Barcelona, Spain – 28 Aug 2017: PCSK9 inhibition could ameliorate atherosclerosis and thus cardiovascular disease by immune mechanisms that are unrelated...
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Dogs with Duchenne Treated with Gene Therapy
Like humans, some golden retrievers develop Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a hereditary muscle wasting condition that begins early in life....
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Boosting immune cell memory to improve vaccines and cancer immunotherapy
Vaccines and cancer immunotherapies do essentially the same thing: They boost a person’s immune system, better enabling it to fight...
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Finding what fuels the ‘runaway train’ of autoimmune disease
A newly-unveiled discovery, which has been four years in the making, has the potential to change the way we look...
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Thoracic kyphosis in those over 50 may not be a predictor of physical decline
BOSTON — A recently published study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has found that using CT scans to evaluate...
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Study identifies miR122 target sites in liver cancer and links a gene to patient survival
A new study of a molecule that regulates liver-cell metabolism and suppresses liver-cancer development shows that the molecule interacts with...
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Telomere length prognostic in hepatocellular carcinoma
Li-Jie Ma, from Fudan University in Shanghai, and colleagues used telomere-specific fluorescence in situ hybridization and quantitative polymerase chain reaction...
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Use of brain-computer interface, virtual avatar could help people with gait disabilities
Non-invasive method can help people re-learn to walk Researchers from the University of Houston have shown for the first time...
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In new leap for AI: computer chips that can smell
Nigerian neuroscientist Oshiorenoya Agabi may have found a way to solve one of life’s puzzling dilemmas: how to make air...
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Nutlin-3, a p53-Mdm2 antagonist for nasopharyngeal carcinoma treatment
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a common epithelial squamous cell head and neck cancer which is strongly associated with gamma herpes...