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New Drug Class in Development for Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes affects millions of people worldwide, and scientists have developed PATAS, a peptide that is part of a new class of antidiabetic drugs. PATAS can correct the metabolic abnormalities leading to type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance.
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Drug Delivery “Bottleneck” Identified in Stem Cells
In a recent study, researchers shed some light on why the delivery of therapeutics to cells can be so difficult.
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A Molecular "Spring" Protects Our Hearing From Damage
A molecular gating "spring" that mechanically opens and closes an ion channel in response to sound could protect our hearing from loud noises that cause damage.
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Strengthening CAR T Cell Cancer Treatment
Researchers investigating human CAR T cells have published findings that have raised the chances of new treatments being developed for blood cancer, by shutting down a gene called EBAG9 to allow the body to eradicate tumor cells more easily.
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Could Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Pollutants Increase the Risk of Diabetes?
Scientists are looking into how embryonic exposure to certain common pollutants may put people at risk for diabetes and other metabolic health conditions later in life.
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Nanoparticles Deliver a Biomimetic Formulation To Treat Glioblastoma
Researchers have developed a biomimetic formulation using targeted delivery agents for glioblastoma multiforme therapy.
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New Workflow for Annotating Gene Function in Insects
Transcriptome sequencing and next-generation sequencing have been combined in a new workflow to complete functional annotations of insect genomes.
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How Do Maternal Antibodies Protect Babies From Cytomegalovirus?
Indirect antibody immunity in the form of maternal antibody-dependent phagocytosis has been shown to help prevent the transmission of human cytomegalovirus from mother to child.
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New Insights Into How the Intestine Replaces and Repairs Itself
New findings indicate that lymphatic capillaries act as a signaling hub that communicates with stem cells in the intestine to coordinate their behavior.
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How Different Cancer Types Respond to Nanoparticle Drug Delivery
Study findings could help researchers better tailor their drug-delivery particles to specific types of cancer, or design new particles that take advantage of the biological features of particular types of cancer cells.
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