Archive: 03/11/2016

Scientists identify 'collateral vessel' gene that protects against stroke damage

Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have found a major clue that may explain why some people sustain relatively little damage from strokes or heart attacks despite severe arterial blockages. ...

Nov 3, 2016

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Tuberculosis bacteria find their ecological niche

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem. Treatment often takes many months and till this day there is no effective vaccine. Various TB bacterial strains exist globally, with different geographical spread. ...

Nov 3, 2016

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Injury triggers stem cell growth in the parasite that causes schistosomiasis

Parasitic flatworms known as schistosomes require a gene called cpb1 in order to survive in mice, according to a new study published in PLOS Pathogens. The study also shows that schistosome stem cells grow in response to ...

Nov 3, 2016

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Collection provides tools to improve clinical research in Africa and Asia

Quality assurance of clinical research is critical to ensure meaningful results in compliance with universal ethical standards. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP) codes have been developed ...

Nov 3, 2016

Why bad genes aren't always bad news

We usually think of mutations as errors in our genes that will make us sick. But not all errors are bad, and some can even cancel out, or suppress, the fallout of those mutations known to cause disease. Little is known about ...

Nov 3, 2016

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Scientists find key protein for spinal cord repair

A freshwater zebrafish costs less than two bucks at the pet store, but it can do something priceless: Its spinal cord can heal completely after being severed, a paralyzing and often fatal injury for humans.

Nov 3, 2016

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Cholesterol may help proteins pair up to transmit signals across cell membranes

Cholesterol may act as a selective glue that binds proteins into paired structures that enable human cells to respond to outside signals, according to a new study in PLOS Computational Biology.

Nov 3, 2016

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Smoking a pack a day for a year causes 150 mutations in lung cells

Scientists have measured the catastrophic genetic damage caused by smoking in different organs of the body and identified several different mechanisms by which tobacco smoking causes mutations in DNA. Researchers at the Wellcome ...

Nov 3, 2016

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Newly discovered protein may hold key to better drugs for neglected diseases

A newly identified method of activating drugs to combat one of the world's most destructive `neglected' diseases could lead to better medicines according to new research led by the University of Dundee.

Nov 3, 2016

Sandfly spit vaccinates mice against leishmaniasis infection

A vaccine against cutaneous leishmaniasis, a skin infection caused by Leishmania parasites, may be spitting distance away—sand fly spit, that is. Saliva from a species of the fly responsible for transmitting leishmaniasis ...

Nov 3, 2016

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