Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine have discovered why the flu vaccine can perform poorly. They found that a specific type of immune cell, called T follicular ...
Aug 20, 2024
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Researchers at Northeastern say they've discovered how an antibody could provide broad protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19—even as it evolves ...
Aug 16, 2024
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Exercising is healthy, but not always appealing. Research led by Guadalupe Sabio from the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) may have found a "switch" that activates the desire to get moving, as it shows that during exercise ...
Aug 14, 2024
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In the fight against Alzheimer's, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a promising, preventative therapeutic approach. They specifically targeted the amyloid beta biomolecule, which triggers ...
Aug 14, 2024
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An international team of scientists including researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified a rare, mutated version of a protein called TNIP1 that causes a chronic autoimmune disease similar to ...
Aug 14, 2024
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Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a novel pathway to wake up dormant neural stem cells, offering potential new therapies ...
Aug 14, 2024
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Mosquito saliva is known to play a significant role in the transmission of viruses such as yellow fever, Zika, dengue, and chikungunya, yet many of its functions have yet to be understood. In a new study, researchers revealed ...
Aug 13, 2024
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New findings out of Emory University are challenging existing theories about the origins of Alzheimer's, the leading cause of dementia in the elderly worldwide. A team led by researchers at the Goizueta Brain Health Institute ...
Aug 12, 2024
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The body has a veritable army constantly on guard to keep us safe from microscopic threats from infections to cancer. Chief among these forces is the macrophage, a white blood cell that surveils tissues and consumes pathogens, ...
Aug 12, 2024
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Liver cancer ranks as the fourth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in China, with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) being the most prevalent type. Current treatments for liver cancer encounter ...
Sep 10, 2024
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