Genetics
Gene associated with autism also controls growth of the embryonic brain
A UCLA-led study reveals a new role for a gene that's associated with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability and language impairment.
Feb 12, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New method predicts individual response to Ebola infection
Not everyone who catches Ebola dies of the hemorrhagic virus infection. Some people mount a robust immune defense and recover fully. Yet risk factors for susceptibility to infection and disease severity remain poorly understood.
Feb 11, 2020
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Immunology
Researchers discover way to prime cancer tumors for immunotherapy
A cancer tumor's ability to mutate allows it to escape from chemotherapy and other attempts to kill it. So, encouraging mutations would not be a logical path for cancer researchers. Yet a Mayo Clinic team and their collaborators ...
Feb 7, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Algorithm turns cancer gene discovery on its head
A method for finding genes that spur tumor growth takes advantage of machine learning algorithms to sift through reams of molecular data collected from studies of cancer cell lines, mouse models and human patients.
Jan 21, 2020
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Neuroscience
Research uncovers mechanism behind epilepsy in Angelman syndrome
A key mechanism underlying neuronal dysfunction in Angelman syndrome (AS), a syndromic form of autism spectrum disorder, has—for the first time—been revealed through innovative research led by Duke-NUS Medical School ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Neuroscience
Coffee, nicotine and amphetamines activate 'hot spots' in the fetal brain
If pregnant women take significant amounts of the psychostimulants coffee, nicotine and amphetamine during pregnancy, their children have a higher risk of developing neurological and psychiatric problems later in life. Researchers ...
Dec 4, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
HIV: Overwhelming the enemy from the start
1.7 million. That's how many people are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) each year worldwide. 1.7 million people who are condemned to lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) or risk developing fatal AIDS ...
Nov 26, 2019
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Immunology
How do MAIT cells identify and attack foreign invaders?
Melbourne researchers have identified what makes a specialised immune cell, known as mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT), cells boost their numbers and attack foreign invaders at the site of the infection.
Nov 15, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Immune response against skin-dwelling viruses prevents cancer
Viruses get a bad rap as potential cancer-causers, but at least one class of viruses that commonly live on human skin—so-called "low-risk" human papillomaviruses—appear to play an unwitting role in protecting us against ...
Oct 30, 2019
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Immunology
Immune cells in skin kill MRSA bacteria before they enter the body
A type of immune cell called neutrophils could be responsible for controlling bacterial numbers of an antibiotic-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on human skin before the bacteria get a chance to invade, according ...
Oct 29, 2019
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