Researchers from MIPT, the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, the Institute for Energy Problems of Chemical Physics, and the Research Institute of Physico-Chemical Medicine have presented an algorithm to detect mutant proteins ...
Aug 30, 2016
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It has remained frustratingly difficult to develop a vaccine for HIV/AIDS, in part because the virus, once in our bodies, rapidly reproduces and evolves to escape being killed by the immune system.
Jul 21, 2016
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An international collaborative study led by scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) has identified a malicious form of a protein that drives the formation of melanoma. The findings, published ...
May 19, 2016
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A strain of inbred mice commonly used for the creation of so-called knockout animals has been found to carry a previously undetected mutation that could affect the results of immune system research studies. In paper receiving ...
May 19, 2016
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A molecular pathway that is activated in the brain during fasting helps halt the spread of intestinal bacteria into the bloodstream, according to a new study by a team of researchers at the Salk Institute.
May 17, 2016
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Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology and McGill University in Montreal (Canada) have taken an important step towards developing a drug against cystic fibrosis. In people suffering from this illness the CFTR ...
Feb 18, 2016
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The aorta, the body's largest artery, is like a hose through which our blood flows. When the hose is squeezed, the pump (i.e., the heart) is forced to work harder. In a new study, Yale researchers investigated factors that ...
Feb 9, 2016
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Oxford scientists have for the first time been able to identify the origins of some severe disease-causing mutations within the testicles of healthy men. This discovery will help our understanding of how certain serious genetic ...
Feb 8, 2016
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have shown that the core of the protein clumps found in the brains of people with Huntington's disease have a distinctive structure, a finding that could shed ...
Feb 3, 2016
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New anti-malarial drugs could be developed after researchers discovered a new mechanism used by the malaria parasite when it infects humans.
Jan 20, 2016
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