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New insights can pave the way for targeted therapies to fight blood clots in COVID-19 patients

Driven by the mystery of the blood clots reported in both living and deceased COVID-19 patients, researchers from Shoolini University, India, dig deeper into the pathogenesis of COVID-19 and other similar viral diseases, looking for ways in which these clots could be formed.

24 Jun 2021

Researchers uncover new function of regulator protein in multiple myeloma development

A specific regulatory protein significantly influences the development of tumor-inducing blood vessels in the bone marrow of blood cancer patients.

24 Jun 2021

New antibody conjugate delivers drugs to bone tumors and inhibits metastasis

Bone cancer is hard to treat and prone to metastasis. Research teams at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have a new strategy to attack it.

23 Jun 2021

Statin use among heart failure patients can reduce cancer risk

Statin use among patients with heart failure is associated with a 16% lower risk of developing cancer compared with non-statin users during an average of four years of follow-up, according to new research published today (Wednesday) in the European Heart Journal.

23 Jun 2021

Combination of SFRP2 and PD-1 immunotherapy halts aggressive metastatic cancer in preclinical model

In a cancer that has not seen new targeted therapies for over 20 years, MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher and oncologist Nancy Klauber-DeMore, M.D., is pioneering new discoveries.

22 Jun 2021

New technique can measure metabolic process at the single-cell level

Understanding cellular metabolism - how a cell uses energy- could be key to treating a wide array of diseases, including vascular diseases and cancer.

18 Jun 2021

$Researchers report a new genetic cause for infantile fractures$

Researchers report a new genetic cause for infantile fractures

An intrauterine fracture is a rare finding during routine prenatal imaging. This condition can be due to maternal trauma, genetic disorders of the skeleton, as well as other predisposing maternal metabolic and vascular disorders.

18 Jun 2021

New details on transport protein could help develop drugs for neurological diseases

New details on the structure and function of a transport protein could help researchers develop drugs for neurological diseases that are better able to cross the blood-brain barrier.

18 Jun 2021

Novel peptide-based hydrogels hold great promise for tissue engineering applications

Tissue-engineering scaffolds built around ultrashort peptides provide a new platform for studying bone regeneration in the lab.

17 Jun 2021

Study sheds new light on the function of a sight-saving growth factor

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have determined how certain short protein fragments, called peptides, can protect neuronal cells found in the light-sensing retina layer at the back of the eye.

17 Jun 2021

Study reveals structural details of omega-3 fatty acid transport across the blood–brain barrier

Spectacular images of a molecule that shuttles omega-3 fatty acids into the brain may open a doorway for delivering neurological therapeutics to the brain.

16 Jun 2021

Researchers reveal the role of hypothalamic astrocytes in obesity-related hypertension

Researchers have succeeded for the first time in demonstrating the role of hypothalamic astrocytes in obesity-related hypertension.

15 Jun 2021

Stents inspired by kirigami could deliver drugs to tubular organs

Inspired by kirigami, the Japanese art of folding and cutting paper to create three-dimensional structures, MIT engineers and their collaborators have designed a new type of stent that could be used to deliver drugs to the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, or other tubular organs in the body.

14 Jun 2021

Blood Vessels News and Research

New insights can pave the way for targeted therapies to fight blood clots in COVID-19 patients

Researchers uncover new function of regulator protein in multiple myeloma development

New antibody conjugate delivers drugs to bone tumors and inhibits metastasis

Statin use among heart failure patients can reduce cancer risk

Combination of SFRP2 and PD-1 immunotherapy halts aggressive metastatic cancer in preclinical model

New technique can measure metabolic process at the single-cell level

Researchers report a new genetic cause for infantile fractures

New details on transport protein could help develop drugs for neurological diseases

Novel peptide-based hydrogels hold great promise for tissue engineering applications

Study sheds new light on the function of a sight-saving growth factor

Study reveals structural details of omega-3 fatty acid transport across the blood–brain barrier

Researchers reveal the role of hypothalamic astrocytes in obesity-related hypertension

Stents inspired by kirigami could deliver drugs to tubular organs

USC study suggests new treatment target for Alzheimer's disease in people with APOE4 gene

Nanoparticle-based therapy alleviates pulmonary hypertension in mouse model of rare lung disease

New mathematical model helps simulate progression of age-related macular degeneration

Bio-inspired robot reveals motion pattern of ray sperms

Study: cis P-tau is an early marker of vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease

Scientists develop new method for single-cell lineage tracing of metastatic cancer

New cell-penetrating peptide may protect against life-threatening microbial inflammation

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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