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Consortium compiles recommendations for measuring HIV reservoir size in cure-directed studies

Spearheaded by scientists at The Wistar Institute, top worldwide HIV researchers from the BEAT-HIV Martin Delaney Collaboratory to Cure HIV-1 Infection by Combination Immunotherapy compiled the first comprehensive set of recommendations on how to best measure the size of persistent HIV reservoirs during cure-directed clinical studies.

7 Sep 2020

Study shows how mutations in DNA packaging machines can drive cancer development

Like wrenches made of Legos, SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes tighten or loosen DNA in our cells to control how genes are turned on and made into proteins.

7 Sep 2020

New insights into how the brain can induce diabetes remission in rodents

In rodents with type 2 diabetes, a single surgical injection of a protein called fibroblast growth factor 1 can restore blood sugar levels to normal for weeks or months. Yet how this growth factor acts in the brain to generate this lasting benefit has been poorly understood.

7 Sep 2020

Polygenic risk score can predict risk of drug-induced liver injury

Scientists who were working on a way to determine the viability of batches of tiny liver organoids have discovered a testing method that may have far broader implications.

7 Sep 2020

New project to explore how robotic muscles could turn back the body clock

Loss of strength and muscle wastage is currently an unavoidable part of getting older and has a significant impact on health and quality of life.

7 Sep 2020

A potential new way of treating Alzheimer’s Disease

In this interview, Dr. Brad. L. Heckman speaks to News-Medical about a new pathway that could potentially treat Alzheimers disease.

7 Sep 2020

Monitoring the activity of unconventional T cells could predict COVID-19 severity

Researchers in France have discovered that patients suffering from severe COVID-19 show changes in a class of immune cells known as unconventional T cells.

5 Sep 2020

Mason researchers to provide biostatistics and bioinformatic analysis for new project

Virginia Espina, Research Associate Professor, Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, received $21,000 from Baylor Research Institute for a project in which Mason researchers are providing biostatistics and bioinformatic analysis for integrating multi-omic data sets from a breast cancer cohort.

5 Sep 2020

COVID-19 is not characterized by a cytokine storm, shows study

Does the COVID-19 cytokine storm exist? Inflammatory proteins, also known as cytokines, play a crucial role in the immune response. If this immune response is too strong, a phenomenon known as "cytokine storm", it can cause harm to the patient.

5 Sep 2020

Study may provide the basis for better diagnostic, therapeutic approaches to blood diseases

The hemoglobin in the red blood cells ensures that our body cells receive sufficient oxygen. When the blood pigment is broken down, "heme" is produced, which in turn can influence the protein cocktail in the blood.

5 Sep 2020

Study: Small neutralizing antibody can block SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a small neutralizing antibody, a so-called nanobody, that has the capacity to block SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells.

4 Sep 2020

Oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic substances in the brain are involved in guiding social behavior

Research conducted by the University of Valencia (UV) and the Jaume I University of Castellón (UJI), among other institutions, has found alterations to the structure of the brain's nonapeptidergic systems, social behavior and the production of pheromones, traits that reveal sexual dimorphism, in male mice with a lack of the Mecp2 gene.

4 Sep 2020

Scientists reconstruct factors involved in the formation of autophagosomes

Autophagy, from the Greek for 'self-eating', is an essential process that isolates and recycles cellular components under conditions of stress or when resources are limited.

4 Sep 2020

Researchers develop novel model to study factors that cause type 2 diabetes

Using cells taken from patients with type 2 diabetes and new techniques to convert them into specialized precursors of muscle cells, researchers have developed a novel 'disease-in-a-dish' model to study the basic molecular factors that lead to the development of type 2 diabetes.

4 Sep 2020

Medical Science News

Consortium compiles recommendations for measuring HIV reservoir size in cure-directed studies

Study shows how mutations in DNA packaging machines can drive cancer development

New insights into how the brain can induce diabetes remission in rodents

Polygenic risk score can predict risk of drug-induced liver injury

New project to explore how robotic muscles could turn back the body clock

A potential new way of treating Alzheimer’s Disease

Monitoring the activity of unconventional T cells could predict COVID-19 severity

Mason researchers to provide biostatistics and bioinformatic analysis for new project

COVID-19 is not characterized by a cytokine storm, shows study

Study may provide the basis for better diagnostic, therapeutic approaches to blood diseases

Study: Small neutralizing antibody can block SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells

Oxytocinergic and vasopressinergic substances in the brain are involved in guiding social behavior

Scientists reconstruct factors involved in the formation of autophagosomes

Researchers develop novel model to study factors that cause type 2 diabetes

New consortium established to study the characteristics of blood cells

Researchers develop unique method to coax bone marrow stem cells into specialized cells

University of Texas professor receives grant to advance the study of traumatic brain injuries

Exposure to high omega-6/low omega-3 diet promotes neuron growth in fetus brain during pregnancy

Scientists find new way to capture "live" images of immune cells inside the lungs

Understanding mechanisms in prostate cancer metastases can provide treatment opportunities

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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