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Study reveals unexpected mechanisms involved in working memory

Working memory: it's how you make a mental shopping list without forgetting the milk, or memorize a number just long enough to write it down.

29 Sep 2020

Common cold in the past may provide some protection from COVID-19

Seasonal colds are by all accounts no fun, but new research suggests the colds you've had in the past may provide some protection from COVID-19.

29 Sep 2020

UC researchers find potential treatment that could be applied to COVID-19

By examining preexisting research for other conditions, researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found a potential treatment that could be applied to COVID-19.

29 Sep 2020

EPFL scientists measure the molecular footprint of aging

EPFL scientists have measured the molecular footprint that aging leaves on various mouse and human tissues. Using the data, they have identified likely regulators of this central process.

29 Sep 2020

Newly discovered genetic factor allows adult skin to regenerate like a newborn's

A newly identified genetic factor allows adult skin to repair itself like the skin of a newborn babe. The discovery by Washington State University researchers has implications for better skin wound treatment as well as preventing some of the aging process in skin.

29 Sep 2020

Novel immunotherapy platform can connect mussel adhesive proteins to the antibodies

Antibody-based immunotherapy is one of treatment options for cancer immunotherapy by modulating our immune system with therapeutic antibodies.

29 Sep 2020

Induction of acute senescence may be a necessary process in hemorrhagic shock

It's called senescence, when stressed cells can no longer divide to make new cells, and it's considered a factor in aging and in some diseases.

29 Sep 2020

Valproic acid can interact with DNA conformation and regulate gene expression

Results of recent studies involving valproic acid, used for decades as an anti-convulsant drug, show that it can interact with the conformation of DNA and regulate gene expression.

29 Sep 2020

Study unravels how lysosomal damage response pathways prevent kidney injury

Human cells need to work like well-oiled machines to keep our bodies running as they should. Waste products such as misfolded proteins, damaged cellular components, and carbohydrates get in the way and must be quickly disposed of.

28 Sep 2020

A new generation of microelectrode-array chips for recording nerve cell impulses

ETH researchers have developed a new generation of microelectrode-array chips for measuring nerve impulses, enabling studies of how thousands of nerve cells interact with each other.

28 Sep 2020

Researchers discover specific cellular pathway involved in lung tissue regeneration

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a cellular pathway that can be targeted with a naturally occurring drug to stimulate lung tissue regeneration, which is necessary for recovery from multiple lung injuries.

28 Sep 2020

Blocking nuclear pore complex formation can help selectively kill cancer cells

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that blocking the construction of nuclear pores complexes--large channels that control the flow of materials in and out of the cell nucleus--shrank aggressive tumors in mice while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

28 Sep 2020

Scientists identify a new way to regulate cell plasticity

Cell plasticity is a property by which a cell can take on different and reversible identities. Cell plasticity is also essential for embryo development and for the correct function of the immune system.

28 Sep 2020

New mechanism that prevents hair loss identified

A team of researchers from Cologne and Helsinki has discovered a mechanism that prevents hair loss: hair follicle stem cells, essential for hair to regrow, can prolong their life by switching their metabolic state in response to low oxygen concentration in the tissue.

28 Sep 2020

Researchers decipher how the immune system memorizes pathogens after an infection

The immune system will memorize the pathogen after an infection and can therefore react promptly after reinfection with the same pathogen. Now, scientists at the University of Würzburg have deciphered new details of this process.

28 Sep 2020

New framework allows researchers to probe the metabolic processes inside cancer cells

One of the biggest challenges to the development of medical treatments for cancer is the fact that there is no single kind of cancer.

28 Sep 2020

Study identifies hiding place where tumor cells shelter from chemotherapy in childhood leukemia

The stroma of the choroid plexus is one of the locations within the central nervous system (CNS) that serves as a shelter for tumor cells, allowing them to elude chemotherapy and potentially cause subsequent relapses in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, according to research led by the Complutense University of Madrid.

25 Sep 2020

Cell Biology

Study reveals unexpected mechanisms involved in working memory

Common cold in the past may provide some protection from COVID-19

UC researchers find potential treatment that could be applied to COVID-19

EPFL scientists measure the molecular footprint of aging

Newly discovered genetic factor allows adult skin to regenerate like a newborn's

Novel immunotherapy platform can connect mussel adhesive proteins to the antibodies

Induction of acute senescence may be a necessary process in hemorrhagic shock

Valproic acid can interact with DNA conformation and regulate gene expression

Study unravels how lysosomal damage response pathways prevent kidney injury

A new generation of microelectrode-array chips for recording nerve cell impulses

Researchers discover specific cellular pathway involved in lung tissue regeneration

Blocking nuclear pore complex formation can help selectively kill cancer cells

Scientists identify a new way to regulate cell plasticity

New mechanism that prevents hair loss identified

Researchers decipher how the immune system memorizes pathogens after an infection

New framework allows researchers to probe the metabolic processes inside cancer cells

Study identifies hiding place where tumor cells shelter from chemotherapy in childhood leukemia

New optical switch to precisely control the lifespan of genetic 'copies'

New device helps study the reaction of individual cells to mechanical stress

New experiments reveal how viruses initiate translation of genetic material into proteins

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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