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New Method Facilitates Early Detection and Localization of Tumors

To help with early tumor diagnosis and tumor localization, researchers have devised a technology that concurrently detects many cancer-specific DNA circulating hallmarks.

26 Jul 2023

Dietary Fiber Regulates Gut Microbiota and Improves Epithelial Cell Proliferation

A high-fiber diet is known to have several health benefits. Scientific studies point to protection against such diseases as cancer and diabetes.

25 Jul 2023

Researchers Make Breakthrough in Fight Against Familial Hypercholesterolemia

The Mona Lisa, painted by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, is one of the most recognizable paintings in the world.

21 Jul 2023

Cellular Interactions and the Extension of Liver Transplant Recipients’ Lives

A recent study explains how the immune system’s interaction with certain proteins causes organ rejection.

20 Jul 2023

Extrusion-Mediated Self-Renewal: A New Way for Kidney Cells to Stay Healthy

University of Texas at Dallas scientists have discovered a previously unknown "housekeeping" process in kidney cells that ejects unwanted content, resulting in cells that rejuvenate themselves and remain functioning and healthy.

14 Jul 2023

Dad’s Genes “Remote Control” Mom’s Metabolism to Benefit Fetus

The unborn baby “remote controls” its mother’s metabolism, resulting in a nutritional tug-of-war between the two. The mother’s body requires the baby to survive, but she also needs enough glucose and fats in her system to be able to deliver the baby, breastfeed, and reproduce again.

12 Jul 2023

New Method Reveals How Hepatitis C Virus Evades Immune System

With a new method for examining virus samples researchers from the University of Copenhagen have solved an old riddle about how Hepatitis C virus avoids the human body's immune defenses.

6 Jul 2023

Glutaminase 2 Plays a Key Role in Glucose Homeostasis

Glutaminase 2 (GLS2) is a master regulator of glutaminolysis. GLS2 converts glutamine to glutamate, thereby playing a role in cellular energy production. GLS2 is abundant in the liver, and is also found in pancreatic β-cells. However, the role of GLS2 in pancreatic islets – in which both ɑ- and β- cells are present – associated with glucose metabolism is currently unknown.

6 Jul 2023

Genetically Modified iPS Cell Applications for Fabry Disease

iPS cells have had a significant impact on biology and medicine, and they are expected to increase regenerative medicine. Clinical trials with various cell types derived from iPS cells have been performed since 2014 when a sheet of retinal pigment epithelial cells obtained from iPS cells was transplanted into patients with age-related macular degeneration.

4 Jul 2023

Tiny Sea Creature Offers Insights into Healing and Aging

National Institutes of Health researchers and their collaborators revealed fresh insights into healing and aging by studying how a small marine creature regenerates a completely new body from only its mouth.

3 Jul 2023

New Study Sets the Stage to Help People Maintain Weight Loss After Dieting

Researchers led by McMaster University professor Gregory Steinberg and postdoctoral research fellow Dongdong Wang have uncovered a key mechanism for promoting weight loss and maintaining the burning of calories during dieting.

29 Jun 2023

New Nanoparticle Developed Helps Improve the Delivery of mRNA-Based Vaccines

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle -; an extremely tiny biodegradable container -; that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and vaccines for treating non-infectious diseases including cancer.

29 Jun 2023