Psychology & Psychiatry
Huge unveiling of schizophrenia brain cells show new treatment targets
If you thought it was easy to analyze brain cells, think again.
Oct 24, 2022
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News tagged with adult cells
Neuroscience
Brains cells born together wire and fire together for life
Brain cells with the same "birthdate" are more likely to wire together into cooperative signaling circuits that carry out many functions, including the storage of memories, a new study finds.
Aug 22, 2022
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Genetics
Researchers refine understanding of fetal hemoglobin regulation
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have discovered a new part of the regulatory cascade responsible for silencing fetal hemoglobin in adult cells. The findings, published today in Nature Genetics, refine ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New vaccine formulation protects newborn mice against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading global cause of death in children under age 5 and lacks an effective vaccine. In a study from the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children's Hospital, a new vaccine formulation ...
Aug 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Your body remembers common cold coronaviruses from childhood. How can you get the same immunity to COVID-19?
For a glimpse into the future of SARS-CoV-2 immunity, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are investigating how the immune system builds its defenses against common cold coronaviruses (CCCs).
Jul 22, 2022
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Immunology
In colitis patients, skin conditions may originate in the gut
A new study by UC San Francisco researchers reveals how gut inflammation can disrupt not only the digestive system, but also the skin. It's a tale in which the main players are specialized immune cells and the bacterial communities—called ...
Jul 11, 2022
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Overweight & Obesity
Molecule boosts fat burning
Normally, fat cells store energy. In brown fat cells, however, energy is dissipated as heat—brown fat thus serves as a biological heater. Most mammals therefore have this mechanism. In humans it keeps newborns warm; in ...
Jul 5, 2022
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Immunology
Pediatricians transplant kidneys without need for immune-suppressing drugs
Physicians at Stanford Medicine have developed a way to provide pediatric kidney transplants without immune-suppressing drugs. Their key innovation is a safe method to transplant the donor's immune system to the patient before ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Recurring brain tumors shaped by genetic evolution and microenvironment
Researchers have discovered that infiltrating gliomas, a common brain and spinal cord tumor, are shaped by their genetic evolution and microenvironment, a finding that could lead to more targeted treatments.
Jun 9, 2022
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Genetics
Researchers identify novel factors involved in silencing fetal hemoglobin
The genetic blood disorders sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia are caused by errors in the genes for hemoglobin, a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to tissues throughout the body. In utero, ...
May 26, 2022
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