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Proteins are complex molecules that are made up of amino acids. They can be found in every cell in the body, and carry out vital processes that keep human beings alive. Mutations in proteins can lead to a multitude of diseases, the most common being cancer.

Study provides new insights into regulatory T cells' role in protecting against autoimmune disease

An international study led from Karolinska Institutet provides new insights into the regulatory T cells' role in protecting against autoimmune disease.

23 Apr 2019

New approach to repair defects in fetal membranes could prevent life-long medical conditions

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and University College London have developed a new approach to repair defects in fetal membranes which could prevent life-long medical conditions and disabilities associated with preterm birth.

23 Apr 2019

Mediterranean diet protects against overeating and obesity

Eat as much as you want and not gain weight? Sounds too good to be true.

23 Apr 2019

Neuroscientists propose new theory about amyloid precursor protein connection in Alzheimer's

Worldwide, 50 million people are living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. According to the Alzheimer's Association, every 65 seconds someone in the United States develops this disease, which causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior.

23 Apr 2019

Researchers define role of rare, influential cells in the bone marrow

Researchers have defined the roles of various cells in the bone marrow that are thought to control the fate of the nearly half million blood cells that develop there each day.

23 Apr 2019

Researchers identify circulating proteins associated with progression of diabetic kidney disease

In a breakthrough study published today in Nature Medicine, researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified a group of 17 circulating inflammatory proteins that are consistently associated with the development and progression of diabetic kidney disease.

23 Apr 2019

Novel ECCITE-seq technique expands multimodal single cell analysis

A new technique called ECCITE-seq, developed by scientists at the New York Genome Center's Technology Innovation Lab, allows researchers to perform high-throughput measurements of multiple modalities of information from single cells.

From 10x Genomics, Inc. 23 Apr 2019

Overlooked part of cell’s internal machinery may hold key to treating acute myeloid leukemia

Many individuals forced to fight an exceptionally aggressive form of the blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia (AML) don't survive more than five years.

22 Apr 2019

Hole-forming protein could help control cancer growth

Sometimes cells need to die. The process of cell death is encoded within the genome of all higher organisms to kill off cancerous cells, and as a normal part of development to shape a mass of embryonic cells into the organism it will become.

22 Apr 2019

Precision-guided anticancer nanoparticles help enhance treatment of peritoneal tumors

Research carried out at the University of Tartu Faculty of Medicine used nanoparticles for the development of new imaging and treatment methods for peritoneal cancers. Tests showed that precision-guided anticancer nanoparticles have improved efficacy and reduced side effects.

22 Apr 2019

Researchers identify new allergen responsible for allergy to durum wheat

An international team of researchers, in which a female researcher from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid is involved, has identified one of the main causes of food allergy in the Mediterranean area.

22 Apr 2019

New pediatric blood pressure guidelines can better predict kids at higher risk of heart disease

New guidelines that classified more children as having elevated blood pressure are better at predicting which kids are likely to develop heart disease when they reach adulthood, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension.

22 Apr 2019

Study provides new insight into how obesity, insulin resistance can affect cognition

Obesity can break down our protective blood brain barrier resulting in problems with learning and memory, scientists report.

22 Apr 2019

Research uncovers critical RNA processing aberrations in ALS and FTD

Research by a Barrow Neurological Center scientist on mechanisms of dysfunctional RNA processing in ALS and frontal temporal dementia was published in the April issue of Acta Neuropathologica.

21 Apr 2019

Why eating ‘right’ could cause you to stray from your diet

Recent research has shown that just a small amount of red and processed meat can cause cancer, but changing your diet is hard. So what’s the best way to lose weight and stick to a healthy diet?

19 Apr 2019

Morning exercise may burn more calories

Exercising in the morning rather than in the evening may be more beneficial to health, as research shows that morning exercise burns more carbohydrates.

19 Apr 2019

Research sheds light on how hepatitis B virus establishes chronic infection

New research sheds light on how a hepatitis B viral protein stimulates the expansion of immune cells that impair antiviral responses, according to a study published April 18 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Haitao Guo of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Bin Wang and Jiming Zhang of Fudan University, and colleagues.

19 Apr 2019

Researchers explore whether time of day can affect the body's response to physical exertion

Two papers appearing April 18 in the journal Cell Metabolism confirm that the circadian clock is an important factor in how the body responds to physical exertion.

19 Apr 2019

Molecular target UNC45A is essential for cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth

Identifying a protein that plays a key role in cancer cell growth is a first step toward the development of a targeted cancer therapy. It is especially promising when this protein is dispensable for the growth of normal cells.

19 Apr 2019

Revolutionary discovery paves new way for treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis

Cutting-edge discovery in the lab of Catherine Hunter, MD, from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago offers a new direction toward treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis - a devastating intestinal emergency that occurs in up to 10 percent of premature infants

19 Apr 2019

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Study provides new insights into regulatory T cells' role in protecting against autoimmune disease

New approach to repair defects in fetal membranes could prevent life-long medical conditions

Mediterranean diet protects against overeating and obesity

Neuroscientists propose new theory about amyloid precursor protein connection in Alzheimer's

Researchers define role of rare, influential cells in the bone marrow

Researchers identify circulating proteins associated with progression of diabetic kidney disease

Novel ECCITE-seq technique expands multimodal single cell analysis

Overlooked part of cell’s internal machinery may hold key to treating acute myeloid leukemia

Hole-forming protein could help control cancer growth

Precision-guided anticancer nanoparticles help enhance treatment of peritoneal tumors

Researchers identify new allergen responsible for allergy to durum wheat

New pediatric blood pressure guidelines can better predict kids at higher risk of heart disease

Study provides new insight into how obesity, insulin resistance can affect cognition

Research uncovers critical RNA processing aberrations in ALS and FTD

Why eating ‘right’ could cause you to stray from your diet

Morning exercise may burn more calories

Research sheds light on how hepatitis B virus establishes chronic infection

Researchers explore whether time of day can affect the body's response to physical exertion

Molecular target UNC45A is essential for cancer cell proliferation and tumor growth

Revolutionary discovery paves new way for treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis

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