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Distress signal from fat cells prompts heart to shore up defences against
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): A stress signal received by the heart from fat could help protect against cardiac damage induced by obesity, a new study led by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers suggests.
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Scientists converts microscopes into multiangle projection imaging systems
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): For a new study, scientists from UT (University of Texas) Southwestern scientists collaborated with colleagues in England and Australia to convert commonly used microscopes into multiangle projection imaging systems in order to build and test a novel optical de
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Novel microscopy method provides look into future of cell biology
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): UT (University of Texas) Southwestern scientists collaborated with colleagues in England and Australia to build and test a novel optical device that converts commonly used microscopes into multiangle projection imaging systems.
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Study finds why some cancer drugs may be ineffective
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 1 (ANI): A possible explanation for why many cancer drugs that kill tumor cells in mouse models won't work in human trials has been found by researchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Biomedical Informatics and McGove
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Frustration could be additional factor in substance use disorders, claims
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 7 (ANI): A clinical research focused on drug addiction, led by the scientists at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB), has found a new way to study frustration as a factor in substance use disorders.
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Study sheds light on solutions for overeating
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 14 (ANI): Science is a step closer to a new response to obesity, thanks in part to a study conducted by a team at The University of Texas at El Paso.
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Study discovers specific area of brain prompting desire to overeat
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Texas [US], February 14 (ANI): A study led by the 10-member team of researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso discovered a specific area of the brain tied to recollection and the desire to seek and consume food. It could lead to a way to inhibit the desire to overeat.
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New study on potential drug target for HIV
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Texas [US], February 11 (ANI): The researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have discovered that a human protein named SAMHD1 recognizes a unique molecular pattern in nucleic acids. This pattern, called 'phosphorothioate', may act
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Study suggests reducing biases about autism may increase social inclusion
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dallas [US], February 8 (ANI): Psychology researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have been focusing on a unique approach in efforts to improve the social success of autistic adolescents and adults, promoting understanding and acceptance of autism among non-autistic people.
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Premature birth can be reduced by treating fetus as patient: Study
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Texas [US], January 23 (ANI): A new study by scientists of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) successfully proved the potential for reducing pre-term birth by treating a fetus as a patient with a new drug delivery system developed by ILIAS Biologics, Inc.
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New computational technique differentiates between cancer and normal cells
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): In an effort to address a major challenge when analyzing large single-cell RNA-sequencing datasets, researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new computational technique to accurately differentiate between data from
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Study discovers protein critical for metabolic activity
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Texas [US], January 9 (ANI): A preclinical research, published in Nature Immunology claimed that scientists from The University of Texas have found a protein that is critical to T-cell metabolism and effective in regulating the anti-tumour immune response.
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