Neuroscience
Synaptic pruning: How neurons compete to lose their link
Researchers at Kyushu University have uncovered the mechanisms of a fundamental yet critically under-looked phase in brain development: synaptic pruning.
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Medical research
In mice, naturally derived nanocarriers reduce lung inflammation, tissue damage
Therapeutic nanocarriers engineered from adult skin cells can curb inflammation and tissue injury in damaged mouse lungs, new research shows, hinting at the promise of a treatment for lungs severely injured by infection or ...
Jun 6, 2023
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Medical research
'Tipping the balance' of immune cells from bad to good reverses multiple sclerosis symptoms in mice
According to the federal government's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, nearly 3 million people worldwide—with almost a third in the United States—are living with multiple sclerosis (MS), a disabling ...
Jun 2, 2023
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Medical research
Researchers discover molecule in the mouth that could help eliminate pathogens
Researchers at the University Health Network and University of Toronto have discovered a new biotherapeutic molecule—produced by a strain of oral probiotic bacteria—that kills infectious pathogens while promoting a healthy ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene engineered cell therapy developed to target brain metastatic melanomas
Overall survival for patients with melanoma that has spread to the brain is only four to six months. Immunotherapies, which harness the power of the immune system to attack cancer cells, have garnered excitement in recent ...
May 31, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers use 'natural' system to identify proteins most useful for developing an effective HIV vaccine
Since it was identified in 1984 as the cause of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has infected more than 80 million people and been responsible for some 40 million deaths worldwide, ...
May 30, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study sheds light on a herpesvirus lurking in the connective tissue
It was previously believed that herpesviruses use certain body cells to replicate and other body cells to remain dormant, that is to remain inactive for a longer period of time. This dogma is now being questioned using the ...
May 30, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
T helper cells determine the course of disease in viral infections such as COVID-19: Study
People around the world have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus for more than three years. It quickly became apparent that killer T cells play a crucial role in fighting the virus in the body by killing off infected ...
May 29, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Skin cancer rewires its energy systems to spread more efficiently, finds study
Melanoma skin cancer cells radically rewire their internal power systems to drive their spread to other parts of the body, a new study shows.
May 25, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Blocking a key immune protein improves radiation therapy for cancer
Up to 60% of cancer patients receive radiation therapy, but it doesn't always work. Failure of these treatments results from tumor regrowth at the primary tumor site, or when the tumor metastasizes to another part of the ...
May 25, 2023
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