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New Lung Model Reveals RSV Immune Response, Points to Better Treatments
Credit: © Francois du Plessis - Fotolia.com Researchers at University College London (UCL) Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH)…
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Mung Bean Pan-Genome Study Maps Key Genes for Yield, Nutrition, and Pest Resistance
A field view of mung bean [Honglin Chen] Because Mung beans (Vigna radiata) are nutritious, inexpensive, have nitrogen-fixing capacity, and…
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Immune Evasion Uncovered by Virome-Wide Ubiquitin Ligase Discovery
Nipah virus [Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library / Getty Images] In a new study published in Science titled, “Virome-wide…
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Genetic Map Opens Door to Development of New Therapies to Reverse Bone Loss
Four stages of bone loss due to osteoporosis. [CreVis2/Getty Images] An international team of scientists report that they have successfully…
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StockWatch: Insilico Projects Profit, Revenue Leaps as AI-Developed Lead Candidate Moves to Phase III
Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, Insilico Medicine founder and CEO, at the company’s robotics lab in Suzhou, China. The artificial intelligence (AI)-based…
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Macrophage Membrane-Derived Nanoparticles Shows Potential Against Candida Infections
Candida [Kateryna Kon / Getty Images] By using tiny particles made from the membranes of human immune cells, scientists from…
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Epigenomic Analysis Uncovers New AML Subgroups and Drug Sensitivities
AML has only a 29 percent survival rate, and it’s a fast-growing cancer. It’s often widespread in the bone marrow…
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Stem Cell Therapy Shows Promise in First Human Parkinson’s Disease Trial
A landmark Phase I/II clinical study led by researchers at Skåne University Hospital and Lund University has shown that transplanting…
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Crohn’s Disease Phage Therapy Neutralizes Inflammatory E. coli in Mouse Model
Credit: Evgenyi_Eg / iStock / Getty Images Plus By taking advantage of the microbe-targeting capabilities of bacteriophages (phages), researchers at…
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Engineered AAVs Harness Glymphatic System to Reach Brain Targets in Mice
Credit: koto_feja / Getty Images Crossing the blood-brain barrier and avoiding off-target effects are two important challenges for gene therapies…