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Plant Used in Chinese Medicine Has Evolved To Become Less Visible to Humans

Scientists found that Fritillaria delavayi plants, which live on rocky slopes of China's Hengduan mountains, match their backgrounds most closely in areas where they are heavily harvested.
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Team Discovers Inhibitors Capable of Blocking the Uptake of SARS-CoV-2

Preliminary tests demonstrate the blocking of the cellular entry of viruses expressing the SARS-CoV-2 proteins.
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Specific Oncogene Linked to the Spread of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Researchers have identified a gene responsible for the spread of triple-negative breast cancer and developed a potential way to stop it.
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Engineered Immune Cells Elicit Broad Response to HIV in Mice

Scientists at Scripps Research moved closer to attaining the holy grail of HIV research with a new vaccine approach that would rely on genetically engineered immune cells from the patient’s body.
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High Blood Pressure Drug Helps Fight Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms

A drug once used to treat high blood pressure can help alcoholics with withdrawal symptoms reduce or eliminate their drinking.
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How a Brain Protein Helps Pancreatic Cancer Cells Survive

A recent discovery has lead to promising potential treatments for pancreatic cancer.
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DNA-Based Nanogels Designed for Targeted Chemotherapy

Researchers have designed DNA-based nanogels that only break down and release their chemotherapeutic contents within cancer cells, potentially eliminating painful and uncomfortable side effects.
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A Highly Scalable Method To Monitor Protein Levels and Localizations

Researchers at CeMM, the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, have now developed a highly scalable method which allows for the study of hundreds of proteins in parallel in order to monitor the changes of their levels and localization in the cell.
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CRISPR Gene-Editing System Destroys Cancer Cells in Animal Model

Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have demonstrated that the CRISPR/Cas9 system is very effective in treating metastatic cancers, a significant step on the way to finding a cure for cancer. The researchers developed a novel lipid nanoparticle-based delivery system that specifically targets cancer cells and destroys them by genetic manipulation.
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Promising Results From In Vitro Combination Therapy Against COVID-19

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report promising results from an in vitro combination therapy against COVID-19.
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