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Researchers pinpoint how Zika virus evades cell’s antiviral response

January 18, 2022 administration antiviral, cells, evades, pinpoint, researchers, response, virus, Zika

Cross-section of Zika virus. Credit: David Goodsell The world knows SARS-CoV-2 intimately now, but there are more than 200 virus

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Increasing the capacity of the immune system to kill cancer cells

January 18, 2022 administration cancer, Capacity, cells, immune, Increasing, kill, MedicalXpress, system

Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110111 Awakening the immune system’s instinct for destroying cancer, using two molecules located on the surface

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Functioning induced liver cells from skin tissue

January 17, 2022 administration cells, functioning, induced, liver, MedicalXpress, skin, tissue

Figure 1. Urea metabolism is impaired in patient-derived human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) differentiated into hepatocytes (hiPSC-Heps). (A) Scheme showing

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Nuclei-free cells prove utility in delivering therapeutics to diseased tissues

January 14, 2022 administration cells, delivering, diseased, MedicalXpress, Nucleifree, prove, therapeutics, tissues, utility

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC

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Space travel destroys red blood cells faster than on Earth

January 14, 2022 administration BBC News, blood, cells, destroys, Earth, faster, red, space, travel

Canadian research on astronauts’ red blood cells while in space could help knowledge of anaemia. Read more BBC News

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T cells artificially endowed with 2 cancer-seeking receptors aim to be an elite army of cancer killers

January 14, 2022 administration aim, Army, artificially, cancer, cancerseeking, cells, elite, endowed, Killers, MedicalXpress, receptors

Figure S1. Design of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and chimeric costimulatory receptor (CCR) constructs and expression of CAR, CCR and

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Machine learning illuminates genetic links between blood cells and disease

January 13, 2022 administration blood, cells, disease, genetic, illuminates, learning, links, machine, MedicalXpress

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists from the Cambridge Baker Systems Genomics Initiative have used machine learning to create genetic predictors

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Researchers find removing brain cells linked to wakefulness and addiction may lessen symptoms of opioid withdrawal

January 13, 2022 administration addiction, brain, cells, find, Lessen, linked, MedicalXpress, opioid, removing, researchers, symptoms, wakefulness, withdrawal

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A UCLA-led study in mice shows that removing chemical messengers in the brain that are involved

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Bone-building cells favor different orthopedic implant designs

January 12, 2022 administration Bonebuilding, cells, designs, favor, implant, orthopedic

Implants bridge the gap left after trauma or resection of diseased bone and the topology of designs supports bone healing.

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Research shows hemp compounds prevent coronavirus from entering human cells

January 12, 2022 administration cells, compounds, Coronavirus, entering, Hemp, human, MedicalXpress, prevent, Research, shows

Credit: Oregon State University Hemp compounds identified by Oregon State University research via a chemical screening technique invented at OSU

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Boosting one gene in the brain’s helper cells slows Alzheimer’s progression in mice

January 11, 2022 administration Alzheimers, boosting, brains, cells, gene, helper, MedicalXpress, mice, progression, slows

Fig. 1: Changes to the astrocyte translatome due to tau and amyloid pathology. A Schematic illustrating the crossing of MAPTP301S

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Epigenetic aging clock predicts the biological age of individual cells

January 11, 2022 administration age, aging, Biological, cells, clock, epigenetic, individual, MedicalXpress, predicts

Credit: CC0 Public Domain One of the more promising biomarkers to measure biological aging is DNA methylation, an epigenetic modification

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Study finds neurons derived from stem cells predict psychosis, cognitive deficits in individuals with schizophrenia

January 10, 2022 administration cells, cognitive, deficits, derived, finds, individuals, MedicalXpress, neurons, predict, psychosis, schizophrenia, stem, study

Credit: Public Domain In a breakthrough that holds significant promise for early diagnosis and better treatment of psychiatric illness, researchers

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COVID-19: T cells from common colds can protect against coronavirus infection, study finds | UK News

January 10, 2022 administration cells, Colds, common, Coronavirus, COVID19, finds, infection, News, protect, Sky News, study

People with high levels of T cells from common colds are less likely to catch COVID, according to a new

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T cells from common colds cross-protect against infection with SARS-CoV-2

January 10, 2022 administration cells, Colds, common, crossprotect, infection, MedicalXpress, SARSCoV2

A colorized scanning electron micrograph of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Credit: NIAID A new study, published in Nature Communications and led

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Vaccine-like mRNA injection can be used to make CAR T cells in the body

January 7, 2022 administration Body, car, cells, injection, MedicalXpress, mRNA, Vaccinelike

Credit: CC0 Public Domain An experimental immunotherapy can temporarily reprogram patients’ immune cells to attack a specific target via only

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In Down syndrome cells, genome-wide disruptions mimic a senescence-like state

January 6, 2022 administration cells, disruptions, genomewide, MedicalXpress, mimic, senescencelike, state, syndrome

Neural progenitor cells with the typical number of chromosomes show significant outward migration in culture (top). The culture in the

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Researchers target cells for tissue engineering

January 6, 2022 administration cells, engineering, MedicalXpress, researchers, target, tissue

by Nicholas E. M. Pasquini, U.s. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications, Naval Research Laboratory Cell culture with gelatin and reduced

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First-responder cells after heart attack prompt inflammation overdrive

January 5, 2022 administration attack, cells, Firstresponder, heart, inflammation, MedicalXpress, overdrive, prompt

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain First-responder cells launching the repair after a heart attack are so frantic about fixing the damage

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T cells fit to tackle Omicron, suggests new study

January 4, 2022 administration cells, fit, MedicalXpress, Omicron, study, suggests, tackle

The research team found that despite the number of epitopes encompassing Omicron mutations are nonetheless notably higher than other virus

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