Oncology & Cancer
Superior form of T-cell discovered in cancer survivors
Scientists from Cardiff University have discovered a superior form of killer T-cell in patients who have successfully cleared end-stage solid cancer.
Jul 24, 2023
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Cell
Neuroscience
Connection between immune system and brain in mice may explain why stress can worsen gut inflammation
A team of medical researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. and the Netherlands has found a connection between the immune system and the brain in mice that could explain why psychological stress can lead ...
Oncology & Cancer
Tracing a cancer's family tree to its roots reveals how tumors grow
Over time, cancer cells can evolve to become resistant to treatment, more aggressive, and metastatic—capable of spreading to additional sites in the body and forming new tumors. The more of these traits that a cancer evolves, ...
May 5, 2022
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Cardiology
Scientists link certain gut bacteria to lower heart disease risk
Changes in the gut microbiome have been implicated in a range of diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity, and inflammatory bowel disease. Now, a team of researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard along with ...
Apr 2, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Bench-to-bedside drug design could lead to new Alzheimer's disease treatments
An international team of scientists and pharmaceutical collaborators has made a breakthrough "bench to bedside" discovery, ten years in the making, which they hope will advance the future treatment of Alzheimer's disease ...
Nov 26, 2021
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Medical research
Pair of studies uncover surprising new roles for spinal cord and brainstem in touch
The sense of touch is essential to almost everything we do, from routine tasks at home to navigating unfamiliar terrains that may conceal dangers. Scientists have long been interested in understanding exactly how the touch ...
Nov 23, 2022
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Gastroenterology
Researchers discover repair properties of a protein critical for wound-healing in gut diseases
An international team led by the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has discovered novel properties of the protein Gasdermin B that promotes repair of cells lining the gastrointestinal tract in people with ...
Feb 7, 2022
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Medications
Potential identification of SARS-CoV-2 human emergence and new COVID-19 therapeutics
Through collaboration that incorporates the use of computational modeling, data, and virology, a group of Virginia Tech researchers tackles the latest questions surrounding COVID-19. The group's project in COVID-19 human ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Autism spectrum disorders
Gut microbiota differences seen in people with autism may be due to dietary preferences
Research suggested that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be at least partly caused by differences in the composition of the gut microbiota, based on the observation that certain types of microbes are more common in people ...
Nov 11, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Antitumor cell activity in glioblastoma regulated by inhibiting triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2
While the importance of the triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is known in brain microglial function during neurodegenerative diseases, the function of the TREM2 cell receptor/protein is unknown in glioblastoma ...
