Genetics
'Smart' genetic library makes disease diagnosis easier
Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a smart genetic reference library for locating and weeding out disease-causing mutations in populations.
Mar 3, 2017
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Medical research
Study finds viral defense protein speeds up female stem cell production
Researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have discovered a treatment which accelerates the production and quality of pluripotent stem cells in mice. The discovery has the potential to improve disease modeling ...
Aug 7, 2024
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Medical research
FDA-approved drug protects mice from Ebola
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives and starkly revealed the lack of effective options for treating or preventing the disease. Progress has been made on developing vaccines, but there ...
Nov 18, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Potential lung cancer vaccine shows renewed promise
Researchers at UC Davis have found that the investigational cancer vaccine tecemotide, when administered with the chemotherapeutic cisplatin, boosted immune response and reduced the number of tumors in mice with lung cancer. ...
Mar 20, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New understanding of TB could lead to personalised treatments
Tuberculosis (TB) used to kill one in seven people around the world before the advent of antibiotics. However the increasing prevalence of multi-drug resistant TB means that doctors are running out of options in trying to ...
Feb 17, 2016
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