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Protein aggregation reduces elasticity of blood vessels during aging

Deposits of a protein called "Medin", which manifest in virtually all older adults, reduce the elasticity of blood vessels during aging and hence may be a risk factor for vascular dementia.

10 Sep 2020

Combining stem cell therapy with educational intervention can help children with autism

Results of a clinical trial released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine indicate that a combination of stem cell therapy and educational intervention can significantly help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

10 Sep 2020

Protein inhibitors neutralize SARS-CoV-2 infection in cell culture

Using innovative computer-based approaches, researchers have developed protein inhibitors that block the interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 virus and human cell receptor ACE2.

10 Sep 2020

Researchers review the role of macrophage activation syndrome in COVID-19

A major percentage of COVID-19 cases have become so severe that hospital admissions have become mandatory for both monitoring and treatment.

10 Sep 2020

Researchers identify protein that makes cancer cells more aggressive

When Goping’s research team found that a protein was linked to poor outcomes in breast cancer patients, she wanted to find out the reason behind this.

10 Sep 2020

Researchers reconstruct the birth of a male sex chromosome in Atlantic herring

The evolution of sex chromosomes is of crucial importance in biology as it stabilises the mechanism underlying sex determination and usually results in an equal sex ratio.

10 Sep 2020

An efficient therapeutic strategy against KRAS mutant lung tumors in mice

The KRAS oncogene is involved in at least one fifth of all human cancers: KRAS mutations are directly responsible for 32% of lung tumors and 96% of pancreatic tumors.

10 Sep 2020

In-depth study of kidney tumors reveals novel markers of response to immunotherapy

Treatments for kidney cancer have improved considerably over the past few decades. In 1988, when Memorial Sloan Kettering oncologist Robert Motzer started researching the disease, the average survival was less than one year.

9 Sep 2020

Researchers explore link between uncontrolled inflammation and brain's immune cells

Inspired by the need for new and better therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease, Rutgers University researchers are exploring the link between uncontrolled inflammation within the brain and the brain's immune cells, known as microglia.

9 Sep 2020

Researchers uncover tissue reparative role for a rare immune cell in the gut

Scientists from King's College London have discovered an unexpected tissue reparative role for a rare immune cell type in the gut that could tip toward fibrosis or cancer if dysregulated.

9 Sep 2020

Study highlights the role of brain astrocyte cells in Parkinson's disease pathology

A new study using induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology links astrocyte dysfunction to Parkinson's disease (PD) pathology.

9 Sep 2020

Research shows how mutations in DNA packaging machines can drive cancer development

Like wrenches made of Legos, SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes tighten or loosen DNA in our cells to control how genes are turned on and made into proteins.

9 Sep 2020

Study elucidates the active role of glial cells in the nervous system

For the brain to work efficiently, it is important that a nerve impulse arrives at its destination as quickly and as precisely as possible. It has been long been known that the nerve fibres - also known as axons - pass on these impulses.

9 Sep 2020

New findings overturn the understanding of cholesterol’s impact on cell membranes

For more than a decade, scientists have accepted that cholesterol - a key component of cell membranes - did not uniformly affect membranes of different types.

9 Sep 2020

Study shows a new way to capture “live” images of immune cells inside the lungs

A team of researchers from the University of Calgary has identified a new method to capture “live” pictures of immune cells within the lungs.

7 Sep 2020

Researchers determine how prokaryotic and single-celled origins contribute to human evolution

Immune responses are produced by a complex, hierarchical organization of the immune system, tissues, organs, and components.

7 Sep 2020

New technology reveals experimental drugs that help suppress the growth and spread of tumor

A new technology that allows researchers to peer inside malignant tumors shows that two experimental drugs can normalize aberrant blood vessels, oxygenation, and other aspects of the tumor microenvironment in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), helping to suppress the tumor's growth and spread, UT Southwestern researchers report.

4 Sep 2020

Study highlights the effects of antibiotics on breast milk microbiota milk

A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children has found that mothers of preterm babies have highly individual breast milk microbiomes, and that even short courses of antibiotics have prolonged effects on the diversity and abundance of microbes in their milk

From University of Toronto 4 Sep 2020

Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause severe abnormalities in the fetus

Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause severe abnormalities in the fetus, including malformations such as microcephaly. In a small proportion of cases, the disease may lead to miscarriage and perinatal death.

4 Sep 2020

Novel functional class of cortical neurons might be the basis of brain cognition

In the past century, neuroscientists have discovered various functional classes of neurons that are relevant to cognitive functions of the brain.

4 Sep 2020

Cell Biology

Protein aggregation reduces elasticity of blood vessels during aging

Combining stem cell therapy with educational intervention can help children with autism

Protein inhibitors neutralize SARS-CoV-2 infection in cell culture

Researchers review the role of macrophage activation syndrome in COVID-19

Researchers identify protein that makes cancer cells more aggressive

Researchers reconstruct the birth of a male sex chromosome in Atlantic herring

An efficient therapeutic strategy against KRAS mutant lung tumors in mice

In-depth study of kidney tumors reveals novel markers of response to immunotherapy

Researchers explore link between uncontrolled inflammation and brain's immune cells

Researchers uncover tissue reparative role for a rare immune cell in the gut

Study highlights the role of brain astrocyte cells in Parkinson's disease pathology

Research shows how mutations in DNA packaging machines can drive cancer development

Study elucidates the active role of glial cells in the nervous system

New findings overturn the understanding of cholesterol’s impact on cell membranes

Study shows a new way to capture “live” images of immune cells inside the lungs

Researchers determine how prokaryotic and single-celled origins contribute to human evolution

New technology reveals experimental drugs that help suppress the growth and spread of tumor

Study highlights the effects of antibiotics on breast milk microbiota milk

Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause severe abnormalities in the fetus

Novel functional class of cortical neurons might be the basis of brain cognition

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