Medical research
Researchers identify a potential target for reversing poor metabolic traits
During oxidative stress, excess production of reactive oxygen species causes cell and tissue damage.
Dec 21, 2023
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Genetics
Smell's sensory magic emerges from mechanism that tailors each of nose's sensory cells, mouse study suggests
The mammalian nose is a work of evolutionary art. Its millions of nerve cells, each tailored with just one of thousands of specific odor-chemical receptors encoded in the genome, can collectively distinguish a trillion distinct ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer's discovery reveals dire effect of toxic tau protein
Alzheimer's disease researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered how harmful tau proteins damage the essential operating instructions for our brain cells, a finding that could lead to new treatments.
Dec 19, 2023
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Genetics
Linking genes and brain circuitry in anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders (ADs) affect more than 280 million people worldwide, making them one of the most common mental health conditions. ADs have a genetic basis, as seen from inheritance in families, and people with one subtype ...
Dec 19, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Genomic data shed light on how lymphoma can turn lethal
A study by researchers at Columbia and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is helping to clarify how low-grade lymphoma changes as it develops into a more aggressive tumor, which could lead to the development ...
Dec 18, 2023
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Neuroscience
Exploring the effects of vascularization strategies on brain organoids
Cerebral organoids are three-dimensional, in vitro cultured brains that mimic the activities of the human brain. They have emerged as invaluable tools to comprehend evolution, disease pathogenesis, and neurodevelopmental ...
Dec 17, 2023
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Cardiology
Memory CD8 T cells promote pathogenic plaque buildup of the arteries in aged mice: Study
Aging is known to be a risk factor for the biological changes that create the dangerous buildup of plaque in arteries called atherosclerosis, and aging also induces a buildup of memory CD8 T cells, a type of immune cell, ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Genetics
Study shows how genes in retina are regulated during development
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have mapped the 3D organization of genetic material of key developmental stages of human retinal formation, using intricate models of a retina grown in the lab.
Dec 13, 2023
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Genetics
Scientists develop high-resolution method to analyze skin gene expression in thermal burns
A research group led by Prof. Li Xueling from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed the skin gene expression in thermal burns and developed a new cell type signature and pipeline ...
Dec 13, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Research paves the way for predicting disease progression for incurable cancer
Researchers have come one step closer to answering why, in some patients, a type of lymphoma changes from indolent to aggressive, and in particular, they are closer to identifying which patients are at high risk of this change ...
Dec 12, 2023
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