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Oct 15 2020

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Nerves that sense touch may play role in autism

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Autism is considered a disorder of the brain. But a new study suggests that the peripheral nervous system, the nerves that control our sense of touch, pain and other sensations,...

Oct 15 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

Lower Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Produces Disease-Related Epigenetic Changes in the Nucleus

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Epigenetic marks on nuclear DNA, such as DNA methylation, control the expression of specific genes, and thus the mix of proteins being manufactured by a cell, and thus the behavior...

Oct 15 2020

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A Conservative View on Osteoarthritis, Failing to Mention Senescent Cells

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This open access paper provides a conservative view on the state of research and development of osteoarthritis treatments. Some time is spent on the puzzling nature of inflammation in osteoarthritis,...

Oct 15 2020

Daily News

A Hydrogel Scaffold to Encourage Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

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The nervous system of mammals is poorly regenerative at best. The use of implantable scaffold materials is one of the strategies under development in the tissue engineering community to encourage...

Oct 14 2020

Daily News

Loss of Sense of Smell as an Early Biomarker for Brain Aging

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Alzheimer’s disease begins in the olfactory bulb, with evidence suggesting that this is related to failing drainage of cerebrospinal fluid from that part of the brain. It has been noted...

Oct 14 2020

Daily News

A Healthy Lifestyle Correlates with Increased Life Span Even in People with Multiple Age-Related Conditions

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This assessment of epidemiological data shows that the gain in life expectancy that accompanies a healthy lifestyle is much the same whether or not an individual suffers from multiple age-related...

Oct 14 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

G3BP1 is Required for the Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype

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The senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) is how senescent cells cause long-term harm. It is also how senescent cells produce short-term benefits. SASP is the name given to the mix of...

Oct 14 2020

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New insight on mole growth could aid development of skin cancer treatments

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Moles stop growing when they reach a certain size due to normal interactions between cells, despite having cancer-associated gene mutations, says a new study.

Oct 14 2020

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Technique to recover lost single-cell RNA-sequencing information

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Researchers have greatly boosted the amount of information that can be obtained using Seq-Well, a technique for rapidly sequencing RNA from single cells. This advance should enable scientists to learn...

Oct 14 2020

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Bacterial toxin with healing effect

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A bacterial toxin promoting tissue healing has been discovered. The compound, found in Staphylococcus aureus, does not just damage cells, but also stimulates tissue regeneration.