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Impaired Cell Cleanup Could Drive Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson’s disease may be driven in part by cell stress-related biochemical events that disrupt a key cellular cleanup system, leading to the spread of harmful protein aggregates in the brain, according to a new study from scientists at Scripps Research.
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Simple Method Could Make Plastic Recycling Pay for Itself
A new method for upcycling plastic waste at room temperature has been developed. The new method uses a zinc-based catalyst and methanol to break down polycarbonates without reducing the quality of the material.
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Cleaning Up Rocket Fuel With Electric Vehicle Knowhow
A chemical used in electric vehicle batteries could also give us carbon-free fuel for space flight.
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Predicting Patient Response to Chemotherapy
A collaborative research project aiming to understand the mechanisms of chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer had been announced.
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Sandwich and Sushi Condiments Help Plants To Defend Themselves
Research proves how plants defend themselves against herbivores, and spicy flavors that we know from delis and sushi bars are part of the explanation.
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Drug Cocktail Could Be Effective in Almost Half of Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
A new drug cocktail has been developed to treat nearly half of Duchenne muscular dystrophy cases, by allowing "exon skipping", enabling the body to produce a functioning version of dystrophin, the protein missing in the disease.
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Study Demonstrates How RNA Molecules Control Repair of DNA in Cancer Cells
A new study shows how certain RNA molecules control the repair of damaged DNA in cancer cells, a discovery that could eventually give rise to better cancer treatments.
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Gene Linked To Touch May Also Play a Role in Sense of Smell
Researchers from SMU (Southern Methodist University) have determined that a gene linked to feeling touch may moonlight as an olfactory gene. That’s the conclusion drawn from studying a very small, transparent worm that shares many similarities with the human nervous system.
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Improving the “Memory” of T Cells To Boost Vaccine Immune Response
A key transcription factor in T-cell immunology is crucial to the immune system’s “memory”. It may be possible to improve this immunological memory in vaccines, according to a new paper by scientists at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI).
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Why Synaptic Signals Are More Unequal Than First Thought
New research has revealed several aspects of how neurons communicate with each other in the brain that were previously unknown.
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