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Spider venom isn’t normally something you want in your body, but in some cases there might be exceptions. Australian researchers have now identified two peptides from tarantula venom that show promise in blocking organ pain, working particularly well i… Continue reading Tarantula venom peptide may provide relief for IBS pain
The brain is an incredibly complex network of connections, but in some neurological disorders those connections can be lost. Researchers from the UK, Germany and Japan have now created synthetic molecules that may be able to help patch them up, with tests in cultured cells and mice showing promise in treating disease and injury.
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Continue reading Synthetic molecules repair mouse brain function lost to disease and injury
New preliminary research is suggesting a simple saliva test can detect the presence of a protein biomarker known to signal the occurrence of a heart attack in just 10 minutes. If this prototype test is validated in future studies it could dramatically … Continue reading Spit test promises to diagnose heart attacks in just 10 minutes
Immunotherapy is a promising form of treatment against cancer that can have incredible results – when it works. Now researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found that blocking a certain protein boosts the effectiveness of standard immuno… Continue reading Antibody aids immunotherapy in clearing out cancer in mice
A new study, from scientists at Harvard Medical School and the University of Cambridge, has described how drugs traditionally developed to treat erectile dysfunction may also improve the brain’s ability to clear toxic misfolded proteins linked with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
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Tags: Viagra, Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, Protein, Neuroscience, Brain, New Atlas Audio
Continue reading How Viagra is directing scientists toward a new Alzheimer’s treatment
When shrimp are processed at seafood plants, the resulting wastewater contains a lot of protein. Scientists have now devised a method of harvesting that protein, so it can be used to supplement animal feed or food for humans.Continue ReadingCategory: G… Continue reading New process harvests protein from shrimp-processing wastewater
Strokes can leave lifelong lingering issues, as neurons are damaged and die. But now, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute have identified a new drug that could help prevent damage even after a stroke, with tests in mice showing … Continue reading New drug helps reduce brain damage from a stroke in mice
A new study from the University of Kentucky has described a novel form of dementia characterized by the toxic accumulation of four different proteins in the brain. The research suggests many patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease may be suffering from this different, and more complex, neurodegenerative condition.
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Continue reading Newly discovered type of dementia may account for 20 percent of cases
Immunotherapy is a promising potential treatment for cancer, but it still has kinks to iron out. In a new study from Yale, researchers have identified a “jamming signal” that cancer uses to hide from the immune system – and importantly, engineered a sy… Continue reading Synthetic immune cell rallies the troops to fight cancer
There’s an old joke that you can’t trust atoms — they make up everything. But until fairly recently, there was no real way to see individual atoms. You could infer things about them using X-ray crystallography or measure their pull on tiny probes using atomic force microscopes, but not take …read more
Continue reading New Microscope Directly Images Protein Atoms