Our understanding of how cells interact with each other has been driven for decades by the central concept of receptor-mediated signal transduction. Now, researchers from Boston Children's Hospital are reporting the discovery ...
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Scientists at The Wistar Institute have identified a previously overlooked mediator in the body's response to life-threatening infections: hippuric acid, a metabolite produced when gut bacteria break down polyphenols from ...
Jan 31, 2026
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Black men with advanced prostate cancer have a greater chance of survival after immunotherapy treatment, at least in part, because of ancestral gene variants in immune responses.
Oct 15, 2024
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When scientists transplanted the gut microbes of aged mice into young "germ-free" mice—raised to have no gut microbes of their own—the recipient mice experienced an increase in inflammation that parallels inflammatory processes ...
Jun 10, 2024
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Post-partum depression (PPD) develops after childbirth and affects both the mother's and the infant's health by preventing healthy bonding. Women with PPD experience intense anxiety, feelings of depression, sleeplessness, ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening genetic disorder, marked by recurrent infections resulting in chronic lung inflammation. Unfortunately, the mechanisms underlying this inflammation are not fully elucidated. In this ...
Aug 26, 2022
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