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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 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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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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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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Researchers develop new material to treat wounds, can protect against resi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Gothenburg [Sweden], May 11 (ANI): A team of researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed a new material that prevents infections in wounds - a specially designed hydrogel, that works against all types of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant ones.
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Scientists develop synthetic peptide that could inhibit toxic aggregates i
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 21 (ANI): Researchers have developed synthetic peptides that could target and reduce toxic protein aggregates, which are supposed to cause Alzheimer's disease, a new study finds.
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Here's a solution to cure your dental cavity
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 13 (ANI): Are dental treatments burning a hole in your pocket?
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Sea snail venom offers possibilities of designing human ailments drugs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Port Blair [India], April 21 (ANI): In a first of its kind study, peptides, from the venom of cone snails, have been identified that opens up possibilities of drug research for several human ailments.
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