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Researchers engineer cells to destroy malignant tumour leaving other cells
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): During a new study, researchers at McMaster University developed promising new cancer immunotherapy by using cancer-killing cells, genetically engineered outside the body to find and destroy malignant tumors.
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New study provides avenues for diagnosis, treatment of male infertility
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): During a recent study, scientists from the University of Toledo found a new movement in sperm that provided them with innovative avenues for diagnostics and therapeutic strategies for infertility in men.
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Researchers find quantitative evidence that stress turns hair grey
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): The first quantitative evidence linking psychological stress to greying hair in people has been found by researchers at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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Study suggests males keep populations genetically healthy
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that a few males are enough to fertilise all the females. The number of males, therefore, has little bearing on a population's growth. However, they are important for purging bad mutations from the population.
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Very low calorie diet significantly alters gut microbiota composition: Stu
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers from Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin and the University of California in San Francisco for the first time showed that a very low-calorie diet significantly alters the composition of the microbiota present in the human gut.
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Immune cells are kept in line by hard-working enzyme
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): During a new study, researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) shed light on a process in immune cells that may explain why some people develop cardiovascular diseases.
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Study uses AI to predict unknown links between viruses, mammals
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Liverpool [UK], June 25 (ANI): The findings of a new University of Liverpool study could help scientists mitigate the future spread of zoonotic and livestock diseases caused by existing viruses.
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Genetic mechanism hijacked by COVID also makes it vulnerable to new class
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] June 24 (ANI): During a new study, researchers found a human genetic mechanism hijacked by SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, to help it spread, which also makes it vulnerable to a new class of drug candidates.
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Rare genetic defect can cause serious metabolic diseases in human
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): A rare genetic defect that affects the so-called ALG2 gene can cause serious metabolic diseases in humans, said experts, adding that it does so through the defective formation of proteins and sugar molecules. Till now, its rareness and complexity made it diffi
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Study develops low-cost method for finding new COVID variants
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): During a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden developed a technology for cost-effective surveillance of the global spread of new SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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Gene profile in blood predicts death for patients with COVID-19, risk of p
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): A multicenter retrospective study led by the University of South Florida Health (USF Health) recently demonstrated that a blood gene profile associated with a high risk of dying from severe lung disease can also predict poor outcomes in patients with COVID-19.
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Researchers discover genetic cause of intellectual disabilities, neurodeve
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Ontario [Canada], June 21 (ANI): During a new study, researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) identified a new gene that might be linked to certain intellectual disabilities and neurodevelopmental disorders.
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