Declines in plasticity reveal promising targets for Alzheimer’s disease
Brain changes linked to memory loss may provide a new focus for exploring ways to treat or prevent dementia...
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Fluorescent imaging with cetuximab safely used in glioblastoma patients
Antibody-based infrared fluorescent imaging can specifically distinguish cancer from normal tissue in patients with glioblastoma...
NOX4 mechanism identified as a culprit in kidney cancer evolution
Researchers have identified the molecular mechanism that causes kidney cancer to resist drug treatment...
APC protein affects immunity by preventing pre-cancerous inflammation
Mutations in the APC gene, harm the immune system, leaving it unable to tackle inflammation thereby favouring the development of cancer...
Asthma biomarkers identified from lung bacteria
New research suggests that the lung microbiome plays a significant role in asthma severity and response to treatment...
Self-regulating nanoparticles could treat cancer
Scientists have developed 'intelligent' nanoparticles which heat up to a temperature high enough to kill cancerous cells...
Five new malaria targets that could lead to an effective vaccine
Scientists have identified five targets that reduce the parasite's ability to invade red blood cells...
yTRAP used to quantitatively measure and manipulate protein aggregation
Researchers have built a synthetic genetic tool yTRAP to quantitatively sense, measure and manipulate protein aggregation in live cells...
Inhibiting β-lactamase may reverse antibiotic resistance
By developing a chemical to inhibit β-lactamase enzymes, a significant proportion of antibiotic resistance may successfully be reversed...
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency shows promise in rare liver disease
Nuclease-free gene editing has been found to correct mutated cells ...
Key psychiatric drug target comes into focus
Researchers have reported a major step forward towards designing more powerful psychiatric drugs with fewer side effects...
Discovery lights path for Alzheimer’s research
Researchers identify binding site on the amyloid beta peptide that could facilitate better drugs to treat the disease...
Phenogenetic map created for stem cell models of neurological diseases
Researchers have performed meta-analysis of neurological and neurodegenerative diseases and created an atlas of how cell characteristics are linked to their genotype...
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma linked to textured breast implants
Researchers have analysed a rare peripheral T-cell lymphoma that may develop as a result of breast implants...
dCA accelerates HIV-1 suppression in chronically infected cells
Didehydro-Cortistatin A effectively suppresses production of the HIV virus in chronically infected cells and prevents viral rebound...
