Medical research
Study: This protein may be the 'glue' that helps COVID virus stick
When SARS-CoV-2 enters the human body, the virus' spike protein binds to a cell, allowing the virus to infiltrate and begin replicating.
Jan 24, 2024
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Neuroscience
Enjoying light exercise in rhythm can promote the effects of exercise on the brain's prefrontal cortex function
Listening to rhythmic music, particularly music with a pronounced groove, elicits a heightened sense of excitement, prompting individuals to move their bodies in sync with the rhythm instinctively. This natural inclination ...
Dec 21, 2023
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Medical research
Team delivers breakthrough 'nanobody' technology
Researchers led by Professor Steve Watson and Dr. Eleyna Martin from the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Birmingham have delivered a breakthrough for thrombosis researchers, by producing the first ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Medications
Researchers suggest myasthenia gravis drug be tested for use in post-COVID-19 patients
A significant proportion of patients who survive COVID-19 develop a constellation of life-altering symptoms that persist long after the initial infection has resolved. This post-COVID-19 syndrome may result from the development ...
Jun 27, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New bispecific antibody demonstrates clinical activity in patients with multiple myeloma
Patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who were treated with the two highest doses of REGN5459, a bispecific antibody targeting BCMA and CD3, experienced a 90.5% overall response rate, according to results ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers visualize α-synuclein pathology in living patients with a neurodegenerative disorder
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the aggregation of α-synuclein in the brain. Now, scientists from Japan, in collaboration with three pharmaceutical companies, have developed ...
Aug 30, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Alpha-ray missile therapy: Tumor cells attacked from intracellular region
A cancer-specific L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1) is highly expressed in cancer tissues. Inhibiting the function of LAT1 has been known to have anti-tumor effects, but there has been limited progress in the development ...
Jan 4, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Engineered killer immune cells target tumours and their immunosuppressive allies
Scientists have engineered natural killer immune cells that not only kill head and neck tumor cells in mice but also reduce the immune-suppressing myeloid cells that allow tumors to evade the immune response, according to ...
Jul 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
GCS centres support research to mitigate impact of COVID-19 pandemic
In December 2019, the world learned of a new and deadly pathogen. News coming out of Wuhan, China confirmed public health experts' worst fears—a novel coronavirus appeared to have jumped from animals to humans. It was extremely ...
May 11, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nanobodies hold the key to imaging COVID-19
Researchers from Protein Production UK, a collaborative project led by The Rosalind Franklin Institute, have isolated nanobodies—a type of antibody used in research, which bind to the 'spike' protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Apr 18, 2020
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