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Knee injection shows promise as osteoarthritis treatment in mice
Scientists have found that a new knee injection using nanomedicine could prevent the effects of osteoarthritis.
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A drug target is anything within a living organism to which a drug is directed and/or binds, resulting in a change in its behaviour or function.
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Researchers link cellular transport pathway to glioblastoma
A study has said that restoring a particular protein's activity could be a new therapeutic strategy to treat glioblastoma.
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Artificial intelligence analyses how viruses evade the immune system
The natural language processing model trained using viral protein sequence data was able to predict promising targets for vaccines against HIV, influenza and coronaviruses.
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Compound from Inula viscosa plant could treat primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
Researchers have isolated a compound from I. viscosa that kills the "brain-eating" amoebae from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
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New probes shine a light on the role of four-stranded DNA in human cells
A better understanding of the role of four-stranded DNA (G-quadruplex) could enhance cancer therapeutics, said the developers of the probes.
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Hydrogen sulphide could help to treat Alzheimer’s disease
Tests in Alzheimer's disease mouse models have shown that hydrogen sulphide can improve cognitive and motor function by 50 percent.
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SARS-CoV-2 infects CNS and damages brain tissue, study shows
Researchers have shown in cells and models that the central nervous system and neurons can become a target of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Immune cells discovered in lungs improve flu defence, study shows
A team has found immune cells in the lungs after infection from the flu, which protected mice against reinfection from a different strain.
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Study shows how to improve cancer treatment with anti-OX40 antibodies
New insights into the mechanisms of anti-OX40 antibodies could enable their therapeutic activity to be manipulated to treat different tumours.
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2B7 antibody could be the breakthrough needed for dengue fever therapies
Scientists show that an antibody targeting a protein acting as a viral toxin, can prevent the dengue virus from infecting human cells.
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Webinar: Targeting oxygen sensing in cancer
This webinar from Bio-Techne discusses canonical and alternative oxygen sensing mechanisms implicated in cancer therapy resistance and recurrence.
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Inhibiting acetate metabolism shows promise in breast cancer model
Inhibiting the ACSS2 enzyme with a molecule called VY-3-135 caused a significant reduction in the growth of breast cancer tumours in vivo.
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Researchers develop comprehensive database of head and neck cancer
A new study has revealed a range of genomic, proteomic and transcriptomic data about head and neck cancers, presenting possible treatment strategies.
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A single approach to creating effective cancer and autoimmune disease therapeutics
Dr H. Michael Shepard, CEO and CSO of Enosi Life Sciences, discusses the similarities between cancer and autoimmune diseases, highlighting how this knowledge could be used to enhance treatments.
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Bioactive compound in ginger could be used in treatment of lupus
According to new research, the bioactive compound of ginger root, 6-gingerol, prevented disease progression of lupus in mice.
