Medical Xpress

MAY 14, 2023

For two decades, scientists have been comparing every person's full set of DNA they study to a template that relies mostly on genetic material from one man affectionately known as "the guy from Buffalo."

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JULY 20, 2022

The post Gladstone and UCSF scientists discover BET protein role in Covid-19 appeared first on Pharmaceutical Technology. Gladstone Institute of Virology director Melanie Ott said: “It’s clear from our results that the BET drugs currently available are not suitable for Covid-19.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 22, 2023

Scientists have worked out why common anti-depressants cause around half of users to feel emotionally "blunted." In a study published today in Neuropsychopharmacology, they show that the drugs affect reinforcement learning, an important behavioral process that allows people to learn from their environment.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 3, 2023

Scientists from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that Asians with an excess amount of visceral fat tend to have a poorer ability to think, learn, and remember.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 25, 2023

Despite earlier success in receiving National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, women surgeons are underrepresented among surgeon-scientists, according to a study published online March 20 in JAMA Network Open.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 17, 2023

Though 30% of the global burden of disease is treatable through surgery, surgeon-scientists make up less than 2% of U.S. researchers who receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a new Yale-led study finds. This underrepresentation affects surgical innovation, and ultimately, patient care, the authors say.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Scientists at St. Adding a molecular anchor to the key protein used to recognize cancer in cellular immunotherapies can make the treatments significantly more effective. Jude Children's Research Hospital found that immune cells with the anchored protein increased cancer killing, regardless of their cell type or the kind of cancer targeted.

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STAT News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration propose making Covid vaccination a regular, once-a-year shot that is updated to match current strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to documents posted by the FDA on Monday. For people who are older or immunocompromised, the FDA would recommend two annual doses of the revised shot.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 9, 2023

Most antidepressants used for chronic pain are being prescribed with "insufficient" evidence of their effectiveness, scientists have warned.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 29, 2023

Scientists are calling for tighter regulation of stem cell treatments, claiming clinics worldwide are offering unproven ‘therapies’ for conditions as varied as hair loss and Parkinson’s. The post Scientists call for tighter regulation of stem cell treatments appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, have removed a major roadblock to better understanding of mpox (formerly, monkeypox).

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MARCH 22, 2023

Scientists have sequenced the genome of Ludwig van Beethoven from two-century-old locks of hair, and found clues about the ailments that plagued him in life. Image credit: Henry Guttmann Collection/Getty Images)

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Medical Xpress

MAY 3, 2023

Cambridge scientists are today launching a search to find people who have exceptional memory, as they attempt to understand why some people are much better at remembering than others.

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Medical Xpress

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Scientists at UF Scripps Biomedical Research have found a possible new target to fight this painful cascade. Wear and tear on joints can lead to inflammation, breakdown of cartilage and development of osteoarthritis.

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STAT News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

True to form, Ackman announced last week that he and an anonymous donor had pledged $25 million over five years toward a new research lab for David Sabatini, a former star scientist from MIT and Whitehead Institute, whose career imploded in 2021 amid allegations of workplace misconduct and sexual harassment.

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XTalks

MAY 20, 2022

If you enjoy working with biological samples and are enthusiastic about healthcare, a career as a clinical scientist might be just right for you. To start applying to clinical scientist jobs today, head over to the Xtalks Job Search platform. Who is a Clinical Scientist? What is it Like to Work as a Clinical Scientist?

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STAT News

JANUARY 29, 2023

The tall, gangling scientist with a long mess of black hair had once generated Nobel Prize buzz for his discoveries in biology. He kept his Wordle streak alive on his phone, and stared out at the picturesque Connecticut coastline. His clothing hung loose from recent weight loss,   presumably   from stress. It was Jan.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 13, 2023

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have uncovered a potential new approach against liver cancer that could lead to the development of a new class of anticancer drugs.

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Scienmag

JUNE 17, 2022

Scientists at Kyoto University’s Institute for Cell-Material Sciences have discovered a novel cluster compound that could prove useful as a catalyst. Credit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS Scientists at Kyoto […]. Compounds, called polyoxometalates, contain a large metal-oxide cluster carry a negative charge.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

A team of scientists from Scripps Research and the University of North Carolina (UNC) has found antibodies in the blood of certain COVID-19 donors that can block infection from a broad set of coronaviruses—specifically, in people who have recovered from the virus and were then vaccinated.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 25, 2023

A multi-institutional team led by scientists from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Cancer Center has discovered PD-L2 as a therapy-relevant marker to identify patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer who may benefit from new immunotherapies.

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Medical Xpress

JANUARY 12, 2023

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have discovered that a protein, called Menin, contributes to abnormal deactivation of specific genes in cancer cells.

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Outsourcing Pharma

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Scientists can now dramatically reduce trial-and-error experimentation and uncover risks early thanks to an artificial intelligence solutions company.

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Medical Xpress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University have revealed, for the first time and in near-atomic detail, the structure of the key part of the inner ear responsible for hearing.

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Scienmag

JULY 8, 2022

Scientists have identified more than 1,500 genetic differences between migratory and non-migratory hoverflies. Credit: Will Hawkes Scientists have identified more than 1,500 genetic differences between migratory and non-migratory hoverflies.

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STAT News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

President Joe Biden plans to appoint longtime biologist and former government scientist Renee Wegrzyn as the first director of the nascent Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In a world first, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School, the National Heart Center Singapore (NHCS) and colleagues in Germany have shown that regenerative therapy to restore impaired kidney function may soon be a possibility.

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Medical Xpress

MARCH 9, 2023

Researchers have completed the most advanced brain map to date, that of an insect, a landmark achievement in neuroscience that brings scientists closer to true understanding of the mechanism of thought.

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Scienmag

JULY 6, 2022

European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an international organisation of more than 1900 life scientists helping to build a European research environment where scientists can achieve their best work, has announced today that it will award the lifetime honour of EMBO Membership to Raquel Oliveira and Carlos Ribeiro in recognition of their outstanding (..)

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XTalks

JANUARY 26, 2022

A field application scientist is a valuable member of any life science company due to their direct interaction with customers. Field application scientists help laboratory groups successfully install and apply the newest scientific supplies, equipment, instruments and software. Field Scientist Job Description.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Scientists have used a mathematical model to reveal how toxic proteins cluster together inside the brain during the early stages of Alzheimer's.

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Scienmag

JULY 22, 2022

Genome sequencing, where scientists use laboratory methods to determine a specific organism’s genetic makeup, is becoming a common practice in insect research.

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STAT News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

BEIJING — Hong Kong on Tuesday revoked a visa it granted to a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the world’s first genetically edited babies, pulling it hours after he announced his research plans in the financial hub.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 5, 2023

New ultra-fast sensors developed at Janelia can detect calcium ions nearly as fast as they are released from neurons, allowing scientists to tease out the individual, milliseconds-long signals passing between brain cells.

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Scienmag

APRIL 14, 2022

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have announced a significant advance in our understanding of epilepsy, as they have identified a potential method of preventing damaging seizure activity.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Cognitive scientists have long sought to understand what makes some sentences more difficult to comprehend than others. Any account of language comprehension, researchers believe, would benefit from understanding difficulties in comprehension.

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BioPharma Reporter

MAY 3, 2023

Protein drugs are notoriously difficult to deliver orally â but scientists have developed a new type of oral capsule that could deliver insulin and other similar drugs.

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