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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive disease of the lungs characterized by inflammation, fibrosis, excessive mucus production, and destruction of the alveoli where gas exchange occurs. COPD is…
Researchers at MIT and Skoltech have developed a new combinatorial therapy that could be used to treat liver cancer in humans, the fourth most common form of cancer. The researchers…
New research suggests COVID-19 patients remain capable of transmitting the virus for several days after all symptoms of infection have disappeared. One small study, published in the American Journal of…
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19 in humans, has spread around the world rapidly, far faster and to a much greater extent than similar coronaviruses such…
Infection with the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 does not cause symptoms for up to two weeks, during which time individuals can transmit the coronavirus to others. Coupled with a lack…
Researchers at Hubrecht Institute and University Medical Center at Utrecht University in the Netherlands have used a new version of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool to make edits to the…
A team of researchers at North Carolina State University have used the CRISPR-Cas3 gene editing system to target harmful bacteria in the gut microbiome that cause colitis, a form of…
A mechanism has been identified which is used by the body to clear damaged and misfolded proteins from the extracellular space. The build up of toxic proteins in the extracellular…
Researchers at the Max Delbrück Centrum for Molecular Medicine (MDC) have identified the stem cells responsible for clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most common form of kidney cancer….
A potential new drug target has been identified that could be used in new treatments for melanoma and lung cancer that could prevent metastasis progression. Both of these forms of…