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Patients Still Prefer Daily Oral PrEP Even With the Development of New Options
When PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a drug that prevents HIV infection, was first approved by the FDA in 2012, it was a medical breakthrough. A new study explores patient preference for the standard method and new options.
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Giant Immune Cells Step in When Liver Function Is Impaired
A team of researchers has uncovered a previously unknown compensatory mechanism found in liver disease. If Kupffer cells (KCs) become impaired by tissue scarring, immune cells originating in the bone marrow flow to the organ.
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Microplastics Found in Cave Closed to Visitors for 30 Years
Researchers in Missouri have found high concentrations of microplastic in Cliff Cave, a cave system in Saint Louis County that has been closed off to visitors for the past 30 years. The extent of the microplastic contamination is detailed in two new research papers, published in Science of the Total Environment and Water Research.
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Crucial Role of Biological Particles in the Formation of Ice Within the Arctic Cloud
A team of scientists have presented research findings that reveal a crucial role of biological particles, including pollen, spores, and bacteria, in the formation of ice within Arctic clouds.
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Tweaking the Immune System To Help It Fight TB
Researchers have identified a way to tweak the immune system, transforming TB-susceptible macrophages into resilient ones to help fight the disease.
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Recycled Batteries Hold Valuable Metals
Demand for valuable metals needed in batteries is poised to grow over the coming decades in step with the growth of clean energy technologies, and the best place to source them may be by recycling spent batteries.
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Key Improvement to Cryo-EM Developed
A protein scaffold that holds smaller proteins in place has enhanced cryo-EM, enabling the high-quality visualization of small molecules.
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Novel Human Stomach Microphysiological System Created
A human stomach microphysiological system has been created, which could lead to progress in understanding and treating gastrointestinal diseases, including stomach cancer.
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Fitness of Cells Used in Cell Transplants Improved
Researchers found exposing cells to a small molecule drug improved their fitness during hematopoietic stem cell transplants, which could broaden access and improve outcomes for ex vivo gene therapy.
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Discovery Challenges Current Understanding of Gastrulation
Researchers found that the ectoderm does not lose its pluripotency in gastrulation after all. This answers the long-standing question posed by developmental biologists on how the neural crest has such a high stem cell potential.
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