Oncology & Cancer
Cancer biology: Targeting tumors with 'stapled' peptides
(Phys.org) —Designer peptides containing chemically stabilized helices emerge as a potent way to activate anti-tumor proteins inside cells.
Jul 17, 2013
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Neuroscience
Simple blood test may predict MRI disease activity in multiple sclerosis
A blood test to monitor a nerve protein in the blood of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) may help predict whether disease activity is flaring up, according to a study published in the November 29, 2017, online issue of ...
Nov 29, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study sheds light on immune mechanism that triggers cytokine storm typical of COVID-19
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have demonstrated for the first time that in COVID-19 patients an immune mechanism known as the inflammasome participates in activation of the inflammatory process ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Neuroscience
Illuminating real-time brain dynamics of neuropeptides with a fluorescent biosensor
Neuropeptides play fundamental roles in modulating cellular and circuit functions within the brain. One such signaling molecule—orexin—regulates arousal and wakefulness, and its failure can lead to constant daytime sleepiness ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Neuronal activity induces tau release from healthy neurons
Researchers from King's College London have discovered that neuronal activity can stimulate tau release from healthy neurons in the absence of cell death. The results published by Diane Hanger and her colleagues in EMBO reports ...
Feb 15, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Vaccine trial for Alzheimer's clears key hurdle
A vaccine which revives a promising but long-abandoned path to thwart Alzheimer's disease has cleared a key safety hurdle in human trials, researchers say.
Jun 7, 2012
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Medical research
Japanese scientists show 'new' liver generation using hepatocyte cell transplantation
Researchers in Japan have found that hepatocytes, cells comprising the main tissue of the liver and involved in protein synthesis and storage, can assist in tissue engineering and create a "new liver system" in mouse models ...
Jun 11, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
How does cancer spread? Researchers pinpoint a gene that affects cell-to-cell communication leading to the disease
How does cancer spread? While studying human brain tumour cells, a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) found some answers to this crucial, yet so far unanswered question. ...
Dec 10, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
New, even more effective HPV vaccine in sight
A recently published paper by the Department of Immunodermatology at the Medical University of Vienna has unveiled a second-generation prophylactic HPV vaccine. In future, this will not only protect against the majority of ...
Sep 11, 2013
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Neuroscience
Head-mounted microscope reaches deeper into mouse brains
Researchers have developed a miniature microscope that is designed for high-resolution 3D images inside the brains of living mice. By imaging deeper into the brain than previously possible with miniature widefield microscopes, ...
Mar 29, 2022
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