New research shows for the first time why the antiviral drug remdesivir works against some viruses but not others—a finding that improves our understanding of how antiviral drugs interact with viruses at a molecular level, ...
Jan 13, 2022
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When an individual suffers from cancer, the process of programmed cell death called apoptosis does not occur normally, permitting abnormal cells to thrive.
Jan 11, 2022
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and their collaborators have identified a key role played by hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas in suppressing the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Increased H2S was found ...
Dec 7, 2021
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Drug hunters hoping to prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease take note—a new mouse model developed at RIKEN offers a powerful platform for evaluating potential therapies designed to combat the neurodegenerative ...
Dec 1, 2021
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Immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the body's immune system to fight disease, is gaining huge traction in treating cancer. Chief among cancer immunotherapies is a treatment known as CAR-T, or chimeric antigen receptor ...
Oct 4, 2021
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University of Utah Health scientists have identified a molecule that slows cells' production of alpha-synuclein, a protein that forms toxic aggregates in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease. Its discovery points ...
Sep 21, 2021
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A new study led by researchers at Washington State University has identified a protein that could be the key to improving treatment outcomes after a heart attack.
Jun 2, 2021
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Multiple sclerosis, or MS for short, manifests itself slightly differently in each person—which is why some call it "the disease of a thousand faces." Arguably the worst manifestation of MS is its chronic progressive form. ...
May 12, 2021
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A University of Alberta virology lab has uncovered how an oral antiviral drug works to attack the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in findings published May 10 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
May 11, 2021
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Notch proteins are key regulators of growth and differentiation of both normal and cancer cells. Researchers in Turku, Finland, have now demonstrated that the activities of distinct Notch family members are modified differently ...
Apr 22, 2021
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