Researchers at Nagoya University have identified a molecule that enables cell appendages called cilia to beat in a coordinated way to drive the flow of fluid around the brain; this prevents the accumulation of this fluid, ...
Aug 18, 2017
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Scientists have spent decades studying the nature of tumor cells, but few have looked to see what was happening in the surrounding tissue.
Aug 2, 2017
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Researchers at Hokkaido University have found that the L-gutamate/L-aspartate transporter (GLAST) molecule plays an essential role in establishing and maintaining proper neural wiring of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum.
Jul 28, 2017
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Researchers have clarified the role of a gene critical for the development of a type of white blood cells, known as B cells, which produce antibodies and serve as a "memory" for the immune system. This finding may open up ...
May 31, 2017
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Scientists at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) at Osaka University, Japan, report a new group of monocytes they call SatM. Studies in mice show that SatM may be responsible for causing fibrosis and creates ...
Dec 22, 2016
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Members of the TET family of proteins help protect against cancer by regulating the chemical state of DNA —and thus turning growth-promoting genes on or off. The latest findings reported by researchers at La Jolla Institute ...
Dec 12, 2016
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells controlling voluntary muscles. No effective treatments have been found.
Nov 7, 2016
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Researchers at UC San Francisco and the academically affiliated Gladstone Institutes have used a newly developed gene-editing system to find gene mutations that make human immune cells resistant to HIV infection.
Oct 25, 2016
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Researchers at the University of Bergen have discovered that a drug against kidney cancer possibly can fight several types of cancer.
Sep 29, 2016
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A new scientific study reveals one way to stop proteins from triggering an energy failure inside nerve cells during Huntington's disease. Huntington's disease is an inherited genetic disorder caused by mutations in the gene ...
Sep 13, 2016
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