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Safety and efficacy of SCB-2019 COVID vaccine candidate as a ChAdOx1-S booster

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers evaluated the immunogenicity of booster doses of alum-adjuvanted SCB-2019 vaccine candidate's three formulations.

6 Jun 2022

Researchers evaluate how hundreds of different mutations impact key function of breast cancer gene

Inherited mutations in the BRCA1 gene can significantly increase a person's risk of breast and ovarian cancer - but not every mutation in the gene is harmful.

3 Jun 2022

Novel approach identifies potent drug-like molecules that bind to cancer protein of interest

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have identified potent, highly specific compounds that interfere with bromodomain (BD)-containing proteins involved in cancer.

3 Jun 2022

Biodegradable piezoelectric film could help regenerate the native cartilage after knee damage

Osteoarthritis – a painful condition that results from the deterioration of the cartilage in our joints – affects millions of people worldwide.

3 Jun 2022

New method to combat malaria turns the disease against itself

A new method to combat malaria which sees the disease turn against itself could offer an effective treatment for the hundreds of millions of people infected globally each year, as the efficacy of current antimalarial drugs weakens.

3 Jun 2022

Diabetes drug's target protein can be a candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Mechanisms associated with a particular diabetes drug can also help to protect against Alzheimer's disease, a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and published in Neurology reports.

3 Jun 2022

Liquid biopsy could better predict immunotherapy response in lung cancer patients than tumor biopsy

Mount Sinai researchers have validated for the first time that a simple blood test called a liquid biopsy could be a better predictor of whether cancer immunotherapy will be successful for a patient with lung cancer than an invasive tumor biopsy procedure.

3 Jun 2022

A system for detecting emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

An article published in the journal Nature Medicine examines the unpredictable evolution of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

2 Jun 2022

Brain motor and fear circuits orchestrate the immune response to acute stress

A new study explores how acute stressors affected mice in terms of their immune responses in specific regions of the brain.

2 Jun 2022

New compound shows promise to kill a range of hard-to-treat cancer types

A compound, developed by a team including scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, kills a range of hard-to-treat cancer types in petri dishes and animal models by targeting a previously unexploited vulnerability, a new study reports.

2 Jun 2022

Truncated tau protein may be a means for better diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

In a new study of Alzheimer's disease, researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered that a relatively unstudied form of the tau protein associated with neurodegeneration may be a means for better diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

2 Jun 2022

New study in mice shows alternate origins of plaques in Alzheimer’s disease

A breakdown in how brain cells rid themselves of waste precedes the buildup of debris-filled plaques known to occur in Alzheimer's disease, a new study in mice shows.

2 Jun 2022

Aerobic exercise amplifies the effects of immunotherapy to reduce pancreatic tumor growth

Aerobic exercise reprograms the immune system to reduce pancreatic tumor growth and amplify the effects of immunotherapy, a new study finds.

2 Jun 2022

UH expert in lupus reports two new discoveries

Two separate findings by a University of Houston nationally recognized expert in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus), a chronic autoimmune disease that affects multiple organs including the kidneys, skin, joints and heart, are being reported in scientific and medical journals.

2 Jun 2022

Protein C News and Research

Safety and efficacy of SCB-2019 COVID vaccine candidate as a ChAdOx1-S booster

Researchers evaluate how hundreds of different mutations impact key function of breast cancer gene

Novel approach identifies potent drug-like molecules that bind to cancer protein of interest

Biodegradable piezoelectric film could help regenerate the native cartilage after knee damage

New method to combat malaria turns the disease against itself

Diabetes drug's target protein can be a candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

Liquid biopsy could better predict immunotherapy response in lung cancer patients than tumor biopsy

A system for detecting emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

Brain motor and fear circuits orchestrate the immune response to acute stress

New compound shows promise to kill a range of hard-to-treat cancer types

Truncated tau protein may be a means for better diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease

New study in mice shows alternate origins of plaques in Alzheimer’s disease

Aerobic exercise amplifies the effects of immunotherapy to reduce pancreatic tumor growth

UH expert in lupus reports two new discoveries

Scientists characterize a novel zoonotic coronavirus in humans

Two cases of MIS-C after laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated adolescent patients

The effects of accessory protein mutations and other non-spike mutations on SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis

ASU study explores components of the immune system

New discovery could lead to highly effective ways to treat influenza

Collaborative effort uncovers a new type of triterpenes

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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