New treatments found for tough blood cancers
Researchers from King's have identified a new way to treat certain blood cancers using existing drugs, by turning a once-dismissed part of our DNA into a therapeutic target.
Sep 11, 2025
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Pharmacologic Actions: News and Research on Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
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Novel truncated RNAs from jumping DNA encode reverse transcriptases in aging human brain
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia and affects more than a tenth of Americans aged 65 and older. The disease has proven difficult to develop new treatments for, and available treatment options are limited. ...
Jun 4, 2025
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Ancient viral DNA activates blood cell production during pregnancy and after significant bleeding, researchers discover
Ancient viral remnants in the human genome are activated during pregnancy and after significant bleeding in order to increase blood cell production, an important step toward defining the purpose of "junk DNA" in humans, according ...
Oct 25, 2024
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Common HIV treatments may aid Alzheimer's disease patients
Alzheimer's disease (AD) currently afflicts nearly seven million people in the U.S. With this number expected to grow to nearly 13 million by 2050, the lack of meaningful therapies represents a major unmet medical need. Scientists ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Researchers find that anti-HIV drugs may prevent complications from bacterial sepsis
Bacterial infections can lead to the formation of abscesses—pockets of dead cells and debris surrounded by inflammatory immune cells. Bacteria multiply within abscesses, causing more inflammation and further damage to surrounding ...
Jan 17, 2024
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'Jumping' genes yield new clues to origins of neurodegenerative disease
Massive, repetitive stretches of DNA in the human genome may harbor hints about the onset of a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disorder called ataxia-telangiectasia as well as other related diseases, a new Yale School of ...
Sep 6, 2022
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