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Antibodies as ‘messengers’ in the nervous system
Antibodies are able to activate human nerve cells within milliseconds and hence modify their function.
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DFG €66 million funding for 15 new research training groups
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 15 new Research Training Groups to further support early research...
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microRNA reduces stroke risk
The molecule microRNA-210 stabilises deposits in the carotid artery and can thus prevent them from tearing, and prevent dangerous blood clots from forming.
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Deep Learning predicts hematopoietic stem cell development
Autonomous driving, automatic speech recognition, and the game Go: Deep Learning is generating more and more public awareness.
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Next-Generation Sequencing In-Depth Focus 2016
NGS technologies have been employed in a wide range of areas in drug discovery, including drug target identification, biomarker discovery and biopharmaceutics development. Pushpanathan Muthuirulan of the National Institutes of Health gives us an overview of this in his article in our NGS In-Depth Focus. Meanwhile, the possibilities that RNA-Seq…
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Smart drug uses pancreatic hormone to clear fat from liver and blood
17 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
An efficient and safe medicine, which would reverse obesity, insulin resistance, fatty liver and atherosclerosis remains a major scientific challenge...
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Pancreatic cancer paves the path for metastases in the liver at an exceptionally early stage
10 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Pancreatic cancer is an exceptionally aggressive type. Frequently, metastases already start to grow in other organs, particularly often in the liver...
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Scientists discover immune system blind spot in hepatic cirrhosis
20 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The discovery could lead to new treatments for bacterial infections, a leading cause of death in hepatic cirrhosis, without the need for antibiotics...
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Researchers identify the molecular mechanism of thalidomide
20 June 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The new findings on thalidomide, from researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), are highly relevant to current cancer therapies...