Psychology & Psychiatry
Mechanism linking anxiety to testosterone discovered by scientists
A study has unveiled a significant link between anxiety disorders and a brain receptor known as TACR3, as well as testosterone.
Jan 22, 2024
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News tagged with cell surface
Medications
Inhaled statins show promise as effective asthma treatment
Statins are a class of drugs commonly used to lower bad cholesterol, but can they also treat obstructive airway diseases, such as asthma?
Dec 20, 2023
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Genetics
Specific genetic variant may help prevent obesity
A preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators shows that a specific human genetic variant of a receptor that stimulates insulin release may help individuals resist obesity. The researchers discovered that this ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Immunology
Researchers show that an influx of water and salts propel immune cells through the body
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, working with Imperial College London, King's College London and University of Cambridge, have shown that an influx of water and ions into immune cells allows them to migrate to ...
Dec 6, 2023
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Neuroscience
Scientists discover promising target for Alzheimer's disease treatment
A research team led by Prof. Nancy Ip, the President and The Morningside Professor of Life Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and the Director of the Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative ...
Nov 28, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Brain fungal infection produces Alzheimer's disease-like changes, says new study
Previous research has implicated fungi in chronic neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, but there is limited understanding of how these common microbes could be involved in the development of these conditions.
Oct 16, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers show 'cryptic' viral peptide drives large part of immune response in influenza A virus infection
Conventional wisdom lays out two major roles for the major histocompatibility complex (MHC): Class I MHC (MHC-I) displays peptide fragments of proteins from within the cell on the cell surface and elicits a response from ...
Oct 12, 2023
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Medical research
Disinfectants and antiseptics may be increasing the antibiotic resistance of hospital-acquired superbug
Low levels of commonly used biocides, such as disinfectants and antiseptics, may increase antibiotic tolerance in Acinetobacter baumannii, a multi-drug resistant, hospital-acquired pathogen that causes serious wound, bloodstream ...
Oct 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Hairy polymer balls help get genetic blueprints inside T-cells for blood cancer therapy
Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have realized a new polymer that can effectively transport plasmid DNA into T-cells during chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, a key treatment for blood cancer. Importantly, ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Medical research
Is the first cure for advanced rabies near?
Rabies virus is incurable and almost always fatal once it has invaded the central nervous system, with the victim doomed to suffer a horrible death.
Sep 28, 2023
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