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Bandage Speeds Up Wound Healing and Dissolves on Its Own
Scientists have created a film that protects wounds as a bandage would. However it has several additional beneficial properties, it speeds up wound healing, repels bacteria, releases active pharmaceutical ingredients and dissolves by itself.
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How Two Types of Tau Proteins Mix Together To Form Tangles
A new study has revealed how two types of tau proteins mix together to form neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease.
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Algorithms Help To Distinguish Diseases at the Molecular Level
Scientists have now developed a new method to extract disease subtypes from large pools of patient data.
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Understanding Why the Memory of Fear Stays in the Brain
Researchers have found a mechanism by which noradrenaline facilitates fear processing by changing the frequency of brain wave oscillation.
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Researchers Discover New Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer Subtype
A previously unknown hormone-resistant subtype of prostate cancer accounts for about 30% of all cases, and these findings could pave the way for targeted therapies for people with this "stem cell-like" subtype.
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Exploring Regions of the Brain Where Concrete and Abstract Concepts Materialize
The areas of the brain that activate in response to thinking of a concrete or abstract concept have been analyzed based on the participant's first language.
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Evidence of a Two-Sided Genomic Arms Race Discovered
In a new study, biologists at the University of Pennsylvania show, for the first time, evidence of a two-sided genomic arms race involving stretches of repetitive DNA called satellites. “Opposing” the rapidly evolving satellites in the arms race are similarly fast-evolving proteins that bind those satellites.
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An Ancient Retrovirus Moves Around the Human Genome
A next-generation sequence analysis of human endogenous retrovirus integration sites has revealed that ancient retroviral genes are expressed in early embryos, cancer stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells.
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Without Rest and Maintenance T Cells Leave Their Hosts Vulnerable to Infections
New research has identified that if T cells are unable to enter a dormant state, they die and leave the host vulnerable to infection.
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Gene Linked to Learning Disabilities Plays a Role in Cell Stress Response
A gene that has been associated with severe learning disabilities in humans has been found to also play a vital role in cells’ response to environmental stress.
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