The structure and functions of the tip of migrating neurons remain elusive. A research group has found that the PTPσ-expressing growth cone senses the extracellular matrix and drives neuronal migration in the injured brain, ...
Mar 11, 2024
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A team of researchers led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Jonathan S. Dordick, Ph.D., Institute Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has illuminated a new possibility for the treatment and prevention of ...
Jul 24, 2023
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Chunyu Wang, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has added to his body of research on Alzheimer's disease with significant findings now published in Angewandte Chemie.
May 24, 2023
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The loss of memory and cognitive function known to afflict survivors of septic shock is the result of a sugar that is released into the blood stream and enters the brain during the life-threatening condition. This finding, ...
Apr 22, 2019
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Thanks to the sequencing of the human genome, scientists can now discover potential disorders for which there are no known patients. One such disorder is MPS III-E, originally also called Dierks's disorder after its discoverer. ...
Jan 8, 2018
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Viruses accumulate mutations as they replicate in infected cells. Repeated replication can lead to viral strains that show attenuated virulence. Such strains may act as vaccines if the attenuated virus can produce immunity ...
Sep 15, 2021
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Amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type-2 diabetes and other life-threatening diseases, involve pathologic deposits of normally soluble proteins or peptides as insoluble amyloid fibrils. When this happens ...
Jun 28, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered that heparanase, HPSE, a poorly understood protein, is a key regulator of cells' innate defense mechanisms.
Mar 15, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Connor Dobbyn is an energetic and loving 12-year-old, but he's fading away every second.
Nov 2, 2020
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A team of researchers, including faculty from the University of Mississippi schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, are developing a treatment that could be effective at preventing COVID-19. The good news is that it's something ...
Sep 17, 2020
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