Researchers 3D-Print Functional Human Brain Tissue
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A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists has developed the first 3D-printed brain tissue that can grow and function like typical brain tissue. It's an achievement with important implications for scientists studying the brain and working on treatments for a broad range of neurological …
New Study Links Protein Secreted by Blood Vessels to Drug-Resistant Cancer
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Breakthrough CRISPR Technique Unlocks Insights About Cancer Immunology
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Over the past two decades, the immune system has attracted increasing attention for its role in fighting cancer. As researchers have learned more and more about the cancer-immune system interplay, several antitumor immunotherapies have become FDA-approved and are now regularly used to…
Tracking the Cellular and Genetic Roots of Neuropsychiatric Disease
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A new analysis has revealed detailed information about genetic variation in brain cells that could open new avenues for the targeted treatment of diseases such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease. The findings, reported May 23 in Science, were the result of a multi-institutional collaborat…
Researchers Create Human Aortic Aneurysm Model to Advance Disease Understanding, Treatment Testing
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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using human cells in laboratory rats, Michigan Medicine researchers have developed a functional model of thoracic aortic aneurysm, creating opportunities for more ef…
New Study Suggests Cancer Drug Could Be Used to Target Protein Connection That Spurs Parkinson’s Disease
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEIn studies with genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have identified a potentially new biological target involving Aplp1, a cell surface protein that drives the spread of Parkinson’s disease-causing alpha-synuclein.The findings, published Ma…
Research Breakthrough on Birth Defect Affecting Brain Size
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Nonsense-mediated RNA decay, or NMD, is an evolutionarily conserved molecular mechanism in which potentially defective messenger RNAs, or mRNAs (genetic material that instructs the body on how to make proteins), are degraded. Disruption of the NMD pathway can lead to neurological disorders, immune …
Researchers Investigate Immune Response of a Man Who Received 217 COVID Vaccinations
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen have examined a man who has received more than 200 vaccinatio…
Vaccine Shows Promise Against CMV, a Virus that Causes Birth Defects
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An experimental mRNA vaccine against human cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus that can infect babies during pregnancy, elicited some of the most promising immune responses to date of any CMV vaccine candidate, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.The study, pub…
Scientists Uncover Promising Treatment Target for Resistant Brain Cancer
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