Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease: Researchers pinpoint missing piece of treatment puzzle
With new findings that the immune system plays a key role in conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels, options emerge for new cures.
Apr 3, 2023
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News tagged with animal cells
Neuroscience
Study reveals a driver of brain cell damage in neurodegeneration
Scientists have long known that the complement cascade, a set of immune system proteins, protects against infection in the body. But in recent years, researchers have uncovered new roles for the system in the brain, including ...
Mar 30, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Fibroblast inhibitors assist anti-cancer drugs to suppress cancer growth
Fibroblasts build and maintain the extracellular matrix, or physical scaffolding for cells, in the connective tissues within the body. It is believed that cancerous tumors can recruit nearby fibroblasts and use them to promote ...
Mar 28, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The world's first mRNA vaccine for deadly bacteria
For the first time in the world: a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed an mRNA-based vaccine that is 100% effective against a type of bacteria that ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Ophthalmology
Innovative in vitro eye irritation test to replace standard animal testing
In the worst-case scenario, getting chemicals in your eyes can lead to blindness. Until now, the eye irritancy potential of chemical substances has had to be assessed using the Draize test on live rabbits—a standard implemented ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Medical research
Q&A: Why you should publish negative data
As a bachelor student of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, Femke Vlaswinkel wrote a research proposal she was allowed to carry out in her master's BPS. Femke subsequently graduated with honors. Her research was published in the ...
Feb 23, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New insights into fetal development may protect against leukemia
During the fetal stage, a number of so-called cell programs run that are vital to the development of the fetus. In a study published in Cell Reports, researchers from Lund University demonstrate that one of these fetal programs ...
Feb 21, 2023
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Neuroscience
Spinal cord stimulation shown to instantly improve arm mobility after stroke
A neurotechnology that stimulates the spinal cord instantly improves arm and hand mobility, enabling people affected by moderate to severe stroke to conduct their normal daily activities more easily, report researchers from ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Neuroscience
Achieving a better understanding of how the blood-brain barrier works
Up to now, the use of models to research the barrier that separates the circulatory from the nervous system has proven to be either limited or extremely complicated. Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a more realistic ...
Feb 17, 2023
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Medical research
A new cell model for the human lung
Before new drugs can be tested in animal experiments and later in clinical trials, they must undergo a large number of laboratory tests. This involves the use of so-called cell lines, i.e., human or animal cells of a specific ...
Feb 8, 2023
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