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Flashing Lights And a Clicking Sound Cleared Toxic Proteins in Alzheimer’s Mice

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

Scientists have now demonstrated how stimulating high-frequency brain waves in mice can clear out the amyloid protein clumps associated with Alzheimer’s. Could Alzheimer’s disease one day be treated by flashes of light and clicks of sound?

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This Protein May Protect Against Alzheimer’s, Scientists Say

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

In the search for a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, researchers have zeroed in on a protein with protective effects. A new study reveals how cholesterol and inflammation in different types of human brain cells interact with a protein called ABCA7, which regulates how molecules pass through cell membranes.

Protein 226
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Hunting Host Cell Proteins (HCPs) with mass spectrometry

Bio Pharma Dive

Regulators are recognizing mass spectrometry as a powerful tool in Host Cell Protein analysis. Are you ready to implement HCP-MS?

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At EpiBiologics, a pair of Genentech alumni wants to make next-gen protein degraders

Bio Pharma Dive

Armed with a $50 million Series A round, the startup is building off of research from a lab run by protein engineering pioneer Jim Wells.

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ALS drugmakers, encouraged by recent FDA feedback, set their sights on a key protein

Bio Pharma Dive

A closely watched meeting showed the FDA’s own external advisers think that effects on this protein, known as neurofilament, could be enough to warrant conditional approval of certain drugs.

Protein 319
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Feinstein Institutes researchers discover new protein for sepsis treatment

Pharmaceutical Technology

Researchers at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have discovered a new protein that can be a potential therapeutic target for lethal sepsis. Led by Feinstein Institutes researcher Haichao Wang, the new study focuses on detecting protein mediators that might contribute to uncontrolled immune responses to lethal infections.

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Gladstone and UCSF scientists discover BET protein role in Covid-19

Pharmaceutical Technology

Researchers at Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered in a study that bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) proteins are vital for the body to fight Covid-19 infection. . The research also found that BET proteins play two distinct roles in affecting how the SARS-CoV-2 virus interacts with human cells. .

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