Scientific excellence requires diversity—research conducted by men and women, by people from different backgrounds and with varied worldviews. The need for diversity extends to scientific experiments themselves, but even ...
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The transfer of a neurotransmitter from one type of skin cell to another (melanocytes to keratinocytes) altered electrical activity and promoted melanoma initiation in preclinical models, according to results published in ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Overly active immune cells are often behind lung damage in diseases such as COVID-19. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an RNA agent for a lung spray that slows the activity of these cells, ...
Aug 8, 2023
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In 1906, Spanish scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering studies of the microscopic structures of the brain. His famous drawings of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum show a forest of neuron ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Programmed cell death, a fundamental biological process that facilitates the elimination of old, damaged, infected, and non-functional cells, plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance between health and disease in the ...
Jul 26, 2023
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Restoring and improving gut health may be key to slowing HIV progression to AIDS, according to a new study by University of Pittsburgh infectious diseases scientists published today in the journal JCI Insight.
Jul 24, 2023
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For many people trying to lose weight, shedding pounds is the easy part. Keeping the pounds off over time is usually the hard part, and most people regain weight.
Jul 20, 2023
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Immune system changes in the pregnant body that protect the fetus appear to extend to the brain, where a decrease in immune cells late in gestation may factor into the onset of maternal behavior, new research in rats suggests.
Jul 19, 2023
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Long COVID, which affects nearly two-million people in the UK, is not caused by an immune inflammatory reaction to COVID-19, University of Bristol-led research finds. Emerging data demonstrates that immune activation may ...
Jul 4, 2023
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Glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain cancer. Despite decades of major efforts and clinical trials, the tumor's survival rate has remained stagnant.
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