Component of Keto Diet Plus Immunotherapy May Reduce Prostate Cancer
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Adding a pre-ketone supplement — a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet — to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate cancer, researchers from the University of Notre Dame found. Recently published online in the journal Cancer Research,…
Study Lays the Basis for New Knowledge on Gastrointestinal Diseases
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The transition from the esophagus to the stomach is a delicate region from a medical point of view, often associated with pathological disorders leading to cancer. An international research team has now gained new insights into this region. These pave the way for new prevention and treatment op…
Scientists Find Core Regulatory Circuit Controlling Identity of Aggressive Leukemia
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A collaboration between scientists from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute uncovered four proteins that govern the identity of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), an aggressive form of cancer. These proteins comprise a core regulatory circuit (CRC) that surpri…
A New Way to See Viruses in Action: Super-Resolution Microscopy Provides a Nano-Scale Look
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Viral RNA, labeled with a fluorescent dye, clusters around the nucleus of a cell infected with SARS-CoV-2, as captured through super-resolution microscopy. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48991-x …
Evolution of the Human Immune System in the Post-Omicron Era
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Neutralizing antibodies and memory T cells are two components of adaptive immunity conferred by viral infection or vaccination. Neutralizing antibodies physically bind to viruses to block them from infecting the cells. While T…
Yale-Led Research Explains Why Many Cancer Drugs Fail During Clinical Trial Testing
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Cancer drugs often don't behave as expected in clinical trials. A study published Oct. 11 in the journal Cell Chemical Biology explores why drugs under development are unlikely to work due to insufficient genetic analysis. Cancer drugs, which are designed to target a single mutated protein and not…
Wound Treatment Gel Fights the Battle Against Antibacterial Resistance
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Retinal Photoreceptors Use Dual Pathways to Tell Brain 'I've Seen the Light'
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Working with mammalian retinal cells, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that unlike most light-sensing cells (photoreceptors) in the retina, one special ty…
How Gum Disease Aggravates Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Severe gum disease has been linked to the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, but an understanding of how the connection plays out in the immune system remains unclear. This week in mSystems, a new study identifies immune system cells that play a critical role in the mi…
Unravelling Individual Differences in DNA Mutation Risks
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Barcelona, 10 January 2024 – Mutations, which occur continuously in every cell of our bodies, are a key contributor to cancer, ageing, and neurodegeneration. While exposure to mutagenic chemicals, or mistakes in cellular processes during DNA replication con…