Meier-Gorlin syndrome, or MGS, is a rare genetic developmental disorder that causes dwarfism, small ears, a small brain, missing patella and other skeletal abnormalities. In severe cases, MGS results in miscarriages and stillbirths.
Dec 15, 2020
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The latest results from the phase 3 COVID-19 vaccines trials have been very positive. These have shown that vaccinating people with the gene for SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can induce excellent protective immunity.
Dec 10, 2020
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Sydney researchers have found cancer cells can repair their DNA by using 'cables' in their nucelus. The findings open new possibilities for designing future cancer treatments.
Dec 1, 2020
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Stopping the replication of SARS-CoV-2 is likely possible thanks to a compound called EBSELEN, (2-phenyl-1,2-benzoselenazol-3(2H)one), a glutathione peroxidase mimic. a group of researchers from the Politecnico di Milano ...
Nov 19, 2020
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report promising results from an in vitro combination therapy against COVID-19. In a study published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, the researchers show that a combination of remdesivir, ...
Nov 17, 2020
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A pair of Vanderbilt University researchers are focusing on proteins that may lead to an inside track on battling COVID-19. Envelope proteins—small membrane proteins—have an important yet unknown role in the development ...
Nov 17, 2020
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The probability that an obese person will develop severe COVID-19 is high regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, and the presence of co-morbidities such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart or lung disease, according to ...
Oct 14, 2020
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Interferon (IFN) responses are one of the first defenses the body mounts against viral infections, and research has shown that it plays a role controlling viral replication. But when researchers at Baylor College of Medicine ...
Sep 10, 2020
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Why is the COVID-19 virus deadly, while many other coronaviruses are fairly innocuous and just cause colds?
Aug 14, 2020
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Scientists at The Wistar Institute may have discovered a new way of identifying and targeting hidden HIV viral reservoirs during treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART). These findings were published today in Cell Reports ...
Aug 7, 2020
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