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Jun 12 2020

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Providing the Ability to See Near-Infrared Light as a Treatment for Retinal Degeneration

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Researchers here propose an interesting approach to restoring vision in cases of age-related macular degeneration. They are using a gene therapy targeted at photoreceptor cells to provide these cells with...

Jun 12 2020

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Greater MMP-2 Levels in a Population of Long-Lived Individuals

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A great many research groups are engaged in the search for distinct biochemistry in extremely old humans. How do older individuals survive where their peers did not, and can any...

Jun 11 2020

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Rat Livers Decellularized, then Recellularized with Human Cells and Transplanted

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A decellularized organ is one that has had the cells stripped out, such as via detergent solutions, leaving behind the extracellular matrix. Decellularization is a way to obtain a fully...

Jun 11 2020

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Targeted Interference in the Complement System Improves Recovery from Stroke

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The complement system is a part of the innate immune system, and aids in the coordination of the immune response. It promotes inflammation, and in certain circumstances, such as the...

Jun 10 2020

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Spiroligomers as a Potential Basis for Therapies to Break Harmful Cross-Links

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This popular science article takes a brief look at work on spiroligomers, a solution for some of the hard problems in the design of custom molecules. This might be applied...

Jun 10 2020

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Reactive Astrocytes Kill Neurons in Neurodegenerative Conditions

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Researchers here report on their investigations of human astrocytes, a class of supporting cells in the brain that are responsible for maintaining the correct function of neurons. Age-related neurodegenerative conditions...

Jun 09 2020

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Transplantion of Glial Progenitor Cells Regenerates Myelin in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis

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Disabling conditions result when the myelin sheathing of nerves is sufficiently degraded, such as via a malfunctioning immune system attacking the body’s own tissues, as is the case for multiple...

Jun 09 2020

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An Aging Clock Based on the Transcriptome Rather than Epigenome

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Researchers here use the transcription levels of hundreds of proteins taken from published nematode study data sets to produce an accurate aging clock, akin to the epigenetic clocks that were...

Jun 06 2020

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Stem Cell Therapy Reverses Aspects of Photoaging in Skin

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With few exceptions, the worldwide community of clinics offering first generation stem cell therapies is not usually a source of reliable data. They don’t tend to conduct trials or even...

Jun 06 2020

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Engineering Viruses that Only Replicate in Cancer Cells

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One of the many interesting approaches to targeting cancer cells for destruction is the use of viruses that are largely innocuous to humans, but replicate preferentially in cells exhibiting the...