Oncology & Cancer
Circular RNA holds promise as cancer biomarker
As new technology allows researchers to plunge deeper into the genome and exome, a new class of RNA called circular RNA may play an intriguing role.
Feb 7, 2019
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Neuroscience
'Hunger hormone' enhances memory
A team of neuroscience researchers at the University of Southern California have identified a surprising new role for the "hunger hormone" ghrelin. Ghrelin has previously been recognized for its unique role in sending hunger ...
Jul 10, 2019
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Medical research
From COVID to cancer: High hopes for 'versatile' mRNA
The coronavirus pandemic has made vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna and the mRNA technology that they use into household names.
Oct 15, 2021
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Genetics
New skeletal disease found and explained
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new and rare skeletal disease. In a study published in the journal Nature Medicine, they describe the molecular mechanism of the disease, in which small RNA ...
Feb 26, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team identifies changes in gene expression and cell interactions involved in COPD
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Yale University and other institutions have identified previously unrecognized changes in gene expression and cellular interactions in distinct cell populations in chronic obstructive ...
Jan 27, 2022
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HIV & AIDS
Broadly neutralizing antibody treatment found to reduce viral reservoir in some infants with HIV-1
Research led by the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, has found a potentially better alternative to standard antiretroviral treatment for controlling HIV-1 ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A versatile antiviral emerges to fight COVID-19
Scientists everywhere are working overtime to develop treatments for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Many existing drugs and new candidates are being tested, with the hope of easing the global ...
May 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What underlies differing disease severity in COVID-19?
Researchers have reported a significant and positive relationship between the amount of virus present in a throat swab sample and the severity of COVID disease. The higher the relative viral load in the sample, the greater ...
Apr 29, 2020
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Medical research
Unexpected connection between insulin receptor and gene expression opens new doors for insulin-related disease research
The discovery of insulin in the 1920s marked the breakthrough in the almost 3,500-year-long mystery of diabetes, a disease first described in ancient Egyptian papyruses. Until its discovery, physicians struggled to explain ...
Apr 4, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bivalent COVID vaccines have now been in use for a few months—here's how they're stacking up against omicron
Vaccines have played a major role in mitigating the harms of the COVID pandemic since their rollout began just over two years ago. They're estimated to have saved tens of millions of lives across the globe.
Jan 11, 2023
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