cancer Institute, in a recently published manuscript.

13 Jun 2023

Clinical News and Research

New Computational Methods for Improving Alzheimer’s Disease Characterization

Novel Drug Slows Development of Antibiotic Resistance

Immune Deficits in Space are Temporary

New Genetic Marker Could Predict Lenvatinib Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Elaborate 3D Structures of DNA That Mimics Protein Functions

Loss of the Y Chromosome Impairs Body's Ability to Fight Cancer

Newly Found Disease Links Disruptions of Blood Formation, Immune System and Inflammation

New DNA Test for HPV Infections Could Make Cervical Cancer Screening More Accessible

Rescue Treatment Found From Plant Extracts for People With Ataxia

New Method Provides Near-Perfect Control Over the Manipulation of Individual Molecules

Establishing the Flour Reference Proteome for Five Wheat Species

Using Enzyme Inhibitors to Assess the Potential for Antimicrobial Resistance

Microglial Cells Serve as a Stable Viral Reservoir for Latent HIV

UCL Scientists Visualize the Molecular 'Nano-Machinery' That Causes Cilia to Beat

Laxative Prucalopride can Have Important Effects in the Brain Circuits Crucial for Learning and Memory

Study Links Timing of Childhood Adversity With Epigenetic Patterns in Adolescents

Virus Plays Important Role in Treating Glioblastoma

Study Examines the Effects of Fatty Fish Consumption on the Lipophilic Index

New Stem Cell Technique to Revolutionize Stem Cell Research

Lundquist Institute Contributes to Genetic Study of Insulin Response to a Glucose Challenge

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