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Drug with new approach on impeding DNA repair shows promise in first clini
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Boston [USA], June 16 (ANI): In its first randomised clinical trial, investigators report a drug that targets a protein needed by cancer cells to maintain their dogged growth and division has shown considerable promise in combination with chemotherapy in patients with a common form of ovaria
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Cancer immunotherapy tools help researchers identify targets for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], June 13 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, a team of cancer researchers have implied a strategy using the tools used for the development of cancer immunotherapies and adapted them to identify the 'right protein sequences to target in SARS-CoV-2,' the virus that causes cor
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Researchers identify targets for COVID-19 vaccine using cancer immunothera
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], June 9 (ANI): A team of cancer researchers have applied the strategy of using the tools used for the development of cancer immunotherapies and adapted them to identify the 'right protein sequences to target in SARS-CoV-2,' the virus that causes coronavirus.
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Growth hormone assists with liver regeneration post-surgery, says study
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], May 6 (ANI): While growth hormone has been identified as playing a key role in reducing inflammation and increasing survival rates following liver surgery, researchers investigated how the body's growth hormone assists with liver regeneration in a study using mice.
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Researchers find a protein that helps heart heal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 26 (ANI): In a new discovery, scientists have found the protein that is responsible for helping the human heart heal.
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Scientists found mutations in gene causing obesity
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 24 (ANI): Scientists have found that the mutations in the gene that encodes a particular type of protein in brain is linked to severe childhood obesity as it controls the eating habits.
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Scientists discover protein that helps the human heart to heal
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 23 (ANI): A group of scientists from the UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have discovered a protein that works with other proteins during development to put the brakes on cell division in the heart and helps it to heal.
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Scientists find structural protein that may be new marker of depression
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 14 (ANI): A structural protein has been zeroed on by scientists as a new target for the diagnosis and treatment of depression, suggests a recent study.
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Study reveals deadliest malaria strain protects itself from immune system
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 14 (ANI): In a novel study, researchers have found that the parasite causing the most severe form of human malaria uses proteins to make red blood cells sticky, making it harder for the immune system to destroy it and leading to potentially fatal blood clots. The
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Researchers report new advancement in study of depression
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 12 (ANI): The biology of depression and the effect of antidepressants involves a particular protein -- GPR56 -- suggests a new study. The researchers believe that this protein could offer a novel target for new antidepressant drugs.
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Common protein in skin that directly activates itch-associated neurons: St
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 12 (ANI): A commonly expressed protein in the skin -- Periostin -- can directly activate itch- connected neurons in the skin, according to recent research.
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Study reveals unexpected way by which brown fat cells can burn energy
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 11 (ANI): In a breakthrough study, researchers have discovered an unexpected biological by which brown fat cells can translate energy into heat. It is known that when our body is exposed to cold or exercise, small clusters of brown fat cells in our bodies begin t
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