by Dr Steven Magennis, University of Glasgow Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research on the structure and dynamics of a branched form of DNA called a three-way junction could lead to more effectively targeted treatments for degenerative disorders like Huntington’s Disease, scientists say. In a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications, chemists from the University of Glasgow...
by University of California, San Francisco Credit: CC0 Public Domain UC San Francisco scientists have discovered a new way to control the immune system’s ‘natural killer’ (NK) cells, a finding with implications for novel cell therapies and tissue implants that can evade immune rejection. The findings could also be used to enhance the ability of cancer...
Research suggests the products of transcription — RNA molecules — regulate their own production through a feedback loop. At any given moment in the human body, in about 30 trillion cells, DNA is being “read” into molecules of messenger RNA, the intermediary step between DNA and proteins, in a process called transcription. Scientists have a pretty...
AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY IMAGE: INITIAL SEVERITY ILLNESS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS POST-RECOVERY. CREDIT: ATS Jan. 8, 2021 – A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Societyexamines the recovery of lung function and overall wellness in individuals who had varying degrees of COVID-19 severity. Little is known about lung health following...
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY IMAGE: AN IMAGE OF THE COVID-19 TEST CHIP MADE BY AEROSOL JET NANOPARTICLE 3D PRINTING. CREDIT: ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND MATERIALS LAB, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY PITTSBURGH–Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report findings on an advanced nanomaterial-based biosensing platform that detects, within seconds, antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
by University of Michigan Researchers have revealed how one antibody (in green) is able to neutralize a protein that is central to the dengue virus’s ability to cause disease, by blocking the protein’s ability to interact with host cells. Credit: Rajani Arora, U-M Life Sciences Institute A team of researchers has discovered an antibody that blocks the ability of...
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: Abnormal deposits of the protein amyloid beta in the brain have been linked to Alzheimer’s disease. The above illustration reveals a potential way discovered by UTSW researchers to stop this process, leveraging the protective nature of the protein transthyretin (TTR) to identify a segment of this protein, TTR-S, that halts...
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER In a study to examine a Mediterranean diet in relation to prostate cancer progression in men on active surveillance, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that men with localized prostate cancer who reported a baseline dietary pattern that more closely follows the key principles...
by Christina Larson In this Saturday, June 18, 2005 file photo, identical twins Alf, left, and Sven Fehnhanhn, left background, 79, from Kassel, pose along with seven-month-old Luis Carl, right, und Albert Frank Millgramm, right background, during a twins’ meeting in Berlin. According to research published on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, identical twins are not exactly genetically...
by Leigh MacMillan, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Lea Davis, PhD, left, Slavina Goleva and colleagues are using electronic health records to study the comorbidities associated with functional seizures. Credit: photo by Donn Jones In a large-scale study of electronic health records, Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have determined the prevalence of functional seizures and characterized comorbidities...
