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"Hobbit" turns immune cells into killers
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
"We want to understand how immature ILCs become effector cells, for example, to kill tumor cells or fight infections with the help of cytokines," Professor Georg Gasteiger, Chairman and Head of the Max Planck Research Group of the JMU Institute of Systemic Immunology Explained .
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Researchers have developed an all-in-one detection method to prevent embryos from developing new genetic diseases
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
In the case of a parent with disease-causing DNV, the risk of passing it to their children can be as high as 50%, and the ability to identify healthy embryos for transfer to avoid affected pregnancy is obviously a priority .
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The Lancet Public Health: During the COVID-19 pandemic, global organ transplants have been reduced by a third
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
According to a new study presented today at the European Society of Organ Transplantation (ESOT) conference in 2021, during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the number of solid organ transplants worldwide has dropped by 31% compared to the previous year .
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Using CRISPR gene editing to improve cell therapy Vertex reaches a $1.2 billion collaboration
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
On August 24, Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Arbor Biotechnologies announced that the two parties will launch a new collaboration to use Arbor's proprietary CRISPR gene editing technology to enhance the development of innovative cell therapies for the treatment of serious diseases .
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Ordinary barley also has a talent for "counter-attack"
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
The researchers used CRISPR/Cas9 gene scissors to artificially create this mutation on normal barley plants, proving that egt2 is indeed responsible for the vertical growth of roots .
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In a common genetic disease, blood tests can show when a benign tumor becomes cancerous
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
Shern said that simple and inexpensive blood tests for early detection of MPNST in NF1 patients are particularly useful in developing countries and other resource-poor areas where the equipment and expertise required for imaging are limited .
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The old drug "Ivermectin" discovered in 1975 may become a "game changer" in the fight against cancer
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
Checkpoint inhibitors are a class of drugs that help the human immune system detect and eradicate cancer cells .
Although the results are still in the preliminary stages, Mountain Valley believes that their new drug Ivectosol may be a "true game changer" in cancer treatment .
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Deliver oxygen to the body to accelerate wound healing
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
Louis, has developed a hydrogel that can deliver oxygen to wounds, thereby reducing inflammation , To help reshape tissues and accelerate healing .
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Does neuroinflammation contribute to Alzheimer's disease?
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
Researchers used positron emission tomography brain imaging to analyze the brains of 130 elderly patients of different ages and at different stages of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as the brains of healthy elderly people, and examined their microglia activation, two key points Pathological protein β-amyloid deposition and tau protein tangles .
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Pressing on the "throat" of solid tumors, the results of preclinical experiments are surprising
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
This discovery, published in the journal Science Advances, will help researchers develop new treatment strategies to limit the development of solid cancer tumors .
Dedhar said: "We now know that CAIX enzymes can prevent cancer cells from dying from iron death .
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How does the heartbeat change the decision-making brain circuit
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
In order to understand how the body's internal state affects the brain's decision-making process, scientists analyzed data from a previous preclinical study .
To understand how these states affect the decision-making process of the brain, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai analyzed data from previous studies of non-human primates .
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PNAS reveals: The older you get, the more likely you are to get cancer?
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
The report pointed out that a previously under-understood non-coding RNA (ncRNA) around the centromere of cell chromosomes may be the "main cause" of cancer with age, and this type of RNA can promote the senescence-related secretory phenotype (SASP) The expression of such pro-inflammatory proteins promotes the occurrence of diseases .
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This is the "salt formula" needed for the origin of life
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
In fact, new research shows that the presence of heat flow allows RNA activity to occur even if the medium contains a large excess of sodium ions (1000:1), for example, certain conditions are assumed under certain biological origins, but in other Aspects are incompatible with RNA-based catalytic processes .
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The "fingerprints" of cocoa beans help to trace the origin of chocolate bars
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
Glenn Parry, a professor of digital transformation at the University of Surrey, said: “The chocolate market has become turbulent and we have evidence that there is more than 100 years of slavery in the supply chain .
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Outbreak restrictions make unique bird studies possible
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
Studies have shown that this bird adjusts its speed precisely according to the width of the opening, which means it can assess what is needed to pass through the gap .
In addition, few studies have investigated the cost of birds flying in complex environments .
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The Lancet: Quadruple medicine is more effective in controlling high blood pressure
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
When treating hypertension, doctors’ traditional approach is to first use a drug, and then continue to consider adding or changing the treatment plan, but this strategy is often unsuccessful in practice, and the rate of blood pressure control has remained high for decades .
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A drug that costs less than 2 euros a day can help treat severe COVID-19 patients
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
This preliminary study investigated the effect of intravenous metoprolol on pneumonia and respiratory function in severe COVID-19 patients after acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) intubation .
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"1 cup a day, 7 cups a week" or "7 cups once a week"?
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
In the case of the same total alcohol consumption, "1 cup a day, 7 cups a week" and "1 time a week, 7 cups once", which way of drinking is more likely to increase the risk of cancer?Recently, a study published in JAMA Network Open, a sub-issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, explored this issue .
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The latest scientific discoveries once again support the natural origin of the new coronavirus
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
The latest research of Qian Wenfeng's team, through the analysis of the mutation characteristics of the new coronavirus genome, in the absence of wild animal close-source viruses, infers its evolutionary history, and provides important evidence for the inference that the virus originated in nature .
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Indiana University cancer researchers receive $2.5 million in funding to develop treatments for lung cancer
Time of Update: 2021-09-13
John Tucci used a small drug-like molecule designed to disrupt the DNA repair pathway that allows lung cancer cells to continue to replicate and tumors to grow .
Turchi said: "The new therapies we are developing will treat patients who usually have limited treatment options, including lung cancer caused by smoking .
