Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Electrochemical oxidation to inactivate SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is spreading all over the world.
Feb 25, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Abundance of iron drives cell death and could inform novel treatments for neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma is a cancer that develops in nerve tissue, most commonly in the glands around the kidneys. The gene MYCN is overexpressed in 20-25% of neuroblastoma, and MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma contributes to a considerable ...
Feb 24, 2021
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Cardiology
Uncovering a link between inflammation and heart disease
Inflammation is part of an immune response to fight off pathogens and clear infections. But patients with cardiac disease often have chronic inflammation that damages their hearts, even with no infection present.
Feb 03, 2021
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Medical research
How a cancer drug carrier's structure can help selectively target cancer cells
The main culprit in cancer is healthy cells that have gone rogue and acquire the ability to divide uncontrollably. These cells acquire growth advantages over normal cells and manipulate their environment by altering the cellular ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Artificial enzyme may be first step toward treatment for Parkinson's disease
A growing body of research has shown that misshapen and misfolded alpha-synuclein, the protein culprit behind Parkinson's disease and its characteristics, travels from the gut to the brain, where it spreads and sticks together ...
Jan 05, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dental experts discover biological imbalance is the link between gum and kidney disease
An imbalance of the body's oxygen producing free radicals and its antioxidant cells could be the reason why gum disease and chronic kidney disease affect each other, a new study led by the University of Birmingham has found.
Jan 05, 2021
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Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes: Tannic acid encapsulation protects transplanted islets from rejection
Type 1 diabetes, or T1D, results from the autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. People with T1D require exogenous insulin and suffer swings in the levels of glucose in the blood that impact ...
Oct 22, 2020
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Health
'Heat-not-burn' alternative to e-cigarettes may harm heart
A new review suggests "heat-not-burn" tobacco devices may threaten cardiovascular health. The review is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology.
Oct 16, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers mine data and connect the dots about processes driving neuroblastoma
October 14, 2020) Researchers have used insight from a comprehensive genomic analysis of neuroblastoma to learn about the process driving one of the most common childhood solid tumors. The findings revealed possible approaches ...
Oct 15, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Synergistic anticancer therapy with two cell killer agent systems in one nanocapsule
In their quest to destroy cancer cells, researchers are turning to combinational therapies more and more. Scientists from Germany and China have now combined a chemotherapeutic and photodynamic approach. All agents are encapsulated ...
Oct 13, 2020
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