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The importance of cilia cells, the hairs inside your brain
According to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), cilia cells are essential for the brain to develop normally.
Cells along the brain's cavities...
Discover how protein clumps damage cells in Parkinson’s
Biologists studying Parkinson's disease have found that enzymes modify tau to create tau-alpha-synuclein protein clumps on mitochondria.
Biologists studying Parkinson's disease have long wanted to...
Ovarian cancer metastasis aided by DNA ‘webs’
According to University of Texas, after being caught in DNA ‘webs’ extruded by immune cells, ovarian cancer metastasis occurs, spreading to new tissue.
Researchers from...
Blood coagulation cascade and thrombosis
Blood coagulation cascade causes thrombosis, many methods have been attempted to determine medical treatment and few have been both successful and easy to use,...
Can water molecules decode the secrets of neurons?
Researchers have found a way to monitor changes and observe ion fluxes by studying the behaviour of the water molecules surrounding the membranes of...
Treatment of acute kidney injury achieved through mitochondria protection
Scientists have described the natural mechanism for temporarily protecting the mitochondria is key to decoding the treatment of acute kidney injury.
For the first time,...
CAR T cell therapy – axicabtagene ciloleucel ready for treatment
The CAR T cell therapy, axicabtagene ciloleucel received European Marketing Authorisation for the treatment of adult patients suffering with lymphoma.
Kite, a Gilead Company, announced...
Time to move forward with replacement therapy in type 1 diabetes
New research will facilitate the manufacturing of pancreatic islet cells from stem cells and might help combating type 1 diabetes with replacement therapy.
Scientists made...
Researchers have found a way to regrow hair on wounded skin
According to NYU School of Medicine, USA, there has been a way to regrow hair on damaged or wounded skin.
By regrowing hair strands on...
CRISPR-Cas9 mutations: prediction tool for gene editing
The largest study of CRISPR-Cas9 mutations to date has developed a method to predict the exact mutations CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing can introduce to a...
Can a biosynthetic pathway be a new route to antibiotic use?
Scientists have discovered a new route to antibiotic use, exploiting a chemical process and gene editing, also known as a biosynthetic pathway.
Researchers from The...
Lipid phosphatidylglycerol may help with psoriasis
According to investigators, the lipid phosphatidylglycerol, that helps to keep skin cell turnover on track, may also help with psoriasis.
Reported in the Journal of...
Unexplored gene recombination in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease treatment
New tech reveals DNA in neurons are 'mixed and matched', therefore the gene recombination could be a new form of Alzheimer's disease treatment.
According to...
Breast cancer growth rate enhanced by bone marrow cells
Researchers have discovered that breast cancer growth rate is determined by the stromal cells originating from bone marrow cells.
Published in the Journal of Experimental...
Fibromyalgia treatment options: activation of glial cells
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and Harvard University, USA, have made a ground-breaking step towards finding fibromyalgia treatment options.
Fibromyalgia treatment options have been difficult...
Novel antibacterial compounds created to battle antibiotic resistance development
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland have created novel antibacterial compounds to combat antibiotic resistance development.
Focusing on the role of LsrK kinase, the...
CAR T-cell therapies in Europe
Health Europa reflects on the first two CAR T-cell therapies to have been recommended for approval in the European Union.
In June, the European Medicines...
Sleeping Beauty mutagenesis used to classify a form of liver cancer
Researchers have used a gene screening technique called Sleeping Beauty mutagenesis identifying genes potentially responsible for fatty liver-associated liver cancer.
Osaka University, Japan, led a...
Could hair cell regeneration be a treatment for deafness?
A treatment for deafness could be on the horizon, as a European study investigates the possibility of inducing regeneration of the inner ear cells.
Researchers...
Orion Corporation to provide better personalised treatments through ecosystem development
Orion Corporation has come together with selected university research groups and companies to develop better personalised treatments using a New Modalities Ecosystem.
Funded by Business...