In a recent study, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have provided new insights into the central role of goblet cells—specialized cells that line the gut—in maintaining a healthy and balanced immune ...
Nov 12, 2024
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Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, is leading a team of researchers that has developed a system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions in human airways ...
Nov 7, 2024
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University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are warning that artificial intelligence tools gaining popularity in the fields of genetics and medicine can lead to flawed conclusions about the connection between genes and ...
Nov 4, 2024
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An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has assembled the first large-scale, publicly available map to show the impact of mutations on where proteins ...
Oct 25, 2024
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Gene-editing therapies—techniques that modify DNA to treat or prevent disease—have the potential to transform the field of drug development. By making precise edits to the genome, problematic genes could be modified or ...
Oct 21, 2024
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The question of what causes complex neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's or multiple sclerosis continues to confound scientists and doctors, with the unknowns standing in the way of early diagnoses and effective treatments.
Oct 17, 2024
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With each breath, a human may inhale thousands of harmful microbes into the lungs. Mucus, the gel-like moist substance coating the airways, is one of the first lines of defense and aids in removal of these microbes. It entraps ...
Sep 24, 2024
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National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have discovered that while artificial intelligence (AI) tools can make accurate diagnoses from textbook-like descriptions of genetic diseases, the tools are significantly less ...
Aug 14, 2024
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A drug commonly used to treat cystic fibrosis improved outcomes for patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia and could be used to treat other respiratory infections, according to clinical trial results from researchers at ...
Jul 16, 2024
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Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease that so far has been incurable. Those affected have thick, viscous mucus secretions in their lungs, and lung function diminishes steadily over time. Today, triple combination therapy ...
Jul 10, 2024
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