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GenScript and Duke-NUS announce notice of allowance for “Surrogate Virus Neutralization Technology”

GenScript Biotech Corporation ("GenScript", Stock Code: 1548.HK), a world-leading life sciences research and application service and product provider, and Duke-NUS Medical School, a premier, research intensive medical school, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trade Office has issued a notice of allowance for the patent application for a novel Surrogate Virus Neutralization Technology (sVNT).

23 Jun 2021

Psychological stress can cause hair to turn gray

Legend has it that Marie Antoinette's hair turned gray overnight just before her beheading in 1791.Though the legend is inaccurate--hair that has already grown out of the follicle does not change color--a new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is the first to offer quantitative evidence linking psychological stress to graying hair in people.

23 Jun 2021

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines may increase patients' concerns about side effects

Vivid photos of the red "COVID arm" rash and reports of facial swelling in patients who have received dermatological fillers after Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccination for COVID-19 may increase patients' concerns about mRNA vaccine side effects and contribute to vaccine hesitancy.

23 Jun 2021

Ycharos announces publication of first characterization data and formation of industry advisory committee

YCharOS Inc., an open science company with the mission of characterizing commercially available antibody reagents for all human proteins, is pleased to announce the publication of its first characterization data and formation of its Industry Advisory Committee (IAC).

23 Jun 2021

Albumin supplementation improves human fertility, fights infection

A new University of California, Irvine-led study reveals albumin (Alb), among the most abundant proteins in the body, activates a proton channel (hHv1), also widespread in the body, giving sperm the ability to penetrate and fertilize an egg, and allowing white blood cells to secrete large amounts of inflammatory mediators to fight infection.

22 Jun 2021

Researchers discover new class of drugs that inhibits a 'master switch' in mantle cell lymphoma

A new class of drugs that inhibits a "master switch" involved in the vast majority of cases of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), a fatal subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, has been discovered by researchers at Mount Sinai.

22 Jun 2021

RDM Positive Impact Foundation funds $1.25 million research project to study SYNGAP1

The RDM Positive Impact Foundation is funding an ambitious $1.25 million research project at the UC Davis MIND Institute to study SYNGAP1.

22 Jun 2021

Study highlights the impact of structural racism and residential segregation on lung cancer outcomes

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 80-85 percent cases of lung cancer and when diagnosed early, has a five-year survival rate of 50-80 percent.

22 Jun 2021

Cancer immunotherapy may self-limit its efficacy in fighting tumors, study finds

Cancer immunotherapy involving drugs that inhibit CTLA-4 also activates an unwanted response that may self-limit its efficacy in fighting tumors, according to a new study led by Francesco Marangoni, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology & biophysics and member of the Institute for Immunology at the University of California, Irvine.

22 Jun 2021

Molecular study reveals signs of inflammation in brains of people who died of COVID-19

The most comprehensive molecular study to date of the brains of people who died of COVID-19 turned up unmistakable signs of inflammation and impaired brain circuits.

22 Jun 2021

New antibody-drug conjugates also kill non-targeted neighboring tumor cells

How do you kill tumor cells that can't be targeted? Get their more susceptible neighbors to help.

22 Jun 2021

Enzyme in fat tissue helps control the production of new bone and fat cells, study shows

An enzyme found in fat tissue in the center of our bones helps control the production of new bone and fat cells, shows a study in mice published today in eLife.

22 Jun 2021

Researchers discover a new mechanism controlling satiation

Researchers from the Turku PET Centre and Technical University of Munich have discovered a new mechanism controlling satiation. According to the recently published study, the hormone secretin induces satiation by activating brown adipose tissue.

22 Jun 2021

CSHL researchers discover how pancreatic cancer cells develop resistance to drug treatments

Cancer cells can become resistant to treatments through adaptation, making them notoriously tricky to defeat and highly lethal. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cancer Center Director David Tuveson and his team investigated the basis of "adaptive resistance" common to pancreatic cancer.

22 Jun 2021

Engineering nanobodies to fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus

Scientists are pursuing a new strategy in the protracted fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus by engineering nanobodies that can neutralize virus variants in two different ways.

22 Jun 2021

Do the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines elicit different antibody responses?

A recent study led by scientists from the United States has compared the anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibody response among clinicians who have been immunized with Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine.

22 Jun 2021

Researchers screen Chinese herbal medicines and plant compounds for anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity

A review published in Phytotherapy Research discussed the natural anti-SARS-CoV-2 products identified based on in silico prediction. The review’s authors also illustrate the impact of many phytochemicals either alone or in combination with traditional treatments and their potential molecular mechanisms involved in SARS-CoV-2 prevention and treatment.

22 Jun 2021

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Latest T Cell News and Research

GenScript and Duke-NUS announce notice of allowance for “Surrogate Virus Neutralization Technology”

Psychological stress can cause hair to turn gray

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines may increase patients' concerns about side effects

Ycharos announces publication of first characterization data and formation of industry advisory committee

Albumin supplementation improves human fertility, fights infection

Researchers discover new class of drugs that inhibits a 'master switch' in mantle cell lymphoma

RDM Positive Impact Foundation funds $1.25 million research project to study SYNGAP1

Study highlights the impact of structural racism and residential segregation on lung cancer outcomes

Cancer immunotherapy may self-limit its efficacy in fighting tumors, study finds

Molecular study reveals signs of inflammation in brains of people who died of COVID-19

New antibody-drug conjugates also kill non-targeted neighboring tumor cells

Enzyme in fat tissue helps control the production of new bone and fat cells, study shows

Researchers discover a new mechanism controlling satiation

CSHL researchers discover how pancreatic cancer cells develop resistance to drug treatments

Engineering nanobodies to fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus

Do the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines elicit different antibody responses?

Researchers screen Chinese herbal medicines and plant compounds for anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity

The effect of novel insertion mutation in SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein RNA

Does SARS-CoV-2 alter the expression of molecules involved in the homeostasis of blood pressure?

Use of nanotherapeutics in treating coronavirus diseases

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