In a world first discovery, South Australian researchers have identified a genetic mutation responsible for a lymphatic disorder that may cause stillbirth or severe, chronic disease in affected children.
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Intestinal cells can change specializations during their lives. The BMP signaling pathway—an important communication mechanism between cells—appears to be the driver of these changes. That is what scientists from the ...
Mar 1, 2022
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New Peter Mac research shows that two molecular pathways that drive cancer development, work together to increase the production of fats inside cancer cells.
Feb 25, 2022
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Autoimmune diseases are triggered when the immune system malfunctions and attacks the body's own structures. Although there is not, as yet, any cure for such diseases, their progression can be slowed down by therapeutic measures. ...
Feb 23, 2022
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A central feature of type 1 diabetes is loss of the pancreatic beta cells that make insulin. Researchers led by Paolo Fiorina, MD, Ph.D., of Boston Children's Hospital and Francesca D'Addio, MD, of the University of Milan ...
Feb 3, 2022
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A team of scientists from Scripps Research has conducted promising early tests of a new strategy that might one day be used to prevent or treat type 2 diabetes.
Feb 1, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Minnesota have discovered how HIV evades one of the body's best defenses—and their collaborative work could offer hope for future treatments that stop the ...
Jan 27, 2022
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Research led by scientists at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) at UCLA provides new insights into molecular "crosstalk" in pancreas cancer cells, identifying vulnerabilities that could provide a target for therapeutic ...
Jan 11, 2022
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An olfactory receptor gene that aids in the sense of smell may also play a role in the metastasis of breast cancer to the brain, bones and lung, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found. The team further ...
Jan 3, 2022
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They are at the forefront in the fight against viruses, bacteria, and malignant cells: the T cells of our immune system. But the older we get, the fewer of them our body produces. Thus, how long we remain healthy also depends ...
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