Inside cells, organelles called mitochondria carry out a medley of vital tasks. These structures generate energy and help to keep the cells' interior environment in a state of healthy equilibrium, among other functions.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have pinpointed the section of alpha-synuclein, a protein in the brain that causes it to latch onto brain cells called neurons and likely drives the development of Parkinson's disease, ...
Jul 29, 2021
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The rapid spread of the Alpha variant of COVID-19 resulted from biological changes in the virus and was enhanced by large numbers of infected people "exporting" the variant to multiple parts of the UK, in what the researchers ...
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Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, recently announced that the delta variant is no longer of concern because it now comprises 98% of new cases in the country and is therefore "the normal variant."
Jul 22, 2021
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A new Finnish study shows that 180 health care workers who had received two doses of the Pfizer and Biontech vaccine have very good antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The immune response was as strong against ...
Jun 30, 2021
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When it comes to infectious diseases, the United Kingdom is like the "canary in our mine," according to Texas A&M University virologist Benjamin Neuman. When a virus is spreading there, it will soon make its way to the United ...
Jun 25, 2021
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(HealthDay)—The delta variant of the coronavirus that once crippled India now accounts for 20 percent of infections in the United States, Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious ...
Jun 24, 2021
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The highly contagious Delta variant could soon account for 90 percent of new coronavirus cases in the EU, the bloc's disease control agency said Wednesday, urging members to spur vaccination drives.
Jun 23, 2021
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A new study, published in the journal eNeuro, suggests the answer is no. If this is borne out, that result differs from Alzheimer's disease, where reducing endogenous tau levels in brain neurons is protective for multiple ...
Jun 18, 2021
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Preclinical trials of a new radiopharmaceutical to treat ovarian cancer have produced successful results, dramatically limiting tumor growth and decreasing tumor mass. Designed specifically for ovarian cancers that are resistant ...
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