Various conditions such as postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis can lead to an alteration in maternal behavior and disrupt the mother-child bonding process. A research team has conducted a study in which they were ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Every cell has two mechanisms for repairing DNA single- or double-strand breaks, which can be induced by such factors as environmental toxins, chemotherapy, or ionizing radiation. The first one consists of the DNA repair ...
Sep 21, 2022
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Newly discovered cellular hot spots of a potentially toxic protein could open new research avenues into how Alzheimer's disease progresses in the brain.
Sep 13, 2022
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New research has revealed how the tau protein, a critical element in the formation of Alzheimer's disease, is also involved in normal learning processes in the healthy brain—potentially providing a focal point for future ...
Aug 23, 2022
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Immune cells are our body's police force, but how can they reach the crime scene fast? At the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) researchers have now discovered a new protein that boosts energy production ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Findings by researchers from Germany support the view that hyperactive immune cells in the brain can have a protective effect in the course of neurodegenerative diseases. Experts from Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative ...
Feb 14, 2022
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The innate human immune system is capable of recognizing and fighting pathogens such as viruses, bacteria or parasites. In addition to other conserved structure, it can detect pathogens based on their RNA and DNA. Since these ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Several proteins have been identified in hosts that interact with Ebola virus and primarily function to inhibit the production of viral genetic material in cells and prevent Ebola virus infection, according to a study led ...
Aug 2, 2021
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Göttingen researchers have developed mini-antibodies that efficiently block the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its dangerous new variants. These so-called nanobodies bind and neutralize the virus up to 1,000 times better than ...
Jul 28, 2021
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Chemotherapy kills tumor cells by causing damage to them. One of the most effective ways of causing damage is to prevent the two DNA strands from separating so that the cellular machinery cannot read the instructions written ...
Jun 15, 2021
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