Researchers have identified an immune protein tied to the rare neurodegenerative condition known as Niemann-Pick disease type C. The finding, made in mouse models, could offer a powerful new therapeutic target for Niemann-Pick disease type C, a condition that was identified more than a century ago but still lacks effective treatments.
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Researchers find immune component to rare neurodegenerative disease
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Researchers trace dust grain’s journey through newborn solar system
June 21, 2021By
Combining atomic-scale sample analysis and models simulating likely conditions in the nascent solar system, the study revealed clues about the origin of crystals that formed more than 4.5 billion years ago. The findings provide insights into the fundamental processes underlying the formation of planetary systems, many of which are still shrouded in mystery.
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Researchers propose that humidity from masks may lessen severity of COVID-19
February 13, 2021By
Masks help protect the people wearing them from getting or spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but now researchers have added evidence for yet another potential benefit for wearers: The humidity created inside the mask may help combat respiratory diseases such as COVID-19.
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One of the leading coronavirus vaccine trials is currently paused. Prominent vaccine researchers tell CNN that’s unusual
February 6, 2021By
Vaccine clinical trials are notoriously difficult to conduct.
‘Classified knots’: Researchers create optical framed knots to encode information
October 17, 2020By
Researchers have been able to create optical framed knots in the laboratory that could potentially be applied in modern technologies. Their work opens the door to new methods of distributing secret cryptographic keys – used to encrypt and decrypt data, ensure secure communication and protect private information.
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Researchers dramatically downsize technology for fingerprinting drugs and other chemicals
August 29, 2020By
Researchers have invented a new technology that can drastically downsize the apparatus used for Raman spectroscopy, a well-known technique that uses light to identify the molecular makeup of compounds.
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Previous vaccines and masks may hold down Covid-19, some researchers say
August 11, 2020By
As US leaders work to control the spread of coronavirus, researchers across the globe are working to answer the mysteries that remain around infections.
UCLA researchers find chronic inflammation contributes to cancer metastasis
August 3, 2020By
The study reveals a detailed epigenetic mechanism for how interleukin-1-beta, a common cytokine that helps fight infections during inflammation, plays a critical role in cancer metastasis.
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Professor’s Legacy Supports a New Generation of Wildlife Researchers
March 30, 2020By
Professor Harris, along with his wife Lorene, who passed in 2012, were strong advocates of education and supporters of students.
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Researchers make asthma breakthrough
February 26, 2020By
Researchers have made a breakthrough that may eventually lead to improved therapeutic options for people living with asthma. The researchers have uncovered a critical role for a protein (Caspase-11), which had previously never been implicated in the disease, and which may offer a promising target for drug designers.
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