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Why do some people attract mosquitoes more than others?

Mosquitoes (e.g., Aedes aegypti) are common vectors for many viruses that infect the human population, such as dengue, Zika, and yellow fever.

19 Oct 2022

Licorice root extract shows potential as a COVID-19 treatment

A recent study explores the activity of glycyrrhizin against SARS-CoV-2.

19 Oct 2022

Scientists develop new tool to monitor brain plasticity

Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a new tool to monitor brain plasticity - the way our brains remodel and physically adapt as we learn and experience things, from watching a movie to learning a new song or language.

19 Oct 2022

Newly identified gene may provide a therapeutic target for deadly glioblastoma multiforme

Research led by doctors and scientists at UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the UCLA Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior have identified a gene that may provide a therapeutic target for the deadly, treatment-resistant brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).

19 Oct 2022

SARS-CoV-2 virus alters the composition of breast milk, research shows

A research team from the University of Huelva in collaboration with the MilkCORONA initiative has demonstrated that the SARS-CoV-2 virus alters the composition of breast milk.

19 Oct 2022

Antibodies can prevent surface proteins of bacteria from entering host cells

Using bacteria of the Bartonella henselae species, researchers from Goethe University, Frankfurt University Hospital, the Paul Ehrlich Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines in Langen, and the University of Oslo demonstrated for the first time that antibodies can prevent certain surface proteins of bacterial pathogens from entering host cells.

19 Oct 2022

Porous PTFE components for demanding applications

Specialists in innovative porous plastics technologies – Porvair Sciences has introduced a new range of Vyon® PTFE porous plastic materials for applications where temperature or chemical resistance is important.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 19 Oct 2022

Rare insect-eating mushrooms show potential to develop new anti-viral and cancer medications

Scientists studying the medicinal potential of a rare insect-eating mushroom have found a way to grow the elusive fungi in the lab, opening the way for the development of new anti-viral and cancer medications.

19 Oct 2022

AI app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helps to reduce false results

An artificial intelligence app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helped to reduce false results in a new trial out today.

19 Oct 2022

Adaptation-proof SARS-CoV-2 vaccine design is one step closer to reality

A vaccine design approach that could protect against new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but also potentially protects against other coronaviruses is one step closer to reality as a result of Penn State College of Medicine research.

18 Oct 2022

Remnants of ancient viruses in the human genome are active in normal tissues

Remnants of ancient viruses in the human genome are active in healthy tissues as well as diseased ones, limiting their utility as disease biomarkers, according to a study by Aidan Burn at Tufts University in Boston, USA and colleagues, publishing October 18th in the open access journal PLOS Biology.

18 Oct 2022

Unc5-GPC3 complex modulates the migration of neurons and brain-derived cancer cells

During brain development, neurons have to migrate long distances through complex environments until they reach their final destination.

18 Oct 2022

Study reveals how a cell signaling molecule can help oral cancer cells acquire high motility

The process of metastasis is when cancer cells gain motility and spread to other sites of the body. Because this is one of the main causes of cancer-related deaths, researchers have aimed to develop therapeutic strategies that can block metastasis.

18 Oct 2022

Study identifies genetic variation that influences lithium-induced neural proliferation

Bipolar disorder, a neuropsychiatric condition that includes manic and depressive episodes, affects about 1% of the population and is strongly influenced by genetics.

18 Oct 2022

Researchers identify gene associated with strong immune response after COVID-19 vaccination

Researchers from the University of Oxford have today reported new findings from a study exploring how certain genes can help generate a strong immune response following vaccination with two commonly used COVID-19 vaccines - identifying a particular gene associated with a high antibody response.

18 Oct 2022

New machine learning model can screen novel drug compounds to accurately predict efficacy in humans

The journey between identifying a potential therapeutic compound and Food and Drug Administration approval of a new drug can take well over a decade and cost upwards of a billion dollars.

18 Oct 2022

Recent innovations in infectious disease diagnostics

A recent Clinical Biochemistry editorial reports the latest innovations in the field of infectious disease diagnostics.

17 Oct 2022

Newly identified brain molecule orchestrates the immune system's responses to Alzheimer's and MS

UVA Health researchers have discovered a molecule in the brain responsible for orchestrating the immune system's responses to Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), potentially allowing doctors to supercharge the body's ability to fight those and other devastating neurological diseases.

17 Oct 2022

Genetic signature predicts tumor metastases and patient survival in clear cell kidney cancer

Among patients with kidney cancer, the activity of four specific genes in the cancer cells seems to be able to predict the risk of the tumor spreading and the patient's chances of survival.

17 Oct 2022

KAUST study reveals unexpected role for zinc in the prevention of Parkinson's disease

Revealing zinc's interaction with a critical transport protein underscores the need to study biological pathways under physiologically relevant conditions.

17 Oct 2022

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Why do some people attract mosquitoes more than others?

Licorice root extract shows potential as a COVID-19 treatment

Scientists develop new tool to monitor brain plasticity

Newly identified gene may provide a therapeutic target for deadly glioblastoma multiforme

SARS-CoV-2 virus alters the composition of breast milk, research shows

Antibodies can prevent surface proteins of bacteria from entering host cells

Porous PTFE components for demanding applications

Rare insect-eating mushrooms show potential to develop new anti-viral and cancer medications

AI app to read COVID-19 lateral flow tests helps to reduce false results

Adaptation-proof SARS-CoV-2 vaccine design is one step closer to reality

Remnants of ancient viruses in the human genome are active in normal tissues

Unc5-GPC3 complex modulates the migration of neurons and brain-derived cancer cells

Study reveals how a cell signaling molecule can help oral cancer cells acquire high motility

Study identifies genetic variation that influences lithium-induced neural proliferation

Researchers identify gene associated with strong immune response after COVID-19 vaccination

New machine learning model can screen novel drug compounds to accurately predict efficacy in humans

Recent innovations in infectious disease diagnostics

Newly identified brain molecule orchestrates the immune system's responses to Alzheimer's and MS

Genetic signature predicts tumor metastases and patient survival in clear cell kidney cancer

KAUST study reveals unexpected role for zinc in the prevention of Parkinson's disease

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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