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Researchers identify new mechanism of blocking HIV-1 from entering cells

Publishing in PLoS Pathogens, researchers at from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have found a novel mechanism by which drugs block HIV-1 from entering host cells.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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New view of HIV entry may lead to next generation of inhibitors

Scientists may need to rethink the design of drugs meant to block HIV from infecting human cells, according to a study that appears in the May 1st issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. That's because the ne ...

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Lunar boom: Why we'll soon be mining the moon

As history has repeatedly shown, where there are valuable minerals to be unearthed, adventurous humans will arrive in droves – even if it means battling extreme conditions and risking life and limb.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 4

Bioengineers reprogram muscles to combat degeneration

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have turned back the clock on mature muscle tissue, coaxing it back to an earlier stem cell stage to form new muscle. Moreover, they showed in mice that ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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How microbes take out the trash

(PhysOrg.com) -- The molecular machinery bacteria use to rid themselves of toxic substances including antimicrobial drugs has been studied in detail by a UA-led team of researchers. A better understanding ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New fusion gene plays role in some stomach cancers

A newly discovered hybrid gene appears to play a direct role in some stomach cancers, according to an international team of scientists led by researchers at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers uncover new role for mitochondria during RNA processing

Michael Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the Department of Pharmacological Sciences at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, and colleagues, have discovered a new role for mitochondria during ribonucleic acid (RNA) processing. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Immune cells get switched off by the gradual accumulation of dense clusters of inhibitory proteins

Foreign entities within the body get chopped into pieces by antigen-presenting cells (APCs), which display the resulting chunks on their surface. These antigens can subsequently be recognized and bound by ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study reveals how fusion protein triggers cancer

What happens when two proteins join together? In this case, they become like a power couple, where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Second-line CML drugs evoke faster, better front-line remissions

Two drugs approved for treatment of drug-resistant chronic myeloid leukemia provide patients with quicker, better responses as a first therapy than the existing front-line medication, according to two studies published online ...

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created Jun 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Transplant drug two-year study outcomes show superior kidney function

Two-year results from phase III clinical trials show the experimental immunosuppressive drug belatacept can better preserve kidney function in kidney transplant recipients while preventing graft rejection when compared with ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeting cell pathway may prevent relapse of leukemia

About 40 percent of children and up to 70 percent of adults in remission from acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) will have a relapse. In recent years, doctors have come to believe that this is due to leukemia stem cells, endlessly ...

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