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Antibodies Preserve Stem Cells Better Than Traditional Drugs in Mouse Brains
According to a study, a stem cell therapy that uses antibodies instead of traditional immunosuppressant drugs robustly preserves cells in mouse brains and has the potential to fast-track trials in humans.
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Promising Drug Candidate Identified for Type 1 Diabetes Prevention
Researchers have found that Type 1 diabetes could be prevented by inhibiting a gene associated with the onset of the disease. A drug based on this mechanism has already been approved in the US for another autoimmune disease.
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Plants Influence Their Microbiomes To Keep Pathogens at Bay
Plants have been shown to secrete chemicals around their roots to influence the root microbiome and protect themselves from parasites.
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Unusual Bone-Eating TB Resembles an Ancient Form
Researchers have uncovered why some strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis spread beyond the lungs to the bone.
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COVID-19 Vaccine “Boosts” Effectiveness of Anti-Cancer Treatment
A collaborative study has found that immunization with the vaccine SinoVac might improve responses to treatment in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC).
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Restoring Gut Microbiome After Antibiotics Could Improve Outcomes for Ovarian Cancer
Research has shown that antibiotics routinely used in ovarian cancer care indiscriminately kill gut bacteria, leading to faster cancer progression and lower survival rates.
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What Causes False Alarms in Autoimmune Disease?
Researchers have examined the underlying mechanism and decoded the driving force behind the uncontrolled production of the immune system's alarm messenger, interferon, in autoimmune disease.
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Having Gut Parasites May Increase Onward Spread of Respiratory Bugs
Having gut parasites can increase the amount and duration of respiratory pathogen shedding, potentially increasing the onward spread of respiratory illness.
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Tomato-Rich Diet Gives Gut Microbes a Boost
According to a study, two weeks of eating a tomato-heavy diet increased the diversity of gut microbes and altered gut bacteria toward a more favorable profile in young pigs.
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Enzyme in Human Cells Likely Evolved From an Ancient Single-Celled Organism
A team of researchers from the Department of Chemistry at Umeå University has discovered clear traces of an archaea in an enzyme found in the nucleus of human cells.
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