The length of telomeres in white blood cells, known as leukocytes, varies significantly among sub-Saharan African populations, researchers report in The American Journal of Human Genetics. Moreover, leukocyte telomere length ...
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A multidisciplinary research team comprising the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD, Griffith University), Mater Research (based at the Translational Research Institute) and The University of Queensland's (UQ) Frazer ...
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Clever bio-inks that sit inside the human body and restore damaged neurons could cure a whole swathe of diseases in the next 20 years: conditions that have baffled scientists and clinicians for centuries. Think blindness, ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Tumor cells are "cunning," according to Peter Yingxiao Wang. They have a nefarious way of evading the human immune responses that fight back against these cancerous invaders. Tumor cells express programmed death-ligand 1 ...
May 2, 2024
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When people think of Alzheimer's Disease and possible treatment, amyloid—and the accumulation of plaques that invade the cerebral cortex—is often brought up first. However, scientists are finding that Alzheimer's is influenced ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Researchers from the Organoid group have developed a new organoid model that can be used to study the thymus. The organoids are derived from mouse thymus tissue, specifically model thymic epithelial cells (TECs). These cells ...
Apr 29, 2024
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Currently, most therapies for allergic diseases require lifelong treatment. Allergic reactions, characterized by ongoing (type 2) inflammation in response to chronic antigen exposure, underlie many chronic diseases in humans, ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Researchers have discovered the mechanism which allows adult brain stem cells to express genes that maintain their identity and those for neuronal differentiation without conflicts in cellular activity. Furthermore, this ...
Apr 29, 2024
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As COVID-19 becomes endemic, an important group of people who continue to require vaccination is future birth cohorts of children. Yet, in the face of everchanging variants, as well as the waning of antibodies with time after ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Colorectal cancer stands as one of the leading malignancies in the digestive system, ranking third and second in terms of new cases among men and women worldwide, respectively. Given the high incidence of this disease and ...
Apr 29, 2024
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