A normal process called cell competition, in which healthy tissues eliminate unhealthy cells, could be responsible for cancer relapses in patients months or years after they were declared cancer-free, a new study by UT Southwestern ...
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A team of researchers at the University of Glasgow has found that when placed together in human tissue, the influenza virus A and the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can fuse together, forming a hybrid virus. In their paper ...
Scientists have developed a research method that allows for a much more detailed examination of the brain processes involved in some neurological and mental disorders. This is achieved by growing human cortical organoids ...
Oct 12, 2022
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An international team of researchers has developed a way to modify the CAR T engineering process to create cells that can assist in fighting fungal infections in the lungs. In their paper published in the journal Science ...
A new UCSF study sheds light on the diversity within the most common type of pediatric liver tumor and suggests a way forward for more precise chemotherapy treatment.
Aug 25, 2022
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In CAR T-cell immunotherapy, T cells from a patient's own blood are engineered to carry so-called chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) that enhance the T cells' ability to attack and kill tumor cells. While CAR-T therapy is a ...
Aug 4, 2022
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A team of researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles has found that acoustic tweezers can be used to deform leukemia cells in useful ways. In their paper published in IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, ...
A compound, developed by a team including scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, kills a range of hard-to-treat cancer types in petri dishes and animal models by targeting a previously ...
Jun 2, 2022
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While Blu-ray discs may not have found success supplanting DVDs in the home entertainment field, Blu-ray technology is an engineering feat enabling advances in medical imaging technologies at UConn.
May 25, 2022
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Researchers have identified the complete series of 10 factors that regulate the development of brain cell types in the visual system of fruit flies—including in what order these neurons develop. The findings, published ...
Apr 6, 2022
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