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Study finds damaged telomeres in elders might increase SARS-CoV-2 suscepti
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], December 4 (ANI): The expression of the cell receptor for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, ACE2 which is essential for mediating cell entry of the virus, increases in the lungs of ageing mice and humans, according to a group of Italian and American researchers led by Fabrizio d'Ad
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Damaged telomeres in elders might increase susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2: S
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], December 3 (ANI): According to a group of Italian and American researchers led by Fabrizio d'Adda di Fagagna, the expression of the cell receptor for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, ACE2 which is essential for mediating cell entry of the virus, increases in the lungs of ageing mi
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Scientists discover how brain uses nutritional state to regulate growth, a
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): Scientists have discovered how a receptor in the brain, called MC3R, detects the nutritional state of the body and regulates the timing of puberty and rate of growth in children and increases lean muscle mass.
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First clinical trial of anticancer drug 'CAR-T' is underway for lymphoma p
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], October 21 (ANI/Global Economic): An anticancer treatment 'CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor T-cell),' called a miracle anticancer drug, has been developed and the first clinical trial in Korea is being conducted.
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David Julius, Ardem Patapoutian win 2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], October 4 (ANI): David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian jointly won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch, announced the award-giving group on Monday.
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Scientists find key to hepatitis C entry into cells, findings provide new
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 22 (ANI): Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, describe the structure of a key protein on the surface of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and how it interacts with its receptor foun
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Study asserts blood enzyme activity level may indicate which breast cancer
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI): Patients with metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer who have low activity levels of the enzyme sTK1 in their blood serum at the start of anti-estrogen treatment live longer and go longer without their disease progressing than patients with hi
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Blood enzyme activity level may indicate which breast cancers are slow-gro
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): Researchers with the SWOG Cancer Research Network have found that patients with metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer who have low activity levels of the enzyme sTK1 in their blood serum at the start of anti-estrogen treatment live longer and
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Virus that causes COVID-19 can find alternate route to infect cells: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists identified how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, gets inside cells to cause infection. All current COVID-19 vaccines and antibody-based therapeutics were designed to disrupt this route into cells, which requ
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A new approach for treating obesity: boosting body heat production
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], May 11 (ANI): A receptor that helps conserve energy when food is scarce may be the key to a safer approach to treating diet-induced obesity, research led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has revealed.
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Researches find body's natural pain killers can be enhanced
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): A study in cells and mice finds an opioid-receptor modifying compound that works to relieve pain using the body's own pain-killers, with fewer side effects than opioids.
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Tracking receptor proteins might reveal molecular basis of learning and me
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Nagoya [Japan], April 5 (ANI): During a recent study scientists from Japan used a novel two-step method of labelling neurotransmitter receptor proteins to track their localization efficiently.
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