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Study reveals a new approach for Alzheimer's therapies
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, the protein amyloid- clumps together. The eventual deposition of these aggregates as so-called plaques results in damage to the brain's blood vessels and tissue
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Researchers find new target for Alzheimer's therapies
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The protein medin is deposited in the blood vessels of the brains of Alzheimer's patients along with the protein amyloid-b. Researchers from DZNE have discovered this so-called co-aggregation. They have now published their observation in the renowned journal Nature. "Medin has been known for
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Study suggests pills rather than injections for cancer, diabetic patients
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found that how pills can help cancer and diabetic patients to manage their ailments instead of needles and injections. UCR scientists have created a chemical "tag" that can be added to these drugs, allowing them to enter blood circulation via the intestines.
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Synthetic peptides may suppress formation of harmful amyloid aggregates
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In Alzheimer's disease, the degeneration of brain cells is linked to formation of toxic protein aggregates and deposits known as amyloid plaques. Similar processes play an important role also in type 2 diabetes. A research team under the lead of the Technical University of Munich has now dev
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Researchers discover vital role of hormones in predicting long term health
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered the vital role of a hormone, that develops in men during puberty, in providing an early prediction of whether they could develop certain diseases in later life.
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Researchers reveal new strategy delivering immunotherapy medicines to trea
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Kingston [Jamaica], October 18 (ANI): Researchers have revealed a potential new strategy of administering immunotherapy medicines to treat cancer.
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Study reveals connection between diabetes, urinary tract infections
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Diabetes is associated with lowered immunity and recurring infections. The immune system of people with diabetes has lower levels of the antimicrobial peptide psoriasin, which compromises the urinary bladder's cell barrier, increasing the risk of urinary
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Researchers develop a novel method to unveil hidden genome
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): Thousands of short RNA sequences that code for microproteins and peptides have been identified, opening new avenues for disease research and drug development.
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Peptide 'fingerprint' enables earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease are caused by folding errors (misfolding) in proteins or peptides, i.e. by changes in their spatial structure. This is the result of minute deviations in the chemical composition of th
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Hormone in brain senses isolation and drives contact-seeking behaviour, fi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Wako [Japan], February 8 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic made everyone well versed with the feelings of loneliness, or perceived social isolation. This was also a major stress for those who socialized a lot and increased the risk of various mental and physical health issues such as depression,
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Study: Flexibility in peptides more effective to treat diabetes
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 27 (ANI): Peptides could be more effective to treat diabetes if they were more flexible and could move back and forth between different shapes, according to a recent study.
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Flexibility in peptides may be more effective to treat diabetes: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Madison [US], December 23 (ANI): According to a new research, peptides could be more effective to treat diabetes if they were more flexible and could move back and forth between different shapes.
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