A new study finds that a protein key to Parkinson's disease has likely been mischaracterized. The protein, alpha-synuclein, appears to have a radically different structure in healthy cells than previously thought, challenging ...
Aug 14, 2011
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For several years, scientists have been pondering a question about a genetic disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease type 2D: how can different types of mutations, spread out across a gene, produce the same condition?
Jul 4, 2011
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Despite the end of the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to pose a serious health threat. Most individuals have established robust immune protection and do not develop severe disease but the infection can still lead to marked ...
Jan 9, 2024
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A research team led by Prof. Nancy Ip, the President and The Morningside Professor of Life Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), and the Director of the Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative ...
Nov 28, 2023
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A recent publication from Audrey Gérard's lab looks at how a specific protein, called IFNγ, can coordinate CD8+ T cell responses during a flu infection.
Nov 21, 2023
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The surface protein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), known as the spike protein, is critical for infecting host cells. The spike protein facilitates the infection process by binding to ...
Aug 30, 2023
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John Chappell, a cardiovascular scientist in the Center for Vascular and Heart Research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, didn't quite believe what he was seeing.
Aug 24, 2023
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The link between quality control during protein synthesis in cells and neurological disorders has been made clear for the first time by RIKEN researchers. This discovery could help to develop new treatments for such cognitive ...
Jun 6, 2023
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People with Alzheimer's disease develop defects in cognitive functions like memory as well as problems with noncognitive functions that can lead to anxiety and depression. In a paper published April 6 in the journal Cell ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common potentially lethal genetic disease—about a half million people in the United States alone suffer from the condition. There is no cure, but new research ...
Apr 3, 2023
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