Month: July 2022

Jul 26 2022

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The chemical controlling life and death in hair follicles

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A single chemical is key to controlling when hair follicle cells divide, and when they die. This discovery could not only treat baldness, but ultimately speed wound healing because follicles...

Jul 21 2022

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Melanoma thickness equally hard for algorithms and dermatologists to judge

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Assessing the thickness of melanoma is difficult, whether done by an experienced dermatologist or a well-trained machine-learning algorithm. A study shows that the algorithm and the dermatologists had an equal...

Jul 21 2022

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Tissue nanotransfection technology proves useful in non-viral topical gene editing to close complex cutaneous wounds

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New research demonstrates that tissue nanotransfection can serve as a non-viral, topical, gene-editing delivery device.

Jul 17 2022

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Study reveals new mode of triggering immune responses

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Small proteins, called chemokines, that direct immune cells toward sites of infection can also form DNA-bound nanoparticles that can induce chronic, dysfunctional immune responses, according to a new study. The...

Jul 15 2022

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Bacteria in donor organs complicate immune response after transplantation

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Organ transplant recipients take life-long immunosuppressive drugs to prevent their bodies from mounting an immune response against the donated organ, yet a substantial number of them still reject the organs....

Jul 15 2022

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Scientists find primitive blueprint for embryo cell creation

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A groundbreaking study has uncovered 14,000 unique sites in DNA that together form the most elementary blueprint for embryogenesis — the creation of embryos.

Jul 15 2022

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Simple skin biopsy can assess tissue damage related to COVID-19

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A minimally invasive test was able to identify pathology in patients at different stages of disease and potentially enable earlier intervention, researchers report.

Jul 15 2022

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Take the burn out of sunscreen testing: Experts

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Exposing humans to ultraviolet radiation to test sunscreen effectiveness should be phased out, according to scientists and cancer experts.

Jul 08 2022

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Rheumatic fever and household overcrowding

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Research has uncovered strong evidence that household overcrowding is a major risk factor for acute rheumatic fever and streptococcal infections of the skin.

Jul 07 2022

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Psoriasis: Study lays foundation for new treatment strategy

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About one third of those who suffer from psoriasis develop inflammation in their joints (psoriatic arthritis) as a result of the chronic skin condition. A research team has now discovered...