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Researchers identify a gene that drives T lymphocytes to exhaustion

A research group funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation has identified a gene that drives T lymphocytes to exhaustion. This opens up new approaches for more effective immunotherapies.

2 Feb 2023

Microscopic technique enables real-time study of RNA G-quadruplexes in living cells

A new microscopic technique allows for the real-time study of RNA G-quadruplexes in living cells, with implications for the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

2 Feb 2023

Immunomodulatory antibodies found to be successful in treating cancer when they have a looser grip

New research from the Centre for Cancer Immunology at the University of Southampton, published ahead of World Cancer Day (4 February), has shown that changing how tightly an antibody binds to a target could improve treatments for cancer.

1 Feb 2023

U of A researcher one step closer to demonstrating the potential of brain molecule to halt MS

A University of Alberta researcher is one step closer to demonstrating the potential of a brain molecule called fractalkine to halt and even reverse the effects of multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases.

1 Feb 2023

Cochlear avatars provide a platform for deciphering the mechanisms of sensorineural hearing loss

Disabling hearing loss affects one in every ten people and up to 25% of people over 60, according to the World Health Organization, and can have both genetic and environmental causes such as infections and noise exposure.

1 Feb 2023

New discovery about "killer torpedoes" may be the next breakthrough in cancer treatment

In our body, we have both an innate immune system and an immune system that is developed throughout life. Part of the innate immune system consists of so-called NK cells.

31 Jan 2023

New technique offers a two-prong approach to attacking cancers

When noninvasive sound waves break apart tumors, they trigger an immune response in mice. By breaking down the cell wall "cloak," the treatment exposes cancer cell markers that had previously been hidden from the body's defenses, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown.

31 Jan 2023

Study opens new therapeutic avenues for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

A research team, led by Professor Sung Ho Park in the Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST announced the results of a study on osteoblasts that damage joint bones in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

31 Jan 2023

Actin influences cancer metastases in many ways

Metastases occur when cancer cells leave a primary tumor and spread throughout the body. For this, they have to break connections with neighboring cells and migrate to other tissues.

31 Jan 2023

Cornell research provides new insight into chemotherapy agent's effect on DNA

New Cornell research is providing a fresh view into the ways a common chemotherapy agent, etoposide, stalls and poisons the essential enzymes that allow cancer cells to flourish.

30 Jan 2023

Study focuses on plasticity of the synapses between the hypothalamus and hippocampus

The complexity of the human brain is unparalleled. Fortunately, thanks to constant progress in neuroscience over the past decades, we have started to make some sense of the human brain.

30 Jan 2023

Using systems biology research to alter the properties of carcinogenic cells in the lungs

KAIST (President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced on January 30th that a research team led by Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering succeeded in using systems biology research to change the properties of carcinogenic cells in the lungs and eliminate both drug resistance and their ability to proliferate out to other areas of the body.

29 Jan 2023

Voles can form enduring attachments with mates and provide parental care without oxytocin receptors

The vital role of oxytocin - the "love hormone" - for social attachments is being called into question. More than forty years of pharmacological and behavioral research has pointed to oxytocin receptor signaling as an essential pathway for the development of social behaviors in prairie voles, humans, and other species, but a genetic study publishing in the journal Neuron on January 27 shows that voles can form enduring attachments with mates and provide parental care without oxytocin receptor signaling.

29 Jan 2023

Cell Biology

Researchers identify a gene that drives T lymphocytes to exhaustion

Microscopic technique enables real-time study of RNA G-quadruplexes in living cells

Immunomodulatory antibodies found to be successful in treating cancer when they have a looser grip

U of A researcher one step closer to demonstrating the potential of brain molecule to halt MS

Cochlear avatars provide a platform for deciphering the mechanisms of sensorineural hearing loss

New discovery about "killer torpedoes" may be the next breakthrough in cancer treatment

New technique offers a two-prong approach to attacking cancers

Study opens new therapeutic avenues for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Actin influences cancer metastases in many ways

Cornell research provides new insight into chemotherapy agent's effect on DNA

Study focuses on plasticity of the synapses between the hypothalamus and hippocampus

Using systems biology research to alter the properties of carcinogenic cells in the lungs

Voles can form enduring attachments with mates and provide parental care without oxytocin receptors

Activated neutrophils can become potent cancer fighters

Researchers identify an unexpected driver of cancer immunotherapy resistance

Researchers discover a key role played by ch-TOG protein in the initiation of microtubule assembly

Study shows mechanical tearing as a novel mechanism during neurite pruning

Researchers discover new transporter used by some bacteria to recycle cell wall fragments

Special vascular cells sense when the brain region needs energy

Scientists use next-generation protein degradation technology to study CTCF's role in transcription

How microRNA is transforming science: From discovery to diagnostics

Advancing benzodiazepine detection

The Surgeon-Scientist Pioneering Regenerative Engineering

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