Medical research
Researchers identify a new way to target treatment-resistant cancers
An international team of researchers has found a different way cancer becomes resistant to chemotherapy, suggesting a new target for drugs.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows genital herpes can reactivate even during high dose antiviral therapy
A study combining three trials of antiviral therapy to treat genital herpes (herpes simplex virus type 2/HSV-2) has shown that the virus can reactivate in 'breakthrough episodes' even when doses of antiviral therapy are high. ...
Jan 4, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
IgA antibodies seem to protect unvaccinated against COVID-19
Despite daily contact with COVID-19 patients early in the pandemic, some health professionals avoided falling ill. As a University of Gothenburg study shows, the explanation appears to be an antidote in the immune system: ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Immunology
Autoimmunity and infections—when the body fights itself
Basel-based doctors are on the trail of a possible connection between autoimmune diseases and infections: errors can occur when immune cells absorb certain proteins from pathogen cells. These findings were reported in the ...
Jan 6, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New information on the pathological mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered a mechanism by which harmful tau protein aggregates are transmitted between neurons. Alongside amyloid plaques, tau aggregates in the brain are a significant factor ...
Nov 21, 2018
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Diabetes
Role of protein in pancreatic secretion suggests potential method for treating diabetes
Movement of secretory molecules, such as hormones and digestive enzymes, out of the cell is known as exocytosis. This process is guided by SNARE proteins, which help the fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane. ...
Dec 8, 2016
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Medical research
Diabetic drug could slow the progression of Parkinson's disease
A hallmark of Parkinson's disease is the degeneration of a group of dopaminergic neurons in the brain, which play key roles in movement initiation and co-ordination. When these neurons degenerate it leads to akinesia (lack ...
Nov 24, 2020
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Medications
Cholesterol protein discovery raises hope for smarter drugs
Scientists at UNSW Sydney have made a breakthrough discovery about cholesterol transportation in cells that opens the way for new drugs to increase the body's 'good cholesterol' levels.
Jan 18, 2019
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Medical research
Researchers find key molecule that could lead to new therapies for anemia
Researchers find key molecule that could lead to new therapies for anemia and other iron disorders
May 11, 2017
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Neuroscience
Scientists tackle rare retinal disease in unique research project
Researchers at the Lions Eye Institute (LEI) and The University of Western Australia have pioneered a study of the world's first and only laboratory model of a rare type of retinal disease, paving the way for new treatment ...
Feb 25, 2019
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