Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Seeking COVID cures: Scientists find promising first step in antiviral treatment
Researchers from Cornell University have identified a possible target for antiviral treatment for COVID-19.
Apr 7, 2020
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Medications
Does new study really show that hydroxychloroquine might be effective against omicron?
Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug controversially touted as a cure for COVID despite a lack of robust evidence, is creating renewed interest as a potential treatment for omicron.
Jan 13, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Potential leukaemia drug could be a good BET
(Medical Xpress) -- A team led by Cancer Research UK scientists in Cambridge have made a significant discovery in the lab that could lead to a new treatment for leukaemia.
Oct 2, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Team reprograms CRISPR system in mice to eliminate tumor cells without affecting healthy cells
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool is one of the most promising approaches to advancing treatments of genetic diseases—including cancer—an area of research where progress is constantly being made. Now, the Molecular Cytogenetics ...
Oct 8, 2020
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Neuroscience
Neurosurgeons use adult stem cells to grow neck vertebrae
Neurosurgery researchers at UC Davis Health System have used a new, leading-edge stem cell therapy to promote the growth of bone tissue following the removal of cervical discs -- the cushions between the bones in the neck ...
Sep 6, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Fusion hybrids: A newly discovered population of tumor cells
In a recent study published in Science Advances, Charles E. Gast and co-workers detail the spontaneous process of cancer cell fusion with white blood cells to produce heterogenous hybrid clones in multiple biological systems, ...
Oncology & Cancer
Nanodrug targeting breast cancer cells from the inside adds weapon: Immune system attack
A unique nanoscale drug that can carry a variety of weapons and sneak into cancer cells to break them down from the inside has a new component: a protein that stimulates the immune system to attack HER2-positive breast cancer ...
Aug 10, 2013
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Medical research
Jamb and Jamc are essential proteins for the fusion of muscle cells: study
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered two proteins that are essential for the fusion of muscle cells to build muscle fibres. Their discovery might help us better understand and treat illnesses ...
Dec 13, 2011
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Neuroscience
Mitochondrial dynamics in neurons: Whats all the fuss about?
(Medical Xpress)—In the epic series Star Wars, the mysterious energy field known simply as, the Force, was communicated by microscopic endosymbionts known as midichlorians. Their real world counterparts, the mitochondria, ...
Medical research
Putting fat to good use as stem cell source for spinal fusion surgery
Adipose cells, better known as fat, may be the least popular component of the human body. However, most people don't realize that fat actually has many important functions in establishing and maintaining good health—providing ...
May 13, 2021
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