Research led by Peking University, China, has looked into gut microbiota production of isozymes, which do similar work to human enzymes but have different structures.
Obesity is a major risk factor for metabolic disorders including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes. It has been reported that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease doubles the likelihood of developing type ...
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Yale researchers have created a functional "humanized" liver in living mice that will help scientists find human-specific mechanisms for regulating cholesterol levels and potentially for treating chronic liver diseases afflicting ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Through next-generation sequencing, investigators have identified a mutation in the TMCO3 gene in two sisters with short stature.
Aug 9, 2023
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The present variants of cancer immunotherapy such as immune checkpoint blockades only benefit a small subset of patients due to its immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. The capacity to vaccinate tumors and reduce immunosuppression ...
Researchers at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, have innovated a technique to track bone development, growth dynamics and healing in a mouse model. In their paper, "Spatiotemporal monitoring of hard tissue development ...
Affecting hundreds of millions of people, chronic hepatitis B is a widespread global health problem for which there is as yet no cure. In a preclinical study involving the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Heidelberg ...
Aug 4, 2023
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Immune system T cells that should be able to kill cancer cells become dysfunctional or "exhausted" within hours of encountering a tumor, according to a study reported Aug. 3 in Nature Immunology.
Aug 3, 2023
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A University of Ottawa-led research team has published new research that advances a quest to understand an ultra-rare disease that's found almost exclusively in boys. The study was published in PLOS Pathogens.
Aug 3, 2023
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New research reveals a type of monoclonal antibody already tested in certain forms of cancer may be a promising treatment in stopping the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease.
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