New vaccines to protect infants against infections
A new study puts researchers within closer reach of vaccines that can protect infants against infections by overcoming a mother's antibo...
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Showing posts with label Diseases and Conditions News -- ScienceDaily. Show all posts
Wednesday, 8 January 2020
Plant-derived SVC112 hits cancer stem cells, leaves healthy cells alone
Study shows drug SVC112 stops production of proteins that cancer stem cells need to survive and grow. from Diseases and Conditions News --...
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Scientists discover how TB puts the brakes on our immune engines
The scientists pinpointed a small mRNA molecule used by TB bacteria to shut down key engines that drive our immune response. However, they a...
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Thursday, 2 January 2020
Ultimate Telemedicine: Expert helps treat astronaut's blood clot during NASA mission
An astronaut aboard the ISS had a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) -- or blood clot -- in the jugular vein of the neck and had it treated while on...
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Half the amount of chemo prevents testicular cancer from coming back, new trial shows
Testicular cancer can be prevented from coming back using half the amount of chemotherapy that is currently used, a new clinical trial has s...
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Monday, 23 December 2019
For CRISPR, tweaking DNA fragments before inserting yields highest efficiency rates yet
Researchers have now achieved the highest reported rates of inserting genes into human cells with the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system, a nec...
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Wednesday, 18 December 2019
How immune cells switch to attack mode
Macrophages have 2 faces: In healthy tissue, they perform important tasks and support their environment. However during an infection, they s...
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