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Study suggests tumour environment might affect breast cancer prognosis
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lund (Sweden) [Europe], August 25 (ANI): A study from Lund University in Sweden suggests that the environment in which breast cancer arises, the interplay between the patient's BMI, tumour size and cancer-specific proteins, is of importance for the prognosis.
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New study model sheds light on how organs communicate with one another
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): Researchers uncover the proteins involved in key communication networks, which could help us better understand conditions like cancer and obesity.
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Study finds plant-based meat 'healthier and more sustainable than animal p
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bath [England], July 29 (ANI): According to a new study, plant-based nutritional substitutes for animal products are healthier for both the environment and people than the animal products they are meant to replace.
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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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Scientists reveal new evidence of key mechanism in Alzheimer's
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): Rutgers scientists have found more clear-cut evidence of how the destructive proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease attack human brain cells and destroy surrounding tissue.
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Research reveals synthetic tools transport DNA messages from one location
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Houston [US], July 18 (ANI): Researchers from Rice University have shown that the increasingly popular CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool may be used in human cells in a variety of new potent ways, according to a recent study.
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Kareena Kapoor Khan joins nutrition brand TruNativ as brand ambassador
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI/PNN): Everyday nutrition brand, TruNativ announces the signing the Queen of Bollywood Kareena Kapoor as its brand ambassador. The partnership will likely solidify TruNativ's brand image and enhance its reach among the customers. TruNativ has been on a mission
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New method of inciting immunological responses is revealed
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): Small proteins, called chemokines, that direct immune cells toward sites of infection can also form DNA-bound nanoparticles that can induce chronic, dysfunctional immune responses, according to a new study.
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Study finds cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): The function of a particular domain of proteins crucial to the biology of plants and microbes has now been conclusively connected to a human cancer trigger, the knowledge that had escaped scientists for decades, according to researchers from the US Department
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Highly accurate non-invasive test for major liver diseases created by rese
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): Researchers have created a liquid biopsy test, which uses two circulating proteins, to test for major liver diseases. The test was found to be highly accurate, sensitive, and specific for both NASH and liver fibrosis.
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Scientists discover cancer triggers that could spur targeted drug therapie
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Researchers definitively linked the function of a specific domain of proteins important in plant-microbe biology to a cancer trigger in humans, the knowledge that had eluded scientists for decades.
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Research shows cancer trigger that can spur targeted drug therapies
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have definitively linked the role of a particular domain of proteins important in the biology of plant microbes to a cancer trigger in humans, the knowledge that had eluded scientists for d
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