How Candida albicans exploits lack of oxygen to cause disease
Credit: The image was acquired at the Umeå Core Facility for Electron Microscopy (UCEM) journal MBio, a publication of the American Society of Microbiology. "It...
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Mathematical model can improve our knowledge on cancer
Credit: Ola Joensen It remains unknown how cells "know" which structures to form in order to repair tissue damage: Multicellular organisms can develop highly complex...
Researchers discovered new immune response regulators
The discovery was published in the new iScience journal for interdisciplinary research by Cell Press. The newly discovered regulatory proteins differ significantly from the regulators...
Scientists identify gene contributing to prostate cancer drug resistance
The GREB1 gene promotes resistance to prostate cancer treatments, making it a potential target for future therapies Researchers have discovered how a gene involved in...
Herpes viruses and tumors evolved to learn how to manipulate the same ancient RNA
Findings could have implications for drugs and insight into diseases like Alzheimer's (New York, NY - January 14, 2019) -- Herpes viral infections use the...
Fever alters immune cells so they can better reach infections
Fever is known to help power up our immune cells, and scientists in Shanghai have new evidence explaining how. They found in mice that fever...
Europe looks to cells for a healthier future
Credit: Agnieszka Rybak Wolf, Lab of Nikolaus Rajewsky at BIMSB / MDC Our body's cells are constantly changing. But which of these changes are healthy...
Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer-infertility inducing substances
Credit: University of Granada BPA is a well-known endocrine disruptor that alters hormonal balance in people exposed to it, and it leads to hormonal diseases...
Scientists identify two new species of fungi in retreating Arctic glacier
Credit: NIPR Two new species of fungi have made an appearance in a rapidly melting glacier on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic, just west...
Clinical trial testing fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent diarrheal disease begins
Credit: Janice Carr. (Image provided by CDC/Lois S. Wiggs) A research consortium recently began enrolling patients in a clinical trial examining whether fecal microbiota transplantation...
Defective glial cells can push neurons toward Parkinson's disease
New study suggests an important role for glial cells in Parkinson's disease and offers potential new therapeutic targets.Credit: IDIBELL A team of scientists led by...
Poo transplant effective treatment for chronic bowel condition
Poo transplant or "Faecal microbiota transplantation" (FMT) can successfully treat patients with ulcerative colitis, new research from the University of Adelaide shows. The randomised, double-blind...
Personalized treatment benefits kidney cancer patients
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - Personalized treatment plans may extend life expectancy for early-stage kidney cancer patients who have risk...
Gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 shown to limit impact of certain parasitic diseases
GW researchers successfully used CRISPR/Cas9 to limit the impact of schistosomiasis and liver fluke infection, affecting more than a quarter of a billion people in...
Bear necessities: New study highlights importance of water resources for Andean bears
A new study is shedding light on the importance of one critical resource for Andean bears living in the dry mountain forests of Peru: water....
