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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.

Neuroscientists discover specific brain circuit that triggers cocaine relapse in mice

Relapse is a common feature of addiction recovery – two in three patients treated for substance use disorder in the United States relapse within 12 months, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association.

18 Oct 2021

Novel combination therapy identified for the brain metastases of breast cancer

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified and preclinically validated combination treatments for the brain metastases of breast cancer, a common and typically lethal manifestation of the malignancy.

18 Oct 2021

Study shows enhanced immunogenicity of heterologous boosting strategy in individuals primed with J&J vaccine

Researchers from Singapore conducted a study to assess the spike protein-specific humoral and cellular immunity in Ad26.COV2.S vaccinated individuals either primed with Ad26.COV2.S only, or boosted with a homologous or heterologous second dose.

18 Oct 2021

How can framing COVID-19 vaccine side-effects affect an individual's willingness to be vaccinated?

Researchers from the University of Munich have investigated how framing vaccine side-effects can affect an individual's willingness to be vaccinated.

18 Oct 2021

Study assesses T-cell responses directed against highly conserved regions of SARS-CoV-2

The study aimed to assess whether highly conserved regions within coronaviruses harbor CD8+ T-cell epitopes, capable of being cross-recognized between different coronaviruses.

18 Oct 2021

Researchers identify protein that plays a key role in how the brain regulates appetite and metabolism

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University have identified a protein that plays a key role in how the brain regulates appetite and metabolism.

18 Oct 2021

Researchers report long-lasting effects of gene therapy in children with deadly immune disorder

Over a decade ago, UCLA physician-scientists began using a pioneering gene therapy they developed to treat children born with a rare and deadly immune system disorder.

18 Oct 2021

Study provides the most detailed analysis of England's SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance information

The Covid-19 crisis that gripped the UK between September 2020 and June 2021 can be thought of as a series of overlapping epidemics, rather than a single event, say researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and their collaborators.

18 Oct 2021

Researchers discover a new paradigm for how biological switches are regulated

Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a new paradigm for how fundamental biological switches, proteins that can be turned on and off to control processes like cell differentiation, cell growth, and transport within a cell, are regulated at the molecular level, specifically by molecules binding at newly discovered sites far away from the main binding site, and the broader impacts these changes have on a cellular level.

18 Oct 2021

Research reveals how daily circadian rhythms help to change heart function

A new study has shown how circadian rhythms in heart cells help to change heart function over the course of the day and may explain why shift workers are more vulnerable to heart problems.

18 Oct 2021

Engineered 3D scaffolds of human brown adipose tissue as a new therapeutic strategy for obesity and diabetes

A group of researchers from various institutes in the USA addressed the limitations of BAT therapy by transplanting a low dose of brown adipocytes (BAs) without Matrigel to determine if this could alleviate high-fat diet-induced OB, metabolic symptoms, and T2DM in mice.

18 Oct 2021

Serologic testing algorithm to detect disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence and vaccination uptake

A new study recently published on the medRxiv* preprint server demonstrates the use of a serological testing algorithm for identifying disparities in infection rates and vaccine uptake amongst the study population to enable public health interventions.

17 Oct 2021

Fibrin immunotherapy may resolve blood clotting induced by SARS-CoV-2

A group of researchers from the United States discovered that the spike glycoprotein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can induce the formation of highly inflammatory blood clots amenable to neutralization by a fibrin-targeting monoclonal antibody – opening the door for a completely new strategy to reduce thrombotic inflammation in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

17 Oct 2021

Statistical study reveals constraints and directions in the evolution of protein structure, function

A recent statistical study has revealed some of the constraints and directions in the evolution of the structure and function of proteins.

15 Oct 2021

Metabolic restoration as a therapeutic approach to promote natural immune protection against HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) particularly attacks CD4 lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell considered to be the conductor of the immune system.

15 Oct 2021

Mapping proteo-genomic connections between different human diseases

Hundreds of connections between different human diseases have been uncovered through their shared origin in our genome by an international research team led by scientists from the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, challenging the categorization of diseases by organ, symptoms, or clinical specialty.

15 Oct 2021

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Neuroscientists discover specific brain circuit that triggers cocaine relapse in mice

Novel combination therapy identified for the brain metastases of breast cancer

Study shows enhanced immunogenicity of heterologous boosting strategy in individuals primed with J&J vaccine

How can framing COVID-19 vaccine side-effects affect an individual's willingness to be vaccinated?

Study assesses T-cell responses directed against highly conserved regions of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers identify protein that plays a key role in how the brain regulates appetite and metabolism

Researchers report long-lasting effects of gene therapy in children with deadly immune disorder

Study provides the most detailed analysis of England's SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance information

Researchers discover a new paradigm for how biological switches are regulated

Research reveals how daily circadian rhythms help to change heart function

Engineered 3D scaffolds of human brown adipose tissue as a new therapeutic strategy for obesity and diabetes

Serologic testing algorithm to detect disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence and vaccination uptake

Fibrin immunotherapy may resolve blood clotting induced by SARS-CoV-2

Statistical study reveals constraints and directions in the evolution of protein structure, function

Metabolic restoration as a therapeutic approach to promote natural immune protection against HIV

Mapping proteo-genomic connections between different human diseases

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