HIV & AIDS
Researchers uncover new facets of HIV's 'arms race' with human defense system
A new study reveals details about the evolutionary contest between HIV and the human immune system that could one day improve treatment.
Mar 4, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Using crystals to unpack how viruses work
Researchers at Cardiff University have used X-ray crystallography and computer simulation to get a closer look at how viruses bind cells and cause infection.
Feb 19, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New path to overcoming drug resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer
The HER2 protein, which encourages the growth of cancer cells, is present in about 20% of all breast cancers. While HER2-positive breast cancers tend to be very aggressive, today the prognosis is generally very good, thanks ...
Feb 13, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Designing antibodies to fight the flu
The influenza virus is an annual threat to public health around the world. Rapid changes in viral surface proteins (antigens), however, make it difficult to identify antibodies with broadly neutralizing activity against different ...
Feb 1, 2019
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Immunology
Fever alters immune cells so they can better reach infections
Fever is known to help power up our immune cells, and scientists in Shanghai have new evidence explaining how. They found in mice that fever alters surface proteins on immune cells like lymphocytes to make them better able ...
Jan 15, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Cyclic peptides for cancer therapy and prognosis assessment
NUS biologists have developed cyclic peptides that can trigger cancer cell death without affecting healthy cells.
Oct 3, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Broadly acting antibodies found in plasma of Ebola survivors
Recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks, including the 2013-2016 epidemic that ravaged West Africa and the 2018 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, highlight the need for licensed treatments for this often-deadly ...
Jul 17, 2018
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Immunology
Scientists identify a protein complex that shapes the destiny of T cells
Like a mentor helping medical students choose between specialties, a protein complex helps shape the destiny of developing T cells, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have reported. The research appears today ...
Jul 6, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find protein that marks difference between cancer and non-cancer cells
A discovery sheds light on how cancerous cells differ from healthy ones, and could lead to the development of new strategies for therapeutic intervention for difficult-to-treat cancers in the future.
Mar 8, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Ras protein's role in spreading cancer
Protein systems, such as Ras, make up the complex signaling pathways that control whether a cell divides or, in some cases, becomes cancerous and metastasizes into other regions of the body. For example, 98 percent of pancreatic ...
Feb 18, 2018
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