How cells are foiled by a herpes virus family member in the virus-host arms race
Not every virus wants to go viral—at least, not immediately. Some want to slip in quietly. Hide. Wait for the perfect opportunity to attack.
Not every virus wants to go viral—at least, not immediately. Some want to slip in quietly. Hide. Wait for the perfect opportunity to attack.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 4, 2015
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Iron nanoparticles injected before magnetic resonance imaging can make tissues more visible and the same nanoparticles may allow doctors to precisely target tumors with new medicines. However, among the challenges to the ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 2, 2015
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Scientists based at the La Trobe Institute of Molecular Science have discovered that some molecules which are central to the body's defence and immune system are ejected from inside the decomposing cell to form long beaded ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 16, 2015
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Every day, it seems, someone in some lab is "curing cancer." Well, it's easy to kill cancer cells in a lab, but in a human, it's a lot more complicated, which is why nearly all cancer drugs fail clinical trials.
Biotechnology
May 27, 2015
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Induced neural stem cells (iNSCs) created from adult cells hold promise for therapeutic transplantation, but their potential in this capacity has been limited by failed efforts to maintain such cells in the desirable multi-potent ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 6, 2014
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Nanoparticles are considered a promising approach in detecting and fighting tumour cells. The method has, however, often failed because the human immune system recognizes and rejects them before they can fulfil their function. ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 12, 2014
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A research group at Bonn University, Germany, and international collaborators discovered a novel receptor, which allows the immune system of modern humans to recognize dangerous invaders, and subsequently elicits an immune ...
Biochemistry
Nov 22, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Scientists at the University of York have discovered that very small chemical changes to dietary flavonoids cause very large effects when the plant natural products are tested for their impact on the human immune ...
Biochemistry
Aug 30, 2013
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Researchers at the University of Georgia are developing a new treatment technique that uses nanoparticles to reprogram immune cells so they are able to recognize and attack cancer. The findings were published recently in ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 14, 2013
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Studying lampreys allows biologists to envision the evolutionary past, because they represent an early offshoot of the evolutionary tree, before sharks and fish.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 12, 2013
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