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Released: 25-Apr-2025 10:00 AM EDT
AI Helps Unravel a Cause of Alzheimer’s Disease and Identify a Therapeutic Candidate
University of California San Diego

A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease is actually a cause of it, due to its previously unknown secondary function that triggers a pathway that disrupts how cells in the brain turn genes on and off.

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Released: 24-Apr-2025 8:15 PM EDT
Expert Q&A: ā€˜Invisible’ Stem Cells
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai is a leading transplant center, with patient outcomes that consistently meet or exceed national averages. One continuing challenge, however, is the need to suppress transplant patients’ immune systems to prevent their bodies from rejecting the transplant.

Newswise: Researchers Crack the Code of Cell Movement
Released: 23-Apr-2025 6:10 PM EDT
Researchers Crack the Code of Cell Movement
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin have discovered how chemokines and G protein-coupled receptors selectively bind each other to control how cells move.

Newswise: While AI Could Be the Game Changer in Predicting Health Outcomes It Should Not Be the Only Method
Released: 15-Apr-2025 7:55 PM EDT
While AI Could Be the Game Changer in Predicting Health Outcomes It Should Not Be the Only Method
University of Maryland School of Medicine

With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), predictive medicine is becoming an important part of healthcare, especially in cancer treatment. Predictive medicine uses algorithms and data to help doctors understand how a cancer might continue to grow or react to specific drugs—making it easier to target precision treatment for individual patients. Now, with the two commentaries just out, researchers at the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine set a foundational approach to generating, analyzing, and ethically sharing data to benefit both patients and science.

   
Released: 15-Apr-2025 6:50 PM EDT
Aiming for High-Precision Immunotherapy
Universite de Montreal

A team of researchers successfully created more effective immune cells that can fight cancer without damaging healthy tissue.

Released: 14-Apr-2025 11:00 AM EDT
Study Sheds Light on How Inherited Cancer Mutations Drive Tumor Growth
Washington University in St. Louis

Most cancer genome studies have focused on mutations in the tumor itself and how such gene variants allow a tumor to grow unchecked. A new study, led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, takes a deep dive into inherited cancer mutations measured in a healthy blood sample and reports how those mutations might take a toll on the body’s cells starting at birth, perhaps predisposing a person to develop cancers at various stages of life.

Newswise: Advanced Imaging Reveals Mechanisms That Cause Autoimmune Disease
Released: 9-Apr-2025 8:50 PM EDT
Advanced Imaging Reveals Mechanisms That Cause Autoimmune Disease
University of California San Diego

Those who suffer myasthenia gravis experience muscle weakness that can affect the muscles we use to blink, smile and move our bodies. Researchers at UC San Diego’s School of Biological Sciences used a cutting-edge imaging technique to uncover new details about the mechanisms underlying the disease.

Newswise: New Method Identifies Protein That May Govern Cancer Cell Movement and Metastasis
Released: 9-Apr-2025 8:40 PM EDT
New Method Identifies Protein That May Govern Cancer Cell Movement and Metastasis
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Using a novel method that gives a readout of which proteins are in specific locations within cells, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in cell adhesion and movement. Their findings, published in Cell Reports, could help researchers better understand diverse phenomena such as cancer metastasis and cell differentiation.

Released: 4-Apr-2025 11:00 AM EDT
How A Small Number of Mutations Can Fuel Outbreaks of Western Equine Encephalitis Virus
Harvard Medical School

New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts could turn a deadly pathogen into a harmless bug or supercharge a relatively benign virus, influencing its ability to infect humans and cause dangerous outbreaks.

   
Newswise: Virus Infects Cells with a Protective Cloaking Mechanism
Released: 3-Apr-2025 8:40 PM EDT
Virus Infects Cells with a Protective Cloaking Mechanism
University of California San Diego

Viruses known as ā€œjumbo phageā€ are a new hope against the rising antibacterial infection crisis. Researchers have discovered how jumbo phage are able to infect bacteria so efficiently. They found a compartment that protects and hides valuable DNA material from the bacteria’s immune defense system.

Newswise: Researchers Find Intestinal Immune Cell Prevents Food Allergies
Released: 3-Apr-2025 8:10 PM EDT
Researchers Find Intestinal Immune Cell Prevents Food Allergies
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at WashU Medicine found that a small population of immune cells in the mouse intestine prevents allergic responses to food, suggesting that targeting such cells therapeutically could potentially lead to a new treatment for allergies.

Newswise: Delicate Balancing Act Determines How Many Genome Gateways Form in Cells
Released: 31-Mar-2025 11:00 AM EDT
Delicate Balancing Act Determines How Many Genome Gateways Form in Cells
Sanford Burnham Prebys

As warehouses go, nuclei are more like libraries than bank vaults. Too many cellular components need access to the genome to lock it down like Fort Knox. Instead, large groupings of more than 1,000 individual protein molecules called nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) pepper the dividing membrane, serving as gateways for materials and messages entering and exiting the nucleus.

Released: 27-Mar-2025 9:10 AM EDT
Personalized App Reduces Cancer-Related Fatigue
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

U-M researchers, in collaboration with Arcascope, have developed and tested a personalized app that tracks a user’s circadian rhythm and makes behavioral recommendations to reduce daily fatigue.

Newswise: Why Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer Resist a Promising Candidate Therapy
Released: 24-Mar-2025 6:10 PM EDT
Why Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer Resist a Promising Candidate Therapy
Ludwig Cancer Research

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a key barrier to the efficacy of a promising combination of radiotherapy and immunotherapy for the treatment of brain metastases arising from breast cancer—and in doing so uncovered approaches to overcoming that resistance.

Newswise: Study Identifies Gut Sensor That Propels Intestines To Move
Released: 24-Mar-2025 11:00 AM EDT
Study Identifies Gut Sensor That Propels Intestines To Move
Harvard Medical School

Research in mice identifies protein responsible for regulating gut movement in response to pressure, exercise, and inflammation. The findings can inform precision-targeted treatments for intestinal inflammation and disorders of gut motility. The results add to a growing body of research showing the nervous and immune systems interact in various organs, including the brain, lungs, and skin.

Newswise: New Study Sheds Light on How Bacteria ā€˜Vaccinate’ Themselves with Genetic Material from Dormant Viruses
Released: 21-Mar-2025 5:45 PM EDT
New Study Sheds Light on How Bacteria ā€˜Vaccinate’ Themselves with Genetic Material from Dormant Viruses
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders — by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to ā€œvaccinateā€ themselves to elicit an immune response.

Newswise: Scientists Demonstrate Pre-clinical Proof of Concept for Next-Gen DNA Delivery Technology
Released: 21-Mar-2025 11:05 AM EDT
Scientists Demonstrate Pre-clinical Proof of Concept for Next-Gen DNA Delivery Technology
Wistar Institute

Wistar Institute scientists and collaborators describe a next-generation vaccination technology that combines plasmid DNA with a lipid nanoparticle delivery system.

Newswise: Boosting Brain’s Waste Removal System Improves Memory in Old Mice
Released: 21-Mar-2025 11:00 AM EDT
Boosting Brain’s Waste Removal System Improves Memory in Old Mice
Washington University in St. Louis

Aging compromises the lymphatic vessels surrounding the brain, disabling waste drainage from the brain and impacting cognitive function. Researchers at WashU Medicine boosted lymphatic vessel integrity in old mice and found improvements in their memory compared with old mice without rejuvenated lymphatic vessels.

Newswise: New Drug Therapy Combination Shows Promise for Advanced Melanoma Patients
Released: 21-Mar-2025 10:25 AM EDT
New Drug Therapy Combination Shows Promise for Advanced Melanoma Patients
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

A novel oral combination drug therapy evaluated at Huntsman Cancer Institute could treat and prevent melanoma spreading to the brain. Brain metastasis is the main cause of death from melanoma.

Newswise: Researchers Find Missing Link in Autoimmune Disorder
Released: 18-Mar-2025 8:55 PM EDT
Researchers Find Missing Link in Autoimmune Disorder
Washington University in St. Louis

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a key component to launching immune activity – and overactivity. The researchers identified a protein in cells that spurs the release of infection-fighting molecules. The protein, whose role in the immune system had not previously been suspected, provides a potential target for therapies that could prevent overreactive immune responses that are at the root of several debilitating illnesses.



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