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Reintroduction of captive-bred animals offers potential solution to cope with biodiversity crisis

Biodiversity loss has accelerated over the last decade, driven by the impact of global warming, alteration of habitats and the dispersal of invasive exotic species due to human action.

From University of Barcelona 29 Mar 2022

Researchers reveal how deleting a protein could prevent heart attacks and strokes

Macrophages travel through our arteries, gobbling fat the way Pac-man gobbled ghosts. But fat-filled macrophages can narrow blood vessels and cause heart disease.

29 Mar 2022

Study highlights the importance of membrane composition of targeted cells

Bacteria, fungi, and yeast are very good at excreting useful substances such as weak acids. One way in which they do this is through passive diffusion of molecules across the cell membrane. At the same time, cells need to prevent leakage of numerous small molecules.

29 Mar 2022

Study reveals genetically driven mucus pathobiology in asthma

A significant amount of genetic risk for asthma is likely mediated through altered gene expression within the airway epithelium.

29 Mar 2022

Discovery of genetic pathway could lead to more affordable, higher-yield bioprocessing

A team of researchers working with the Center for Bioenergy Innovation at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has discovered a pathway to encourage a type of lignin formation in plants that could make the processing of crops grown for products such as sustainable jet fuels easier and less costly.

29 Mar 2022

Unhealthy global diets are damaging human and planetary health

A global diet that increasingly includes ultra-processed foods is having a negative impact on the diversity of plant species available for human consumption while also damaging human and planetary health, according to a commentary published in the journal BMJ Global Health.

29 Mar 2022

New approach to assess motility and invasive capacity of cancer cells in a tissue section

There are many proteins involved in the spread of cancer. However, some of them are notably difficult to observe in patient tissue samples.

28 Mar 2022

AI and robotics identify new cellular hallmarks of Parkinson's disease

A study published today in Nature Communications unveils a new platform for discovering cellular signatures of disease that integrates robotic systems for studying patient cells with artificial intelligence methods for image analysis.

28 Mar 2022

Multiple nanobodies effectively block infection with different SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a novel strategy for identifying potent miniature antibodies, so-called nanobodies, against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.

28 Mar 2022

Minuscule involuntary eye movements are not drivers of brain signals underlying attention

Minuscule involuntary eye movements, known as microsaccades, can occur even while one is carefully staring at a fixed point in space.

28 Mar 2022

Study reveals why infected individuals cannot get rid of HIV altogether

Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, HIV infection is no longer the life sentence it once was. But despite the effectiveness of drugs to manage and treat the virus, it can never be fully eliminated from the human body, lingering in some cells deep in different human tissues where it goes unnoticed by the immune system.

28 Mar 2022

Scientists create powerful new method for generating protein drugs

A team of scientists has created a powerful new method for generating protein drugs. Using computers, they designed molecules that can target important proteins in the body, such as the insulin receptor, as well as vulnerable proteins on the surface of viruses.

28 Mar 2022

CDH17CAR T cells can eliminate solid tumors without damaging healthy tissues

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells can be remarkably effective in treating leukemias and lymphomas, but there are no successful immunotherapies for neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) and gastrointestinal cancers (GICs) yet.

25 Mar 2022

CAR-T cell treatment via implantable biotechnology more effective in combating cancer

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed an implantable biotechnology that produces and releases CAR-T cells for attacking cancerous tumors.

25 Mar 2022

Hybrid immunity generates improved cell response to fight SARS-CoV-2 infections

People who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 before being vaccinated generate an immune response more specific to fighting viral infections, and produce a broader antibody response, than do people whose only protection is the vaccine, according to researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine.

25 Mar 2022

Study finds surprisingly few connections between far-reaching regions of the brain

Understanding how the brain functions, particularly how information is processed during different activities, is difficult without knowing how many axons are in the brain and how many connect different functional regions.

25 Mar 2022

Gene mutation influences autism development, study finds

A research team discovered that interruption of a circadian clock gene may be implicated in the formation of autism spectrum disorder.

25 Mar 2022

Research shows that fruit flies sperm are no more male entirely after mating

According to recent research on fruit flies, the sperm becomes half feminine after mating, which was previously thought to be purely male.

25 Mar 2022

Researchers determine novel technique for drug delivery

They have devised a novel means of delivering medicines and peptides into cells.

25 Mar 2022

Researchers find a new way to penetrate the cell using boron clusters’ superchaotropic properties

The recent research by scientists from the Centre for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CiQUS, USC), together with Jacobs University (Bremen, Germany), presents a new membrane carriers’ class that leaves behind the amphiphilic paradigm.

24 Mar 2022

Research News and Research

Reintroduction of captive-bred animals offers potential solution to cope with biodiversity crisis

Researchers reveal how deleting a protein could prevent heart attacks and strokes

Study highlights the importance of membrane composition of targeted cells

Study reveals genetically driven mucus pathobiology in asthma

Discovery of genetic pathway could lead to more affordable, higher-yield bioprocessing

Unhealthy global diets are damaging human and planetary health

New approach to assess motility and invasive capacity of cancer cells in a tissue section

AI and robotics identify new cellular hallmarks of Parkinson's disease

Multiple nanobodies effectively block infection with different SARS-CoV-2 variants

Minuscule involuntary eye movements are not drivers of brain signals underlying attention

Study reveals why infected individuals cannot get rid of HIV altogether

Scientists create powerful new method for generating protein drugs

CDH17CAR T cells can eliminate solid tumors without damaging healthy tissues

CAR-T cell treatment via implantable biotechnology more effective in combating cancer

Hybrid immunity generates improved cell response to fight SARS-CoV-2 infections

Study finds surprisingly few connections between far-reaching regions of the brain

Gene mutation influences autism development, study finds

Research shows that fruit flies sperm are no more male entirely after mating

Researchers determine novel technique for drug delivery

Researchers find a new way to penetrate the cell using boron clusters’ superchaotropic properties

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