Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University in Sweden have achieved something long thought almost impossible—counting the molecules of the neurotransmitter glutamate released when a signal ...
Jan 21, 2020
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A new study from Finland sheds fresh light on how melanoma cells interact with other cells via extracellular vesicles they secrete. The researchers found that extracellular vesicles secreted by melanoma cells use the so-called ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Nano-sized vesicles released by certain bacteria that inhabit the vagina may protect against HIV infection, suggests a study of human cells and tissues by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the University ...
Dec 11, 2019
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Most adults have experienced low back pain, at least temporarily. But for some, the pain is constant and debilitating.
Nov 5, 2019
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Researchers from Utrecht University have clarified the function of proteins that play a role in signal transmission between neurons. Without these proteins, it is more difficult to pass on nerve stimuli, which may play a ...
Oct 9, 2019
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Some of the most important tools in the toolbox of modern cell biologists are special chunks of DNA that act like spies, reporting on the cell's function. The markers, known as reporter genes, allow researchers to get a sense ...
Sep 27, 2019
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In order for the central nervous system to communicate to the rest of the body, the brain and spinal cord house nerves that send and receive signals via neurons or nerve cells. This communication can take place only because ...
Sep 23, 2019
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New research by Sussex scientists could be the first step towards developing a blood test to diagnose the most aggressive type of brain tumour, known as glioblastoma.
Aug 19, 2019
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Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have outlined the delivery mechanism tumor cells use to move nucleic acids into small sacs shed from their surfaces—information that is eventually shared with other cells within ...
Jul 12, 2019
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Johns Hopkins scientists report that adult cells reprogrammed to become primitive stem cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), make tiny "cargo packets" able to deliver potentially restorative or repairing proteins, ...
May 7, 2019
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