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Host cell transmembrane protein MARCH8 targets lysine residues to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses

04/26/2021

The search for effective inhibitors with therapeutic potential against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the shattering pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has thrown up some surprising results. A new study, released as a preprint on the bioRxiv* server, deals with the inhibitory activity of a membrane protein that has broad-spectrum activity against multiple viruses, […]

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Immune tolerance in hemophilia can be modulated by B cell activating factor

04/20/2021

A group of scientists have just made a key discovery that could prevent and eradicate immune responses that lead to treatment failure in about one-third of people with severe hemophilia A. Hemophilia is the most common severe inherited bleeding disorder in men. The disease affects 1 in 10,000 males worldwide and results from deficiency of blood clotting factor VIII (FVIII). […]

Health News Animal Model, antibodies, Antibody, bleeding, Bleeding Disorder, blood, cell, children, Hemophilia, Hemophilia A, hospital, Immune Response, medicine, mortality, protein, Rituximab

Curcumin nanosystems could be powerful COVID-19 therapeutics

04/16/2021

With new variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerging, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is far from over. While the global vaccine rollout has moved at an impressive speed, the search for new safe, effective, and targeted therapies is still on. Now, a new study in Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy reviews the potential for curcumin, a natural […]

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Research provides insights on why redheads exhibit altered sensitivity to pain

04/03/2021

New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) provides insights on why people with red hair exhibit altered sensitivity to certain kinds of pain. The findings are published in Science Advances. In people with red hair (as in numerous other species of animals with red fur), the pigment-producing cells of the skin–called melanocytes–contain a variant form of the […]

Health News cancer, cell, hair, hospital, Melanin, melanoma, Pain, receptor, research, Skin

Rare genetic variant may explain severe COVID-19 in young healthy male patients

04/01/2021

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has now been spreading for over a year, but several mysteries surrounding its diverse outcomes remain. How is it that some young healthy individuals contract the infection(caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and become critically unwell? Why do others, who are older and have underlying comorbidities, have less severe […]

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Introducing a neuro regenerative gene into mice with spinal cord injury improves motor function

04/01/2021

Nagoya University researchers have identified a gene that plays a crucial role in regenerating neurons of African clawed frog tadpoles, which has an unusually high capacity for nerve regeneration. Their study, recently published in the journal iScience, showed that introducing the gene into mice with spinal cord injury (SCI) led to a partial recovery of their lost motor functions. These […]

Health News cell, gene, nerve, Neural Stem Cells, neurons, Spinal Cord Injury, Stem Cells

Antibody agents effective at neutralizing European, South African, and United States SARS-CoV-2 variants

03/29/2021

Researchers in the United States have demonstrated the effectiveness of three antibody agents at neutralizing recently emerged variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The team showed that one full-length antibody and two antibody domains each effectively neutralized pseudotyped virus containing key mutations found within the B.1.1.7 […]

Health News ACE2, antibodies, Antibody, assay, cell, coronavirus, Coronavirus Disease COVID-19, Medical School, Mutation, pandemic, protein, receptor, research, respiratory, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Spike Protein, syndrome, therapeutics, virus

New covalent and non-covalent SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors discovered in silico

03/28/2021

With the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it came to light that there were no specific and highly effective preventive or therapeutic agents against this virus. The result has been an enormous amount of studies reporting the efficacy or otherwise of novel drug candidates or repurposed drugs […]

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Researchers test novel gene regulation approach to treat brain diseases

03/24/2021

Researchers at the DZNE (Germany), at Massachusetts General Hospital (USA) and at the genomic medicine company Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. tested a novel gene regulation approach to treat brain diseases such as Alzheimer's in laboratory studies. It leverages zinc finger proteins, which specifically bind to the DNA that codes for the protein Tau without altering it, thereby reducing Tau production in […]

Health News Alzheimer's Disease, brain, cell, Cell Death, DNA, gene, genetic, genomic, hospital, Laboratory, medicine, Mouse Model, nerve, Neurodegenerative Diseases, preclinical, protein, research, Tau Protein, therapeutics, Transcription, Transcription Factors, zinc

IONTAS identifies novel SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibodies

03/23/2021

IONTAS Limited (IONTAS) and FairJourney Biologics S.A (FJB)., leaders in the discovery and optimization of fully human antibodies, have announced the identification of neutralizing antibodies, which bind to multiple emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. The results, generated from a combination of phage display technology and B-cell receptor repertoire sequencing of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, have identified potent neutralizing antibodies with distinct mechanisms of […]

Health News antibodies, Antibody, cell, Clinical trial, protein, receptor, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, Spike Protein, virus

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