Medical research
Bile acid breakthrough: Researchers team up for microbiome discoveries
Ask someone what they think of when they hear the phrase "bile acids," and you might get a few unpleasant answers.
Feb 27, 2024
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Genetics
New screening tool to explore mechanisms behind cancer, autoimmunity and neurodegeneration
Scientists have developed a new screening tool to uncover how genetic changes affect gene activity and can lead to diseases such as cancer, autoimmunity, neurodegeneration and cardiovascular disease. This new tool enables ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals new insights into immune system role in lung cancer risk
Recent developments in cancer research have highlighted the vital role of the immune system, particularly in the notable successes of cancer immunotherapy.
Feb 22, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study offers new clues into the causes of post-infectious chronic fatigue syndrome
In a detailed clinical study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found differences in the brains and immune systems of people with post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (PI-ME/CFS). ...
Feb 21, 2024
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Cardiology
Study discovers molecular mechanism that could explain why eating too much protein is bad for your arteries
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers discovered a molecular mechanism by which excessive dietary protein could increase atherosclerosis risk. The findings were published in Nature Metabolism.
Feb 19, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Protective mechanism discovered in the formation of fear memories could be starting point for new therapies
Researchers at the Central Institute of Mental Health and Heidelberg University have identified a biological mechanism that regulates the strength of the memory of an aversive event. The results of their study offer new starting ...
Feb 16, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
New epigenetic clocks reinvent how we measure age
What causes us to age? New "clocks" developed by researchers may help point to the answers. Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, unveil a new form ...
Feb 14, 2024
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Genetics
Study proposes framework to standardize biomarkers of aging and accelerate clinical use
Biomarkers are measurable characteristics that can be used to evaluate normal biological processes, diseases, or responses to treatment in patients. Using biomarkers to assess biological aging, or the increase in molecular ...
Feb 14, 2024
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Medications
An anticancer drug opens a new path for the treatment of Parkinson's
Once they enter the body, drugs, apart from carrying out their therapeutic function, are biochemically transformed by the action of the metabolic machinery, a process that facilitates their expulsion. This biotransformation ...
Feb 9, 2024
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Genetics
Researchers uncover genetic factors for severe Lassa fever
While combing through the human genome in 2007, computational geneticist Pardis Sabeti made a discovery that would transform her research career. As a then-postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Sabeti ...
Feb 8, 2024
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