Oncology & Cancer
Gene mutations cause leukemia, but which ones?
Kevin Watanabe-Smith, Ph.D., likens cell mutations to typos in text messages.
Feb 23, 2017
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Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease researchers solve mystery of beguiling protein
Leading neuroscientists have clarified the role of a controversial immune system protein in Alzheimer's disease, showing it has opposing effects in early and late stages of the disease. Their discovery unites previous studies ...
Feb 6, 2017
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Surgery
The unintended consequences of centralized blood banking and what to do about it
In the late 1990s, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a policy requiring the establishment of centralized blood banking facilities in Sub-Saharan African countries. Anthony Charles, MD, MPH, associate professor of ...
Jan 24, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists develop new mouse model to aid Zika virus research
Researchers have developed a new mouse model that could be used in Zika research to better understand the virus and find new treatments, according to a study published in PLOS Pathogens.
Nov 17, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Study suggests that autophagy inhibitors could improve efficacy of chemotherapies
Chemotherapies treat cancer by killing tumor cells, but certain types of chemotherapy can also drive an immune system response to target and destroy the remaining tumor cells.
Oct 24, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
Training human antibodies to protect against HIV
During HIV infection, the virus mutates too rapidly for the immune system to combat, but some people produce antibodies that can recognize the virus even two years after infection. With an eye towards developing a vaccine, ...
Sep 8, 2016
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Neuroscience
An antibody-based drug for multiple sclerosis
Inserm Unit U919, directed by Prof. Denis Vivien ("Serine Proteases and Physiopathology of the Neurovascular Unit") has developed an antibody with potential therapeutic effects against multiple sclerosis. The study, directed ...
Jul 20, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer studies should include overweight, elderly mice
Researchers should include laboratory mice that are old and obese in their studies of immunotherapy treatments for cancer, according to a review article by Saint Louis University scientists.
Jun 1, 2016
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Immunology
'Dirty mice' could clean up immune system research, study suggests
Scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed a new way to study mice that better mimics the immune system of adult humans and which could significantly improve ways to test potential therapeutics. Published online ...
Apr 20, 2016
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Neuroscience
Researchers find possible treatment for suppressed immunity from spine injuries
Scientists report in Nature Neuroscience they have identified an underlying cause of dangerous immune suppression in people with high level spinal cord injuries and they propose a possible treatment.
Apr 18, 2016
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