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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Highly potent, stable nanobodies stop SARS-CoV-2
Göttingen researchers have developed mini-antibodies that efficiently block the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its dangerous new variants. These so-called nanobodies bind and neutralize the virus up to 1,000 times better than ...
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Immunology
Studies uncover details of 'exhausted' immune cells in patients with chronic infections
Chronic viral infections and cancer can cause "killer" T cells in the immune system to take on a state of dysfunction or exhaustion whereby they can no longer react to infectious invaders or abnormal cells like normal "memory" ...
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Medical Research News
New tool predicts sudden death in inflammatory heart disease
Johns Hopkins University scientists have developed a new tool for predicting which patients suffering from a complex inflammatory heart disease are at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Published in Science Advances, their method ...
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Fighting off food poisoning depends on the time of day
The body's ability to prevent food poisoning by producing a natural antimicrobial compound increases during the day, when exposure to noxious bacteria is most likely, a new study by UT Southwestern scientists suggests. The ...
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Researchers identify a cellular defect common to familial and sporadic forms of ALS
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive and fatal degenerative disease affecting the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord responsible for controlling voluntary muscle movement. "Sporadic" or non-inherited ...
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AI algorithm shows self-esteem is one of four major predictors of suicidal behaviors in students
How can we predict suicide risk in students, especially at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected many people's mental health? According to researchers from Montreal and France, self-esteem represents an ...
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Fruit compound may have potential to prevent and treat Parkinson's disease
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in herbs, and berries and other fruits, prevents and reverses brain damage linked to Parkinson's disease in mouse ...
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Cancer vaccine improves outcomes in Lynch syndrome model
A new strategy for developing vaccines against cancer showed promise in a proof-of-concept study led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and Heidelberg University Hospital.
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Does testosterone influence success? Not much, research suggests
With the Olympics underway, higher testosterone has often been linked to sporting success, and other kinds of success too. But beyond sport, new research has found little evidence that testosterone meaningfully influences ...
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Geographic differences in gut microbiota boost immunity
The gut microbiome is a diverse environment, jam-packed with up to 1,000 different species of bacteria. Human populations around the globe have significant differences in the composition of their gut microbiomes, which can ...
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Advancing breast, ovarian cancer research with cryo-electron microscopy
Using advanced imaging technology, Mayo Clinic scientists have provided an unprecedented understanding of the BRCA1-BARD1 protein complex, which is often mutated in patients with breast or ovarian cancer. Their paper, published ...
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First 3-D view of TB granulomas alters paradigm of their shape and formation
For 70 years, clinicians thought they knew the shape of tuberculosis granulomas in the lungs of patients. Histology—the study of microscopic structures in thin slices of lung tissue in the 1940s and 1950s—showed round ...
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Research results on mix-and-match vaccinations published
Considerable international interest was generated at the beginning of June when Martina Sester, Professor of Immunology at Saarland University, published a preprint of her research into mixing different types of COVID-19 ...
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Researchers develop 'dimmer switch' to help control gene therapy
In a major advancement in the field of gene therapy for rare and devastating diseases, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed a "dimmer switch" system that can control levels of proteins ...
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Understanding the nuances of disgust: Nausea versus itchiness
A team of researchers from Nottingham Trent University, the University of California and Vrije Universiteit, has found that humans have two distinctly different reactions when disgusted—nausea and itchiness. In their paper ...
Imaging method predicts how well stem cells can differentiate into cardiac muscle cells
Stem cell research holds great potential for regenerative therapies and treatments to combat cardiovascular disease, which is responsible for over 30% of all deaths worldwide.
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Nearly half of surveyed female surgeons experience major pregnancy complications
While only one in five practicing surgeons in the U.S. is female, women are entering the surgical field in increasing numbers. Women comprised 38 percent of surgical residents in 2018, but they nonetheless continue to face ...
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Scientists tie improved learning processes to reduced symptoms of depression
Virginia Tech scientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have identified neural learning processes to be associated with symptoms of depression and linked improvements in these processes to improved symptoms ...
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Brain cells in Alzheimer's patients consume resources essential to neurotransmission
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common type of dementia, causes the death of neurons and leads to shrinking of the brain. Patients with AD will eventually experience gradual deterioration in memory, thinking, behavior ...
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Want to vaccinate more Americans? Get top Republicans to endorse vaccines
As COVID caseloads rise dramatically around the country—particularly in many red states—some top Republican leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, started coming out last week in support of Americans ...
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