Evidence builds for near infrared light treatment in traumatic brain injury
Birmingham scientists have shown light therapy delivered transcranially (through the skull) can aid tissue repair after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).
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Cell Physiological Phenomena: News and Research on Apoptosis
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Nanobodies help decode the central mechanism of inflammation
The formation of pores by a particular protein, gasdermin D, plays a key role in inflammatory reactions. During its activation, an inhibitory part is split off. More than 30 of the remaining protein fragments then combine ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Study reveals how COVID-19 infection can cause or worsen diabetes
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have used a cutting-edge model system to uncover the mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, induces new cases of diabetes, and worsens complications in people ...
Sep 16, 2024
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Cells that die during inflammation send wound-healing messages, study shows
A study by the team of Prof. Kodi Ravichandran (VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) and colleagues found that pyroptosis, a form of programmed cell death traditionally thought to be purely inflammatory, also plays ...
Sep 11, 2024
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Cell death types and their relations to host immune pathways
A new review was published as the cover paper of Aging, titled "Types of cell death and their relations to host immunological pathways."
Aug 16, 2024
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Study reveals 'cell death cascade' in airway cells infected with SARS-CoV-2
Researchers Jenny Ting, Ph.D., the William Kenan Distinguished Professor of Genetics and professor microbiology and immunology at the UNC School of Medicine, and Kaixin Liang, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the Ting ...
Jul 22, 2024
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What really happens when you get a sunburn? Cell injury researcher explains
It's understandable—you were having too much fun splashing around in the pool to even consider stopping the fun to get out and go about the incredibly un-fun task of reapplying sunscreen. Next thing you know, you're reaching ...
Jul 10, 2024
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Implantable LED device uses light to treat deep-seated cancers
Certain types of light have proven to be an effective, minimally-invasive treatment for cancers located on or near the skin when combined with a light-activated drug. But deep-seated cancers, surrounded by tissue, blood and ...
Jul 9, 2024
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Researchers discover novel way to make breast cancer cells die
Oregon State University researchers have discovered compounds that convert a protein known for protecting cancer cells into a tumor killer.
Jul 1, 2024
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New approach uses oxidative photocatalysis on membranes to trigger cell death in cancer cells
A research team, led by Professors Tae-Hyuk Kwon and Duyoung Min from the Department of Chemistry at UNIST, has achieved a significant breakthrough in the battle against cancer through the utilization of reactive oxygen species ...
Jun 17, 2024
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