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Improving optical tissue clearing method for better cancer diagnosis

When it comes to cancer, clarity is key. The ability to visualize cancerous tumors and metastatic tissue three dimensionally (3D) can help clinicians diagnose the precise type and stage of cancer, while also informing the best treatment methods.

16 Sep 2021

Fatal COVID-19 infections linked to poor immune responses and elevated MAIT cell activation

The mortality rate of COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation is 30-40%, however, the immunological factors associated with death in critically ill COVID-19 patients are poorly understood.

16 Sep 2021

Study highlights the importance of deeply exploring the immune responses against cancer

Over the past decade, scientists have been exploring vaccination as a way to help fight cancer. These experimental cancer vaccines are designed to stimulate the body's own immune system to destroy a tumor, by injecting fragments of cancer proteins found on the tumor.

16 Sep 2021

Unique imaging technique sheds light on how cells related to IBD affect intestinal tissues

New "maps" of hundreds of thousands of cells related to inflammatory bowel disease shed greater light on their effects on intestinal tissues through a newly utilized imaging technique called "imaging mass cytometry."

16 Sep 2021

New review highlights several opportunities for improving ginsenoside production

Ginseng, a widely popular superfood, has long been used in traditional medicine. The health benefits of ginseng are largely attributed to compounds called ginsenosides, which are present in the roots, stems, and leaves of the plant. Ginsenosides are known to prevent inflammation, diabetes, and cancer, and can also help control blood cholesterol levels and reduce aging.

16 Sep 2021

Novel cell reprogramming offers a promising therapeutic strategy to slow down glioblastomas

Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumors in adults. Among them, high-grade glioblastomas (GBMs) are particularly known to be notoriously aggressive and invasive, which makes it challenging to treat them. The disease rapidly progresses to an advanced stage in a short span of time, and the survival of such patients is often dismal.

16 Sep 2021

Researchers aim to develop edible plant-based mRNA vaccines

The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm. UC Riverside scientists are studying whether they can turn edible plants like lettuce into mRNA vaccine factories.

16 Sep 2021

UTHSC researcher receives funding to advance The Cancer Genome Atlas project

Neil Hayes, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Cancer Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is one of two principal investigators for a $1.8 million grant that extends the work of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a groundbreaking multisite project to understand cancer at its molecular level through genome sequencing and extensive data analysis.

16 Sep 2021

Study provides the most detailed view of how ribosomes are assembled in human cells

All cells need ribosomes to make the proteins necessary for life. These multi-component molecular machines build complex proteins by stitching building blocks together according to instructions encoded in the cell's messenger RNAs.

16 Sep 2021

BAK/MCL1 complex in tumor cells can predict the sensitivity of chemotherapy drugs in ovarian cancer

A research team led by Prof. DAI Haiming from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently announced the constitutive BAK/MCL1 complexes could predict chemotherapy drugs sensitivity of ovarian cancer. The result has been published on Cell death & disease.

16 Sep 2021

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences debuts the future of simplified PCR cleanup and plasmid prep with the EMnetik system

Creating the industry’s first powerful workflow innovation in more than 30 years for plasmid prep and polymerase chain reaction cleanup, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences launches the EMnetik System to semi-automate workflows while drastically reducing the amount of time required to achieve a PCR cleanup.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 16 Sep 2021

New study reveals chemical steps in an important cellular modification process

The chemical steps in an important cellular modification process that adds a chemical tag to some RNAs have been revealed in a new study. Interfering with this process in humans can lead to neuronal diseases, diabetes, and cancers.

16 Sep 2021

Grouping EGFR mutations provides an accurate way to match lung cancer patients to the right drugs

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that grouping epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations by structure and function provide an accurate framework to match patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to the right drugs.

16 Sep 2021

Scientists investigate if the APOE4 gene in astrocytes relates to Alzheimer's disease

AD, the most frequent cause of dementia, affects an estimated 24 million people worldwide. With very limited treatment options, scientists are looking for ways to understand the disease better.

15 Sep 2021

Researchers develop a new tool to help provide early warning of rare and unknown viruses

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a sophisticated new tool that could help provide early warning of rare and unknown viruses in the environment and identify potentially deadly bacterial pathogens which cause sepsis, among other uses.

15 Sep 2021

Analysis of the immune landscape in mild-to-moderate COVID-19

A new study includes an analysis of plasma cytokine levels, peripheral blood immune cell composition, and SARS-CoV-2 specific Igs in COVID-19.

15 Sep 2021

Study pinpoints a potential pathway for treating epileptic seizures in patients with autism

Autism affects about 2% of children in the United States, and about 30% of these children have seizures. Recent large-scale genetic studies revealed that genetic variants in a sodium channel, called voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.2, is a leading cause of autism.

15 Sep 2021

Research provides fundamental insight into motor planning under uncertainty

In baseball, a pitch can take as little as 400 milliseconds to reach the plate. With a typical reaction time of 200 milliseconds and a swing of about 150 milliseconds, a batter must decide whether to swing and how to swing based only on the first 10 to 20 percent of the ball's flight.

15 Sep 2021

Fountain of youth for the epigenome could become important in the treatment of osteoporosis

As we age, our bones become thinner, we suffer fractures more often, and bone-diseases such as osteoporosis are more likely to occur. One responsible mechanism involves the impaired function of the bone-marrow stem cells, which are required for the maintenance of bone integrity.

15 Sep 2021

Study on B lymphocytes may contribute to the optimization of vaccines

Our bodies can fine-tune the immune response to an infection and make it proportional to the threat at hand.

15 Sep 2021

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Improving optical tissue clearing method for better cancer diagnosis

Fatal COVID-19 infections linked to poor immune responses and elevated MAIT cell activation

Study highlights the importance of deeply exploring the immune responses against cancer

Unique imaging technique sheds light on how cells related to IBD affect intestinal tissues

New review highlights several opportunities for improving ginsenoside production

Novel cell reprogramming offers a promising therapeutic strategy to slow down glioblastomas

Researchers aim to develop edible plant-based mRNA vaccines

UTHSC researcher receives funding to advance The Cancer Genome Atlas project

Study provides the most detailed view of how ribosomes are assembled in human cells

BAK/MCL1 complex in tumor cells can predict the sensitivity of chemotherapy drugs in ovarian cancer

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences debuts the future of simplified PCR cleanup and plasmid prep with the EMnetik system

New study reveals chemical steps in an important cellular modification process

Grouping EGFR mutations provides an accurate way to match lung cancer patients to the right drugs

Scientists investigate if the APOE4 gene in astrocytes relates to Alzheimer's disease

Researchers develop a new tool to help provide early warning of rare and unknown viruses

Analysis of the immune landscape in mild-to-moderate COVID-19

Study pinpoints a potential pathway for treating epileptic seizures in patients with autism

Research provides fundamental insight into motor planning under uncertainty

Fountain of youth for the epigenome could become important in the treatment of osteoporosis

Study on B lymphocytes may contribute to the optimization of vaccines

Reimagining light scattering for biotherapeutics

Empowering genomics research with cloud-based innovation

Quality, Patient Safety and Innovation Manager at Elsevier

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