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Native Americans With Metabolic Diseases Now Have a New Cause, According to Research

Native Americans With Metabolic Diseases Now Have a New Cause, According to Research

Researchers from Duke Health have discovered the underlying cause of a hereditary metabolic disorder that affects people of Lumbee and other Native American ancestry often,…
Drug Combination Restores Leading Treatment’s Capability to Signal Blood Cancer Cell Death

Drug Combination Restores Leading Treatment’s Capability to Signal Blood Cancer Cell Death

Leukemic cells frequently acquire characteristics that allow them to resist the treatments’ effects within a year, despite the promise of new medications that in patients…
Cellular Traffic Managers Spotted Managing Signal Flow from Receptors

Cellular Traffic Managers Spotted Managing Signal Flow from Receptors

For the first time, using cutting-edge imaging techniques, proteins that regulate the flow of messages into and out of human cells have been seen in…
Finding Cause-and-Affect Genetic Variants for Traits and Diseases Using CRISPR and Single-Cell Sequencing

Finding Cause-and-Affect Genetic Variants for Traits and Diseases Using CRISPR and Single-Cell Sequencing

Understanding whether regions of the genome are responsible for particular features or increase the risk of certain diseases is a difficult task in human genetics.…
Existing Antibiotics, Hidden in Plain Sight on Pharmacy Shelves, can Treat Superbugs, According to a New Test

Existing Antibiotics, Hidden in Plain Sight on Pharmacy Shelves, can Treat Superbugs, According to a New Test

FDA-approved medicines that are sold at your local drugstore can successfully treat superbugs, according to a recent test. But because the gold-standard test indicates they…
Herpes Study Deepens Knowledge of Recurrent Viral Infections and May Help Prevent Them

Herpes Study Deepens Knowledge of Recurrent Viral Infections and May Help Prevent Them

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a crucial protein involved in viral reinfections that may be the target of antiviral medications…
Microbubbles in New Ultrasound Technology Break Down the Blood-Brain Barrier to Treat Human Glioblastoma

Microbubbles in New Ultrasound Technology Break Down the Blood-Brain Barrier to Treat Human Glioblastoma

The fact that the most effective treatment cannot cross the blood-brain barrier to reach the aggressive brain tumor has been a significant hurdle to treating…
A Research Team has Created a Nanosensor Capable of Identifying Biomarkers With Single-Molecule Precision

A Research Team has Created a Nanosensor Capable of Identifying Biomarkers With Single-Molecule Precision

While fishing is a popular hobby for many people, it is also a risky pastime. When you have something on the line, you never know…
In Mice, a Nanoparticle Containing mRNA Appears to Prevent and Treat Peanut Allergies

In Mice, a Nanoparticle Containing mRNA Appears to Prevent and Treat Peanut Allergies

Peanut allergies are a serious and potentially life-threatening condition. Currently, there is no known cure for peanut allergies, but there are several treatments and management…
Milk-Derived Extracellular Vesicles are Being Investigated as a Potential Novel Treatment for Leaky Gut

Milk-Derived Extracellular Vesicles are Being Investigated as a Potential Novel Treatment for Leaky Gut

The intestinal barrier, also known as the gut barrier, is critical for nutrition absorption and preventing hazardous chemicals from entering the bloodstream. Under disease conditions,…
An Implantable Device the Size of a Grain of Rice has been Demonstrated to Decrease Pancreatic Cancers

An Implantable Device the Size of a Grain of Rice has been Demonstrated to Decrease Pancreatic Cancers

Researchers at Houston Methodist have discovered a means to treat pancreatic cancer, one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat malignancies, by administering immunotherapy straight into…
Hybrid Micro-Robot that can Travel Through a Physiological Environment and Seize Specific Damaged Cells

Hybrid Micro-Robot that can Travel Through a Physiological Environment and Seize Specific Damaged Cells

The size of a single biological cell (approximately 10 microns across), a hybrid micro-robot was created by researchers at Tel Aviv University. It can be…
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