Small molecules induce trained immunity, opening a new approach to fighting disease
Vaccines provide a front-line defense against dangerous viruses, training adaptive immune cells to identify and fight specific pathogens.
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Vaccines provide a front-line defense against dangerous viruses, training adaptive immune cells to identify and fight specific pathogens.
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Accurate modeling is crucial during pandemics for several reasons. Political bodies must make policy decisions, which can take weeks to become law and even longer to implement. Similarly, public health organizations such ...
Stem cells are like the emergency tool kit of the human body. They have the unique ability to form into other types of specialized cells—from immune cells to brain cells. They can divide and regenerate indefinitely to repair ...
Jul 4, 2024
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A team at the Institute of Biochemistry at Kiel University has found a way to inhibit the function of the tumor-causing protein MYC. This can be used to develop new drugs.
Jul 4, 2024
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New research may have turned more than 100 years of thinking about the way our brains process visual information on its head.
Jul 4, 2024
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Results from a large stud show that protein analyses taken during the first trimester of pregnancy did not improve predictions for identifying people at risk for experiencing conditions related to having high blood pressure ...
Jul 3, 2024
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University of Cincinnati researchers have pioneered an animal model that sheds light on the role an understudied organ in the brain has in repairing damage caused by stroke.
Jul 1, 2024
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Researchers have developed a "blood vessel-on-a-chip" for heart disease with the potential to change the future of drug testing and development. The technology could also reduce our reliance on animal testing.
Jul 1, 2024
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Artificial intelligence models often play a role in medical diagnoses, especially when it comes to analyzing images such as X-rays. However, studies have found that these models don't always perform well across all demographic ...
Jun 28, 2024
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The hypothalamus is a small region of the human brain typically associated with regulating body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue, and sleep. But it also has another important role: helping the brain and body switch between ...
Jun 27, 2024
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