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Non-invasive imaging for small airway lung disease
A non-invasive method of imaging tiny bronchioles in the lungs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease means patients could detect the disease earlier...
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Machine-learning model to analyse protein sequences
A machine-learning model has been developed to analyse protein sequences, giving an insight to their structure, function and phylogeny...
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Optical imaging technique to detect tiny tumours
A method of imaging using longer wavelengths could mean that tiny tumours and clusters of cancer cells may be detected earlier than current methods allow...
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Potential EBV-associated cancer treatment in small molecule inhibitors
A small molecule inhibitor has been observed to activate a dramatic reduction in tumour growth in EBV-associated tumours...
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Salamander gene partnerships could help spinal cord regeneration
Gene partnerships found in salamander could give insights into how spinal cord injuries and neurodegenerative conditions could be better treated...
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Anthelmintic drug niclosamide repurposed to treat Helicobacter pylori
Researchers have repurposed use of niclosamide to treat Helicobacter pylori cell lines, focusing on how it is effective in infection models...
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Genetic study confirms that numerous genes contribute to Tourette’s syndrome
A meta-analyses of a number of studies has found that variants in numerous genes work together to contribute to Tourette's syndrome...
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Counteracting T-cell exhaustion in CAR-T cancer therapies
Engineered T-cells that target NFAT and Nr4a proteins could help to prevent the exhaustion of T-cells during CAR-T immunotherapy...
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Microfluidics device to detect cancer cells in blood
A recently developed microfluidics device is able to detect and separate out cancer cells in blood, without the need for dilution...
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Book mechanism identified as communication method for bacterial toxins
Researchers have identified the mechanism by which highly toxic compounds communicate, and how they use vesicles to be transported...
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Taking a BiTE out of lung cancer
Bispecific T-cell engager technology (BiTE) could be used to quickly and accurately diagnose patients suffering from lung cancer...
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Immunotherapy and DNA damage repair combo could target lung cancer
Combination therapy with a CHK1 or PARP inhibitor, with an immune checkpoint inhibitor caused the regression of small cell lung cancer in all mice treated...
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Reprogramming stem cells using the measles virus vector
A method has been developed to reprogram stem cells using the measles virus vector, cutting a four-step process to only one stage...
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Developing a blood test for pain measurement
A blood test to measure pain has been developed, and could potentially aid physicians with more accuracy in diagnosis and prescriptions...
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Reversible antiplatelet therapy fights cancer metastasis and clotting
A novel antiplatelet therapy could help to prevent heart attacks and stroke through preventing the formation of blood clots...