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New progress has been made in the in-situ monitoring technology of constructed wetlands and microbial fuel cells in aquatic plants
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
The CW-MFC type biosensor uses this principle to convert the organic matter in the sewage into an electrical signal to realize the in-situ monitoring of COD ; at the same time, it avoids the frequent maintenance of the anode and cathode redox environment in the conventional MFC type sensor, and because of the capacity Small, enriched EAB is limited and susceptible to shock loads .
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How brain cell development affects schizophrenia risk?
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
"Our data from human embryonic stem cells, combined with existing fetal cortical gene expression data, de novo rare variants, and GWAS (genome-wide association studies) statistical analysis of neuropsychiatric disease and cognition, reveal the modulation of excitatory cortical neurogenesis Convergence of transcriptional programs .
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Science Advances: Estrogen regulation may help women manage obesity
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
To better understand the critical role of the female hormone estrogen in maintaining energy balance and weight control, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine studied the interaction between estrogen and the specific brain regions that provide these anti-obesity benefits .
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Lycium barbarum aqueous extract inhibits protein aggregation by inducing mitochondrial UPR
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
Using an AD transgenic nematode model, Chang Chen's group from the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences found that lycium barbarum extract (LBE) inhibited the development of Alzheimer's disease by activating the antioxidant system and mitochondrial unfolded protein response (mtUPR).
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Epigenetic mechanisms by which vitamin D regulates immune system tolerance
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
Esteban Ballestar of the Josep Carreras Leukemia Institute, principal investigator of the studySource: Josep Carreras Leukemia InstituteResearchers at the Josep Carreras Leukemia Institute and Trias i Pujol Hospital in Germany have discovered an epigenetic mechanism by which vitamin D promotes the tolerance signature of dendritic cells, which controls the immune response against autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatism.
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Review: Molecular mechanism of compound leaf pattern establishment in Medicago truncatula
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
Recently, Frontiers in Plant Science published a review paper titled " The genetic control of the compound leaf patterning in Medicago truncatula " by Jianghua Chen's team from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences .
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Thin people also suffer from fatty liver cause found
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
A collaborative study by German and British scientists found that deletion or mutation of the genes RNF43 and ZNRF3 triggers a regulatory signal of lipid metabolism, which in turn leads to lipid accumulation and inflammation in the liver .
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Immunotherapy before liver cancer surgery kills tumor, and possibly remaining cancer cells
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
The results of the phase 2 trial suggest that preoperative neoadjuvant immunotherapy not only kills tumors, but also microscopic cancer cells that were missed by surgery, which can lead to cancer recurrence or metastasis, the researchers said .
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New wearable non-invasive optical brain imaging device
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
"Kernel Flow encapsulates a large-scale TD-fNIRS system into a wearable form factor, providing a next-generation non-invasive optical brain imaging device .
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The research team of the Epidemiology Department of the Cancer Hospital determined the effectiveness of gastroscopic screening and the optimal time interval for repeated screening through prospective studies
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
Based on the gastroscopic screening cohort population of the National Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Early Diagnosis and Early Treatment Project in Linqu, Shandong Province The protocol provides key evidence based on large prospective studies .
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Newly discovered DNA repair mechanism offers potential therapeutic targets for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
Using this technique, they have identified nine new proteins involved in DNA repair, a discovery that could help researchers develop new cancer drugs, as well as ways to improve the effectiveness of existing treatments .
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Cryptorchidism: Blood biomarkers predict fertility fate
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
He emphasized: "Based on the proportion of sex hormones in serum, we can now predict the degree of germ cell damage and the high risk of infertility without the need for a testicular biopsy .
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23andMe team targets loci associated with loss of smell and taste in COVID-19 patients
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
After conducting an online survey of 23andMe study participants about their COVID-19 experiences and symptoms, the researchers conducted a genome-wide association study and found that sites near the UGT2A1 and UGT2A2 genes are associated with loss of smell and taste .
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Create a precedent!
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
Heersink School of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) today announced the first peer-reviewed study describing the successful transplantation of a genetically modified clinical-grade pig kidney into a brain-dead human, replacing the recipient's original kidney .
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Boosting T cells improves survival in mice with glioblastoma
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
Louis shows that treatment with an immune-boosting protein called interleukin 7 (IL-7), along with radiation therapy, can increase the number of patients with glioblastoma cells.
"It's hard to know how these increased survival rates in mice translate to people," said senior author Milan Chheda, associate professor of medicine .
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Wang Xinquan of the School of Life Sciences, Zhang Linqi of the School of Medicine, and Wang Tong of Microsoft Research Asia cooperated to reveal the glycosylation of the N370 site of the spike protein...
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
In order to explore the molecular mechanism of the strong infectivity of the new coronavirus from the perspective of the spike protein, through structural comparison, this study found that in the spike glycoprotein structure of RaTG13 and PCoV_GX, the receptor binding domain (RBD) and its surrounding three glycans (NAG165, NAG234, NAG370) interact, but the new coronavirus lacks the glycosylation modification at the N370 site .
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Can a concussion be monitored with a urine sample?
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
"When concussions happen, we wait for those samples to come," said Cassandra Daisy of Moses Lab, who worked with Howell and Moses Lab member Speros Varinos this study .
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Let the new coronavirus have nowhere to hide!
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
”It is understood that Liu Peng and his team tested the aerosol nucleic acid detection system in Ditan Hospital in April 2021, carried out on-site collection of new coronavirus samples, and actually verified the system .
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Science sub-journal: "Calcium" not only nourishes the bones, but also nourishes the heart
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
In a study published this month in the prestigious journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers from Osaka University show that a previously unknown mutation may lead to a condition called dilatation The disease of cardiomyopathy, which is one of the main causes of heart failure .
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Astrocyte study reveals deleterious changes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Time of Update: 2022-02-21
Study leader Doaa Taha, co-first author of the first paper and PhD student in the Human Stem Cells and Neurodegeneration Laboratory at UCL Crick, said: "Astrocyte transformation between ALS mutations The nature and diversity were not known at the time .
