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Immature dendritic cells in young children can induce robust immune responses

A new study performed by scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU) has demonstrated that putatively immature dendritic cells in young children can trigger powerful immune responses. The findings may result in better vaccination protocols.

21 Jan 2021

Study identifies new mode of male endocrine disruption due to environmental arsenic exposure

Arsenic exists ubiquitously in an organic or inorganic state in the environment. General populations are commonly exposed to arsenic by digestion.

21 Jan 2021

Synthetic cannabidiol can kill bacteria that causes gonorrhoea

Synthetic cannabidiol, commonly called CBD, has been demonstrated to destroy the bacteria that cause meningitis, gonorrhea, and Legionnaires’ disease.

21 Jan 2021

Antibiotic resistance may be spreading much faster than expected

Pathogenic bacteria in humans are developing resistance to antibiotics much faster than expected. Now, computational research at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that one reason could be significant genetic transfer between bacteria in our ecosystems and to humans. This work has also led to new tools for resistance researchers.

21 Jan 2021

Investigational antisense medicine lowers disease burden, reduces myeloma cell abundance in mice

Many patients with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, eventually develop resistance to one treatment after another. That's in part because cancer stem cells drive the disease -- cells that continually self-renew. If a therapy can't completely destroy these malignant stem cells, the cancer is likely to keep coming back.

From UC San Diego 21 Jan 2021

New form of cultivated meat promises more natural flavor and texture

Researchers have created a type of cultivated meat using a process that offers more natural flavor than other substitutes to conventional animal meat.

20 Jan 2021

COVID-19 virus triggers antibody response from prior coronavirus infections

According to the results of a study, the immune systems of COVID-19 patients may depend on antibodies that were produced during infections from previous coronaviruses to help combat the disease.

20 Jan 2021

Functions of gamma delta T cells are regulated by sugars and fat Gene, shows study

The team led by Bruno Silva Santos, Principal Investigator and Deputy Director of the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM) and Professor at the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, discovered that the functions of a subtype of white blood cells - gamma delta T cells - are regulated by metabolic resources, namely sugars and fat.

20 Jan 2021

Study shows how nonmalignant cells adapt to harsh tumor microenvironment

Cells need energy to survive and thrive. Generally, if oxygen is available, cells will oxidize glucose to carbon dioxide, which is very efficient, much like burning gasoline in your car. However, even in the presence of adequate oxygen, many malignant cells choose instead to ferment glucose to lactic acid, which is a much less efficient process.

20 Jan 2021

Researchers define cancer invasion machinery orchestrated by cancer gene

Researchers at the University of Helsinki have defined a cancer invasion machinery, which is orchestrated by a frequently mutated cancer gene called Ras. When signaling from Ras protein becomes abnormally high, like it does in many cancers, this switches on the cellular machinery that helps the cancer cells to depart from the tissue from which the cells have developed.

20 Jan 2021

New method shows how pharmaceuticals induce cancer cell death

Cancer cells are smart when it comes to anti-cancer drugs, evolving and becoming resistant to even the strongest chemotherapies over time.

20 Jan 2021

New computational technique accurately differentiates between normal and cancer cells

Scientists have created a new method to precisely differentiate between data from a wide range of normal cells and cancer cells found inside tumor samples.

19 Jan 2021

New mathematical model captures forces involved in cell movement

Physicists have teamed up to find out the precise mechanisms that play a crucial role in cell motility.

19 Jan 2021

Gene therapy helps paralyzed mice to walk again

For the first time, scientists have successfully used gene therapy to make mice walk again after these animals suffered a complete cross-sectional injury.

18 Jan 2021

Study shows how specific gene mutations cause different types of diseases

Renowned cancer experts have resolved a query of how different types of mutations in a single gene are responsible for causing various types of diseases.

15 Jan 2021

Exaggerated activation of food quality control system may explain the rising food allergies

For more than three decades, food allergies have been rising drastically across the developed world.

15 Jan 2021

Researchers develop more effective personalized immunotherapy for cancer patients

New research from CU Cancer Center member Jing Hong Wang, MD, PhD, and recent University of Colorado Immunology program graduate Rachel Woolaver, PhD, may help researchers develop more effective personalized immunotherapy for cancer patients.

15 Jan 2021

Researchers use heat map data to reverse engineer chromosome models

Genome analysis can provide information on genes and their location on a strand of DNA, but such analysis reveals little about their spatial location in relation to one another within chromosomes -- the highly complex, three-dimensional structures that hold genetic information.

15 Jan 2021

Targeting RNA splicing can trigger antiviral immune pathways in triple-negative breast cancers

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered how therapeutics targeting RNA splicing can activate antiviral immune pathways in triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) to trigger tumor cell death and signal the body's immune response.

15 Jan 2021

New type of stem cell with regenerative abilities could soon become a reality

A new type of stem cell - that is, a cell with regenerative abilities - could be closer on the horizon, a new study led by UNSW Sydney shows.

From The University of New South Wales (UNSW) 15 Jan 2021

Cell News and Research

Immature dendritic cells in young children can induce robust immune responses

Study identifies new mode of male endocrine disruption due to environmental arsenic exposure

Synthetic cannabidiol can kill bacteria that causes gonorrhoea

Antibiotic resistance may be spreading much faster than expected

Investigational antisense medicine lowers disease burden, reduces myeloma cell abundance in mice

New form of cultivated meat promises more natural flavor and texture

COVID-19 virus triggers antibody response from prior coronavirus infections

Functions of gamma delta T cells are regulated by sugars and fat Gene, shows study

Study shows how nonmalignant cells adapt to harsh tumor microenvironment

Researchers define cancer invasion machinery orchestrated by cancer gene

New method shows how pharmaceuticals induce cancer cell death

New computational technique accurately differentiates between normal and cancer cells

New mathematical model captures forces involved in cell movement

Gene therapy helps paralyzed mice to walk again

Study shows how specific gene mutations cause different types of diseases

Exaggerated activation of food quality control system may explain the rising food allergies

Researchers develop more effective personalized immunotherapy for cancer patients

Researchers use heat map data to reverse engineer chromosome models

Targeting RNA splicing can trigger antiviral immune pathways in triple-negative breast cancers

New type of stem cell with regenerative abilities could soon become a reality

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