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Newly discovered cell type plays a crucial role in the immune response to respiratory infections
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Newly discovered cell type plays a crucial role in the immune response to respiratory infections

by VIB (the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) With a discovery that could rewrite the immunology textbooks, an international group of scientists, including the teams of Bart Lambrecht, Martin Guilliams, Hamida Hammad, and Charlotte Scott (all from the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) identified a new type of antigen-presenting immune cell. These cells, that are part...

Smell cameras’ built by Airbus to detect explosives on planes ‘could be adapted to sniff out coronavirus’
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Smell cameras’ built by Airbus to detect explosives on planes ‘could be adapted to sniff out coronavirus’

So-called smell cameras have been designed to spot explosives on planes The technology has now begun adaptation to identify the coronavirus Similar technology has already been used to detect cancer and influenza According to the people behind the project, there are already ‘encouraging’ signs of early progress Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19...

Molecules identified that reverse cellular aging process
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Molecules identified that reverse cellular aging process

By Nick Lavars Central to a lot of scientific research into aging are tiny caps on the ends of our chromosomes called telomeres. These protective sequences of DNA grow a little shorter each time a cell divides, but by intervening in this process, researchers hope to one day regulate the process of aging and the...

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Scientists uncover a gene that doubles the risk of developing several neurodegenerative diseases

by HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology Richard M. Myers, PhD, and Nicholas Cochran, PhD, in the Myers Lab at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. Credit: HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), have identified a new risk factor...

Exploiting a chink in the armor of bacteria could result in new drug therapies
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Exploiting a chink in the armor of bacteria could result in new drug therapies

Scientists have identified a key process in the way bacteria protect themselves from attack – and it heralds a new strategy in the hunt for antibiotics. The researchers from the University of Leeds have pieced together how bacteria build their outer, defensive wall – in essence, the cell’s armour plating. The research has focused on...

Milestone for the early detection of sepsis
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Milestone for the early detection of sepsis

By:  LUNGHAMMER – TU GRAZ Whether activating or silencing genes, breaking down defective cells or building new tissue, our body is constantly working to repair itself, even in cases of illness. To fight a disease, our body sends out signals, often long before we ourselves notice the disease. Such signals are, for example, DNA molecules...

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