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Skin test detects prion infection before symptoms appear
Researchers have developed a method of using skin samples to diagnose prion infections - even before they establish themselves...
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Drug Discovery
In the fields of medicine, biotechnology and pharmacology, drug discovery is the process by which new candidate medications are discovered.
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Pushing the immune system to eat cancer
Researchers have found a way to activate macrophages that have been forced to help cancer grow and spread around the body...
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Genetic study reveals possible new routes to treating osteoarthritis
Scientists discover new genes and biological pathways linked to osteoarthritis, which could help identify starting points for new medicines...
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Catching lung cancer early using molecular profiling
Researchers have identified how they can differentiate between lesions in the airways that are benign and those that could become cancerous...
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Gene responsible for prostate cancer spread identified
Identified using a computer algorithm, the NSD2 gene may be responsible for advancing the spread of prostate cancer, and so could be used as a drug target...
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‘Hidden pocket’ could be targeted to treat strokes
Researchers have identified a tiny hidden pocket on the NMDA receptor that could be targeted to treat strokes and seizures...
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Naturally occurring potent antibiotic revealed
A natural antibiotic was found to be made from an enzyme, through it triggering chemical reactions that help the production of the bacterial toxin...
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Intellicyt® T Cell Activation Cell and Cytokine Profiling Kit
17 January 2019 | By IntelliCyt, a Sartorius Company
Multiplexed approach to measure T-cell activation, proliferation and quantify cytokine release in a single well
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Perfect human blood vessels grown in petri dish
Researchers have been able to grow perfect human blood vessels in the lab, and are now looking to conduct disease research for vascular diseases...
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Neurons made from skin cells are valid when studying disease
A study has found that using skin cells and transforming them into neurons is a valid approach to study neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's...
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Potential therapeutic target for ALS revealed
Strathmin2 could be used as a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a debilitating condition with no proper diagnostic tests or treatments...
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Stopping inflammation using a molecular switch
A component in the ubiquitin system has been described as being able to deactivate the innante immune system and could help to prevent immune conditions...
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Engineered T-cells promote acceptance of organs after transplant
Controlling coronin 1 in T-cells could lead to the immune system not attacking transplanted organs, but still fighting other infections...
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Using the SVM method to predict enhancers from tissues and cell lines
A team of researchers have developed a computational bioinformatic method to predict and accurately locate enhancer regions on cell lines.
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CRISPR repurposed to develop better antibiotics
Mobile-CRISPRi could be used to guide gene expression, in turn control levels of proteins produced, enabling scientists to identify key antibiotic targets...