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Cancer-infecting virus ‘warms up’ cold tumors, improves immunotherapy: Stu
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, equipping cancer-infecting viruses with tumour-inhibiting genetic cargo promotes the immune system and aids immunotherapy in shrinking or completely clearing aggressive tumours in mice. The findings pave the way f
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Scientists discover genetic relations between irritable bowel syndrome, ps
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
We've all experienced the workings of the so-called "brain-gut-axis," or how stress affects our intestines. However, researchers still don't know much about the relationship between our gut and our brain.
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Scientists revive worm frozen 46,000 years ago
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The roundworm, of a previously unknown species, survived 40 meters (131.2 feet) below the surface in the Siberian permafrost in a dormant state known as cryptobiosis, according to Teymuras Kurzchalia, professor emeritus at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dr
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Researchers uncover molecular mechanisms of HIV drug resistance
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers from the Salk Institute and the National Institutes of Health have identified the molecular pathways by which the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) develops resistance to dolutegravir, one of the most potent antiviral medications now being used in clinical use to treat HIV.
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Base editing can be preferable in curing sickle cell disease: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Scientists found base editing increased fetal hemoglobin production in a new treatment for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassemia. The study was published in the journal, 'Nature Genetics.'
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Study discovers tool that help to improve liquid biopsy
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A team of researchers led by Xianghong Jasmine Zhou, PhD, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, has made significant progress in addressing one of the primary obstacles in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, popularly known as liquid biopsy.
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Study finds how genetics interacts with social forces, environments
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Humans are a diverse species. Each person on the earth has enough DNA to reach Pluto three times over.
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New embryonic cell type that self-destructs to protect developing embryo:
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers looking at early human embryo gene activity data have uncovered a previously unknown type of cell that self-destructs days after formation as a quality control measure to safeguard the growing baby. The research provides new information on what occurs in the very early stages of
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Abnormalities in neurodevelopment can lay foundations for Alzheimer's dise
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Neurogenesis, or the development of neural cells from stem cells, begins in the foetus at 5 weeks gestation and is nearly complete by 28 weeks. It is a complicated process with intricate processes.
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Children's emotional and physical health are benefited by helping others:
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A recent UTHealth Houston study found that kids and teenagers who volunteer grow both mentally and physically. The study, led by Kevin Lanza, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology, human genetics, and environmental sciences at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health, was published recent
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Worm genetics reveals key sleep-regulation pathways: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
lthough the brain is thought to regulate sleep--how much, when, and how much sleep occurs--sleep deprivation affects the body, and body signals can affect sleep. The mechanisms that the body uses to regulate sleep, on the other hand, are largely unknown. According to a recent study publishe
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Study finds cause and cure for common type of high blood pressure
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers discovered a gene mutation that causes a common type of hypertension (high blood pressure) and a treatment for it. This study was published in the journal, 'Nature Genetics.'
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