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Modifiable risk factors could play important role in Alzheimer's disease, study finds

Amyloid is a key feature of Alzheimer's disease, but the accumulation of these sticky proteins may not be the only risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published this week.

8 Apr 2020

World's largest protein connection map reveals cell workings

The human body is comprised of billions of cells. Yet it functions and grows as a single organism, because of trillions of interactions that help various cells recognize and respond to each other via different molecules on their surface or inside the cells. Now, a new study published in the journal Nature in April 2020 describes the first-ever interactome map, to help distinguish healthy interactions and disease-producing ones.

8 Apr 2020

Short-term exposure to even low levels of air pollution can affect gene expression

New data from a landmark study done by Monash University researchers in Australia raises significant concerns that even short-term exposure to low level air pollution can affect gene expression, leaving us at risk of other diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

8 Apr 2020

Cancer-causing mutation also promotes inflammation

Analyses of cell signals provide insight into the origin of severe inflammatory symptoms that appear in various types of blood cancer and point to possible therapeutic approaches: In around one-fourth of patients suffering from juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, there is evidence of mutations in the so-called KRAS gene in the leukemia cells.

8 Apr 2020

World's largest map of protein connections holds clues to health and disease

Scientists have described the first reference map of interactions between gene-encoded proteins which make up cells.

8 Apr 2020

Wyatt Technology Pioneers Multi-CQA Method for Gene Vectors

Wyatt Technology, the world leader in instrumentation for absolute macromolecular and nanoparticle characterization, announces the release of a novel method suitable for determining multiple critical quality attributes of adeno-associated virus and similar small gene vectors, in a single chromatographic run.

From Waters | Wyatt Technology 8 Apr 2020

New technology enables on-demand production of nutrients during space missions

On March 9, 2020, a Dragon cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station carrying dozens of scientific experiments as a part of SpaceX's 20th cargo resupply mission. Now, Dragon heads home. On April 7, it is scheduled to undock from station, bringing samples, hardware and data from completed investigations back to Earth on its return trip.

8 Apr 2020

New anti-COVID-19 system could potentially fight other viruses

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has sparked many research projects to meet the challenge of the virus and come up with measures to fight its activity. A new study published in the journal Cell Host & Microbe in April 2020 describes a novel system to help scientists understand the virus, including mutations, diagnose infections, and also to develop and evaluate vaccines more quickly.

8 Apr 2020

Study sheds light on genetic triggers that lead to autism, schizophrenia later in life

From early prenatal development through childhood, the prefrontal cortex of the human brain undergoes an avalanche of developmental activity.

8 Apr 2020

Scientists get a deeper understanding of how butterfly wings change in color

A selective mating experiment by a curious butterfly breeder has led scientists to a deeper understanding of how butterfly wing color is created and evolves.

8 Apr 2020

Study: Regulatory switches involved in knee development also play a role in osteoarthritis

The human knee is a triumph of design. The joint, which evolved fairly rapidly from our common ancestor with the chimpanzee to accommodate our bipedalism, likely contributed to our success as a species.

8 Apr 2020

Research suggests potential treatment target to slow lymphoma tumor growth

Researchers at the MDC observe the very early stages of blood vessel development in lymph node tumors.

7 Apr 2020

Novel research explores interaction between engineered gene circuits and biological host cells

Recent discoveries by two research teams in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University are advancing the field of synthetic biology.

7 Apr 2020

Preclinical trials for two coronavirus vaccine candidates commence

Scientists at CSIRO, Australia’s national science body, and the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong, Victoria, have commenced preclinical trials for two novel coronavirus vaccine candidates.

7 Apr 2020

Researchers gain new insight into how lipids function within tears

New understandings of how lipids function within tears could lead to better drugs for treating dry eye disease.

7 Apr 2020

OGT delivers translocation and partial tandem duplication detection with updates to SureSeq NGS portfolio

Oxford Gene Technology announces the addition of accurate detection capabilities for translocations and difficult-to-sequence partial tandem duplications.

From Oxford Gene Technology 7 Apr 2020

Study highlights a new way to identify antibiotic resistance genes

Apes in U.S. zoos host bacterial communities in their intestinal tracts that are more similar to those of people who eat a non-Western diet than to the gut makeup of their wild ape cousins, according to a new study from Washington University in St. Louis.

7 Apr 2020

DsbA-L gene may play a role in protecting respiratory function of the elderly

The lungs are constantly exposed to the external environment and maintain homeostasis by adapting to stress and tissue damage.

6 Apr 2020

Analysis of causative protein genotype can help predict Alport syndrome severity

A Japanese research team has successfully developed a system to predict the severity of Alport syndrome, a serious hereditary kidney disease that occurs in about 1 out of 5,000 people in the US. Patients with Alport syndrome have abnormalities in the causative protein, type IV collagen, that often lead to chronic renal dysfunction requiring dialysis.

6 Apr 2020

Researchers uncover genetic mutation responsible for aggressive head and neck, lung cancers

Researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore have uncovered a genetic variant in a gene called MET that is responsible for more aggressive growth of head and neck, and lung cancers.

6 Apr 2020

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Modifiable risk factors could play important role in Alzheimer's disease, study finds

World's largest protein connection map reveals cell workings

Short-term exposure to even low levels of air pollution can affect gene expression

Cancer-causing mutation also promotes inflammation

World's largest map of protein connections holds clues to health and disease

Wyatt Technology Pioneers Multi-CQA Method for Gene Vectors

New technology enables on-demand production of nutrients during space missions

New anti-COVID-19 system could potentially fight other viruses

Study sheds light on genetic triggers that lead to autism, schizophrenia later in life

Scientists get a deeper understanding of how butterfly wings change in color

Study: Regulatory switches involved in knee development also play a role in osteoarthritis

Research suggests potential treatment target to slow lymphoma tumor growth

Novel research explores interaction between engineered gene circuits and biological host cells

Preclinical trials for two coronavirus vaccine candidates commence

Researchers gain new insight into how lipids function within tears

OGT delivers translocation and partial tandem duplication detection with updates to SureSeq NGS portfolio

Study highlights a new way to identify antibiotic resistance genes

DsbA-L gene may play a role in protecting respiratory function of the elderly

Analysis of causative protein genotype can help predict Alport syndrome severity

Researchers uncover genetic mutation responsible for aggressive head and neck, lung cancers

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