Medical research
A new map catalogs the effects of coronavirus mutations
As the novel coronavirus spreads, it's picking up new mutations—for better and for worse.
Aug 13, 2020
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News tagged with protein map
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Snapshot of chikungunya could lead to drugs, vaccines for viral arthritis
Chikungunya virus, once confined to the Eastern Hemisphere, has infected more than 1 million people in the Americas since 2013, when mosquitoes carrying the virus were discovered in the Caribbean. Most people who become infected ...
May 13, 2019
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Genetics
New gene that causes intellectual disability discovered
A new study involving Canada's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has found a gene connected with a type of intellectual disability called Joubert syndrome.
May 12, 2011
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Genetics
Study discovers new genes for rare inherited diseases
An international team of researchers has identified two new genes connected with hereditary renal diseases.
Sep 6, 2011
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Ophthalmology
Researchers create most detailed molecular map of eye region associated with vision loss
Understanding eye diseases is tricky enough. Knowing what causes them at the molecular level is even more confounding.
Aug 1, 2014
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Medical research
New study delivers road map of lung development
Researchers have compiled the most comprehensive road map of the protein composition of human lungs, providing a clearer picture of the healthy development of this essential organ that made terrestrial life possible.
Nov 17, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How the dengue virus replicates in infected cells
The nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) of the dengue virus interacts with another viral protein called NS4A-2K-4B to enable viral replication, according to a study published May 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Ralf ...
May 9, 2019
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Neuroscience
PET scans monitor brain circuits activated by light, opening new window to brain diseases
(Medical Xpress)—Building on their history of innovative brain-imaging techniques, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have developed a new way to use light and ...
Apr 11, 2013
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Neuroscience
Mental map of space is stabilized by sugar coated neurons
A reliable sense of space is essential for daily life and memory formation. Removing sugar coated proteins around neurons in the brains' internal gps makes the mental map of space unstable, shows a study published in the ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Medical research
Animal study finds link between MAP2 mutation and hereditary hair diseases
The genetic mechanism of hereditary human hair diseases, such as alopecia and thinning hair, has drawn much attention in human genetics research, yet many questions around this mechanism persist. A recent animal study in ...
Nov 21, 2019
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