MEDICINE & HEALTH

Scientists devise strategies to counteract T cell exhaustion in CAR T cancer therapies

MEDICINE & HEALTH 02.28.2019 07:34 AM

La Jolla Institute scientists show that deleting troublesome proteins in a mouse model can shrink tumors and prolong survival

New treatment offers potentially promising results for the possibility of slowing, stopping, or even reversing Parkinson's disease

02.27.2019 08:17 AM

A pioneering clinical trials program that delivered an experimental treatment directly to the brain offers hope that it may be possible to restore the cells damaged in Parkinson's disease.

Scientists discover more on gene expression

02.27.2019 07:33 AM

Scientists discover what happens in gene transcription University of Michigan scientists discovers that it only 2 percent of the human genome code for cellular functions of proteins while 98 percent of the noncoding DNA accounts for gene expression.

Researchers invent a needle that knows where to go

02.26.2019 07:47 AM

Resistance-sensing injector allows researchers to more safely and effectively deliver drugs to the body

Estrogen made by neurons important to making memories

02.25.2019 08:31 AM

Estrogen in the brain is important to keep neurons communicating and memories being made, scientists report.

Folded wax paper: a fast method in detecting malaria

02.25.2019 08:15 AM

A fast and reliable way of detecting malaria has been developed by scientists Scientists from Glasgow University developed a new method for detecting malaria.

Chinese twins had their genes modified to improve cognitive functions and be HIV-resistant

02.23.2019 08:57 AM

Chinese twin girls had been subjected to a CRISPR experiment Chinese twin girls had their genes modified by the team of scientists from Southern University of Science and Technology last year through CRISPR.

Correct antibiotic dosing could preserve lung microbial diversity in cystic fibrosis

02.22.2019 08:16 AM

Children and young adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) whose lung infections were treated with suboptimal doses of antibiotics had fewer changes in lung microbial diversity during the IV treatment, and their microbial diversity levels were higher 30 days later, a multi-institutional study that includes Children's researchers shows.

Drug combination may become new standard treatment for advanced kidney cancer

02.18.2019 08:33 AM

A combination of two drugs - one of them an immunotherapy agent - could become a new standard, first-line treatment for patients with metastatic kidney cancer, says an investigator from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, reporting results from a phase 3 clinical trial.

Can we repair the brain? The promise of stem cell technologies for treating parkinson's disease

02.15.2019 07:59 AM

Despite challenges, new advances in stem cell biology and genetic engineering show potential for better cell replacement therapies, say experts in a special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease

UCI biomedical engineers develop wearable respiration monitor with children's toy

02.14.2019 08:29 AM

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a wearable, disposable respiration monitor that provides high-fidelity readings on a continuous basis. It's designed to help children with asthma and cystic fibrosis and others with chronic pulmonary conditions.

How breast tissue stiffening promotes breast cancer development

02.13.2019 09:13 AM

A study provides new insight into how the stiffening of breast tissue plays a role in breast cancer development. By examining how mammary cells respond in a stiffness-changing hydrogel, bioengineers at the University of California San Diego discovered that several pathways work together to promote the transformation of breast cells into cancer cells. The work could inspire new approaches to treating patients and inhibiting tumor growth.

BFU physicists developed a new method to identify antibiotics-resistant bacteria

02.13.2019 08:58 AM

A team of physicists from Immanuel Kant Baltic State University suggested a method to quickly identify single antibiotic-resistant bacteria cells that are the agents of tuberculosis. The new method helps find the bacteria and evaluate their resistance to antibiotics without damaging the biological material. The results of the first trial of the method were published in Data in Brief.

Gene therapy: utilizing nanotechnology in fighting against Chlamydia

02.12.2019 08:46 AM

Scientists in Canada have developed a new method for preventing and treating chlamydia. Chlamydia, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, is a common sexually transmitted disease that can infect women with cervicitis and in both men and women with urethritis and proctitis. The team of researchers from the University of Waterloo treats chlamydia through gene therapy using nanotechnology.

Scientists discover genes that help harmful bacteria thwart treatment

02.08.2019 09:25 AM

A Rutgers-led team has discovered two genes that make some strains of harmful Staphyloccocus bacteria resistant to treatment by copper, a potent and frequently used antibacterial agent.

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