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Putting the brakes on chronic inflammation: Study discovers link between two key pathways
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoThe immune system has many pathways to protect the body from infection, but sometimes an overactive immune response results in autoimmune diseases including IBD, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis ...
Postdoctoral Fellow in Immunology at Northwestern University - Chicago, Illinois job with Choi...
Nature· 5 days agoThe Choi lab (https://choilaboratory.northwestern.edu) is a T cell biology lab who is interested in improving outcomes for patients with cancer and autoimmune disease. 1) ...
Researchers ID potential cause behind the blood vessel dysfunction in obesity
Medical Xpress· 3 days agoObesity is a metabolic disorder tied to endothelial dysfunction and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. A recent study, published in the journal Function, investigated the mechanisms responsible ...
Study suggests hypoxia overexpression causes pericytes to contribute to pulmonary hypertension
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoThe overexpression of hypoxia in pericytes contributed to severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular hypertrophy, whereas their removal of hypoxia relieved PH, according to Ke ...
PRDX6 augments selenium utilization to limit iron toxicity and ferroptosis - Nature Structural &...
Nature· 3 days agoThe authors identified PRDX6 as a novel selenoprotein synthesis factor performing an iron-induced ferroptosis screen. They reveal that PRDX6 greatly facilitates selenium utilization for selenoprotein synthesis by acting as a selenide carrier protein.
Study explores ice-based electricity generation
Tech Xplore· 4 days agoThe electrical output is modest, just 0.1 milliwatt. The scientists worked over the course of two seasons to design and produce electrochemical cells...
Middle-Age Man Presents With Necrotizing Mass on Nose
MedPage Today· 5 days agoThe patient came to the hospital after developing a high fever and nose bleed, and said that the...
Study uncovers new insights into alternative splicing and disease associations
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoIn a study published on 28 May 2024 in Nature Communications, researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in Japan revealed significant new insights into alternative splicing ...
Pushing the Limits of Neuroscience: BARseq Is Mapping the Brain at a Million-Neuron Scale
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoResearchers developed and enhanced BARseq, a technique to map brain cell connections by gene...
How personalized cancer vaccines could keep tumours from coming back
Nature· 4 days agoThe same mRNA technology that quickly brought the world a vaccine for COVID-19 is now showing...