Vaccination
Is the next great COVID vaccine an inhaled one?
"The jab" might soon be replaced with something like "the huff" as slang for a COVID-19 vaccine dose.
Feb 20, 2022
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Medical research
Study can't confirm lab results for many cancer experiments
Eight years ago, a team of researchers launched a project to carefully repeat early but influential lab experiments in cancer research.
Dec 8, 2021
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Neuroscience
New synapse type discovered through spatial proteomics
Researchers have developed a new super-resolution high-throughput imaging method. Using the new technique, the scientists were able to create a 3D neuronal cell atlas with single-molecule resolution and discovered a previously ...
Mar 29, 2024
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Immunology
Improved cell response seen with 'hybrid' immunity in people who had COVID-19
People who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 before being vaccinated generate an immune response more specific to fighting viral infections, and produce a broader antibody response, than do people whose only protection is the ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Neuroscience
Unraveling the mystery of touch: Mechanism uncovered that may explain why certain body parts are so sensitive
Some parts of the body—hands and lips, for example—are more sensitive than others, making them essential tools in our ability to discern the most intricate details of the world around us.
Oct 11, 2021
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Medical research
Evidence in mice that bacteria in tumors help cancer cells metastasize
Bacteria promote cancer metastasis by bolstering the strength of host cells against mechanical stress in the bloodstream, promoting cell survival during tumor progression, researchers report April 7th in the journal Cell.
Apr 7, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel CRISPR imaging technology reveals genes controlling tumor immunity
Mount Sinai scientists have developed a new technology allowing them to link specific genes to complex tumor characteristics at a scale and resolution not previously possible. The results could lead to new approaches for ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Neuroscience
New method enables long-lasting imaging of rapid brain activity in individual cells deep in the cortex
As you are reading these words, certain regions of your brain are displaying a flurry of millisecond-fast electrical activity. Visualizing and measuring this electrical activity is crucial to understand how the brain enables ...
Aug 18, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New insights into T cell exhaustion could improve cancer immunotherapies, study finds
Specially engineered immune cells called CAR T cells have proven themselves to be a powerful weapon against blood cancers, but against solid tumors they are much less effective, due in part to a process called T-cell exhaustion. ...
Dec 2, 2021
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Medical research
Gut bacteria mine dietary fiber to release beneficial nutrients
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis demonstrates that certain human gut microbes can mine dietary fiber to extract nutrients that otherwise would remain inaccessible to the human body. The ...
Jun 30, 2022
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