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Scientists have uncovered molecules released by invasive skin cancer that reprogram healthy immune cells to help the cancer to spread. Source: Skin cancer can spread in mice by hijacking the immune system
Continue Reading →In a new study, researchers shed new light on the origin and function of hormone producing cells in the intestine and open new avenues to tweak gut hormone production to treat human disease. Source: Tweaking hormone-producing cells in the intestine
Continue Reading →Visualizing how some patients successfully fought off deadly coronaviruses could pave the way to combat these respiratory infections, new research suggests. Source: An unexpected mode of action for an antibody
Continue Reading →Researchers studying p53, the heralded cancer-fighting ‘guardian of the genome,’ found that the human protein also plays a role in promoting tumors, in addition to suppressing them. They found that the PUMA protein works inside the cell’s mitochondria to switch energy production processes and stimulate cancer growth. Source: Opposite effect: Protein widely known to fight […]
Continue Reading →Researchers revealed that the immune cells basophils caused emphysema in mice with COPD-like features induced by intranasal administration of elastase. They showed that basophils, previously linked mainly to allergies and fighting parasites, initiated a cascade of reactions eventually leading to the release of excess MMP-12 and the destruction of alveolar walls. The team hopes that […]
Continue Reading →In a context of overuse of insecticides, which leads to the selection of resistant mosquitoes, it is already known that this resistance to insecticides affects interactions between mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit. Researchers demonstrate that mechanisms of insecticide resistance, observed in Culex quinquefasciatus vector, impact the transmission of West Nile virus. Source: Insecticide resistance […]
Continue Reading →Researchers showed that we can acquire the vocabulary of a new language during distinct phases of slow-wave sleep and that the sleep-learned vocabulary could be retrieved unconsciously following waking. Memory formation appeared to be mediated by the same brain structures that also mediate wake vocabulary learning. Source: Learning new vocabulary during deep sleep
Continue Reading →In a single sneeze or a cough, as many as 40,000 tiny droplets are forcibly propelled from our mouth and nose into the air. While we cannot control our sneezing, researchers have recently developed an original method to collect micro-droplets, such as these ‘precious’ human dewdrops, which may shed light on applications in detecting disease-causing […]
Continue Reading →Neuroscientists studying how the body’s immune system breaks down damaged peripheral nerves. Their latest research changes our understanding of neuropathic pain and how to treat it. Source: A new approach to peripheral nerve injury?
Continue Reading →Neuroscientists studying how the body’s immune system breaks down damaged peripheral nerves. Their latest research changes our understanding of neuropathic pain and how to treat it. Source: A new approach to peripheral nerve injury?
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