CONN HASTINGS CARDIAC SURGERY, CARDIOLOGY, GENETICS, REHAB Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a way to make stem cells move toward heart tissue when they are injected intravenously. The treatment could improve the efficacy of stemcell therapies for heart disease, which are currently hampered when most injected cells are filtered out of circulation by organs such as the lungs and spleen. Stem cell therapies...
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Bone health not improved by increasing protein intake in healthy adults
by Natasha Meredith, University of Surrey Increasing protein intake beyond official recommendations has little to no benefit for bone health in healthy adults, new research in the journal Osteoporosis International reports. In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers from the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Surrey investigated if protein intake can impact bone health of adults and children. Examining 127 previous...
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Home Diagnostic Kit Can Detect Drugs In Blood And Urine Using Silicon Chips And An iPhone
A team of researchers from Vanderbilt University created a simple home diagnostics test that uses an item that many American adults already own: an iPhone. Sharon Weiss, a Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, and her students, in a new study, reported the development of low-cost porous silicon chips that work with a smartphone. “The novelty lies in the...
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Better Sleep: 3 Simple Diet Tweaks
Consider energy drinks and even unexpected sources like decaffeinated coffees and teas. In fact, a study of popular coffee establishments revealed that some decaf brews contained more than 13 milligrams of caffeine in a 16-ounce serving—as much as some of the same establishment’s caffeinated options. Other surprising sources of caffeine can include certain non-cola sodas,...
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Inflamed monkey guts produce Parkinson’s-related proteins
by Chris Barncard, University of Wisconsin-Madison The intestinal linings of monkeys with inflamed bowels show chemical alterations similar to abnormal protein deposits in the brains of Parkinson’s patients, lending support to the idea that inflammation may play a key role in the development of the degenerative neurological disorder. A study published by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers today in the Journal of...
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How proteins help influenza A bind and slice its way to cells
New study adds to our understanding of how influenza A effectively overcomes the first line of our defence against infection ELIFE Researchers have provided new insight on how two proteins help influenza A virus particles fight their way to human cells. The findings, published today in the open-access journal eLife, further explain how influenza A is able to penetrate defensive...
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Surface protein editing in bacteria
Posted Today This news or article is intended for readers with certain scientific or professional knowledge in the field. Researchers studied how oral bacteria adhere to and develop biofilms (plaque) in the oral cavity. The team wanted to learn whether and how the bacterial cells might adjust their adhesive surface proteins. They discovered a previously unknown circuit that is embedded in the...
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A simple solution to a complex problem
UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG A team headed by Dr. Claudia Jessen-Trefzer of the University of Freiburg’s Institute for Pharmaceuticals Sciences has for the first time identified a transport protein in mycobacteria which is responsible for the uptake of the nutrient L-arabinofuranose. The lead authors of the study, Miaomiao Li of the Institute for Pharmaceuticals Sciences, Christoph...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma diagnosis, prognosis and treatment may improve by identifying a protein
Analysing the levels of a protein called TonEBP could provide valuable insight into the likelihood of recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma, an aggressive cancer of the liver, following its surgical removal. Drugs that target TonEBP could also be investigated for liver cancer treatment. Tonicity-responsive enhancer-binding protein (TonEBP) helps protect cells from stress, but also elevates the...
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Protein engineering extends the language of immune cells
Small infections can be fatal: Millions of people die each year from sepsis, an overreaction of the immune system. A new immune signaling molecule, designed by a research team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), now provides the basis for potential new approaches in sepsis therapy. IMAGE: THIS THE MODIFIED HUMAN INTERLEUKIN-27-ALPHA. INSPIRED BY...