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The potential of Sofosbuvir against COVID-19 neurological symptoms

Researchers discuss how SARS-CoV-2 infects cortical neurons and damages their synapses that form the connection between brain cells.

25 Nov 2022

Novel cancer-fighting nanoparticles co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and immunotherapy

University of Pittsburgh researchers have designed cancer-fighting nanoparticles that co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and a novel immunotherapy, according to a new Nature Nanotechnology study published today.

24 Nov 2022

Study provides a key link between the social environment and healthy brains

As people age, maintaining a positive and predictable social environment becomes more and more important. For instance, keeping close ties with friends and family has been identified as one of the key ingredients to healthy aging.

24 Nov 2022

Wireless smart bandage promotes faster closure of wounds, enhances skin recovery

Some wounds just won't heal. Infections, diseases like diabetes, and suppressed immune systems often stack up to slow healing.

24 Nov 2022

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022: What is the burden of antimicrobial resistance?

As part of World Antimicrobial Resistance Week 2022, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Tomislav Meštrović about his new research discussing the burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region, as well as about how we can prevent antimicrobial resistance together.

24 Nov 2022

AI helps design synthetic DNA that controls cells' protein production

With the help of an AI, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in designing synthetic DNA that controls the cells' protein production.

24 Nov 2022

Duke researchers find human DNA sequence divergence after split from common ancestor of chimpanzees

A team of Duke researchers has identified a group of human DNA sequences driving changes in brain development, digestion and immunity that seem to have evolved rapidly after our family line split from that of the chimpanzees, but before we split with the Neanderthals.

24 Nov 2022

Pocket feature in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is present in all deadly coronaviruses, study reveals

Scientists have discovered why some coronaviruses are more likely to cause severe disease, which has remained a mystery, until now.

24 Nov 2022

Exploring synthetic engineering of bacteriophages

In a new study, researchers demonstrated biological bacteriophage containment and synthetic engineering.

24 Nov 2022

Single-cell transcriptome analysis provides insights into bat immunity

In a world first, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and colleagues in Singapore have sequenced the response to viral infection in colony-bred cave nectar bats (Eonycteris spelaea) at single-cell resolution.

24 Nov 2022

Sino Biological announces construction of its new US-based center for bioprocessing

Sino Biological, Inc., a biotechnology company listed on the Shenzhen stock exchange subsidiary ChiNext, which provides biological research reagents and related technical contract research services, is pleased to announce the formal signing of a lease with Hines and initiation of construction on its new Center for Bioprocessing at its Levit Green facility in Houston, Texas USA.

From Sino Biological Inc. 24 Nov 2022

New study points to a strategy for inhibiting hyper-progression of melanoma

Duke Cancer Institute researchers have identified potential biomarkers that predict the likelihood for checkpoint inhibitor drugs to backfire, driving hyper-progression of melanoma cells instead of unleashing the immune system to fight them.

23 Nov 2022

Two studies reveal insights into how the spinal cord and brainstem contribute to sense of touch

The sense of touch is essential to almost everything we do, from routine tasks at home to navigating unfamiliar terrains that may conceal dangers.

23 Nov 2022

MYC proteins form hollow spheres that shield the genome of cancer cells

MYC genes and their proteins play a central role in the emergence and development of almost all cancers. They drive the uncontrolled growth and altered metabolism of tumour cells. And they help tumours hide from the immune system.

23 Nov 2022

Study reveals structural insights into the elusive tankyrase protein that fuels bowel cancer

Scientists have revealed the inner workings of a key protein involved in a wide range of cellular processes – potentially paving the way for better and less toxic cancer drugs.

23 Nov 2022

Severe COVID-19 associated with an imbalance in key immune system signaling pathway

Researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil have found that severe COVID-19 is associated with an imbalance in an important immune system signaling pathway.

23 Nov 2022

Researchers make an incredible discovery about mammalian brains

In a new breakthrough to understand more about the mammalian brain, University of Copenhagen researchers have made an incredible discovery.

23 Nov 2022

Genome sequencing reveals a common ancestor for about 600 seemingly disparate fungi

About 600 seemingly disparate fungi that never quite found a fit along the fungal family tree have been shown to have a common ancestor, according to a University of Alberta-led research team that used genome sequencing to give these peculiar creatures their own classification home.

23 Nov 2022

CAR T therapy extends its reach beyond oncology

Engineered immune cells, known as CAR T cells, have shown the world what personalized immunotherapies can do to fight blood cancers.

23 Nov 2022

Maternal obesity during pregnancy causes metabolic perturbations in offspring's liver and skeletal muscle

A recent study in The FASEB Journal has identified metabolic perturbations in the liver and skeletal muscle of young nonhuman primates on normal diets whose mothers were obese during pregnancy.

23 Nov 2022

Cell News and Research

The potential of Sofosbuvir against COVID-19 neurological symptoms

Novel cancer-fighting nanoparticles co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and immunotherapy

Study provides a key link between the social environment and healthy brains

Wireless smart bandage promotes faster closure of wounds, enhances skin recovery

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022: What is the burden of antimicrobial resistance?

AI helps design synthetic DNA that controls cells' protein production

Duke researchers find human DNA sequence divergence after split from common ancestor of chimpanzees

Pocket feature in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is present in all deadly coronaviruses, study reveals

Exploring synthetic engineering of bacteriophages

Single-cell transcriptome analysis provides insights into bat immunity

Sino Biological announces construction of its new US-based center for bioprocessing

New study points to a strategy for inhibiting hyper-progression of melanoma

Two studies reveal insights into how the spinal cord and brainstem contribute to sense of touch

MYC proteins form hollow spheres that shield the genome of cancer cells

Study reveals structural insights into the elusive tankyrase protein that fuels bowel cancer

Severe COVID-19 associated with an imbalance in key immune system signaling pathway

Researchers make an incredible discovery about mammalian brains

Genome sequencing reveals a common ancestor for about 600 seemingly disparate fungi

CAR T therapy extends its reach beyond oncology

Maternal obesity during pregnancy causes metabolic perturbations in offspring's liver and skeletal muscle

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