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Cancer cells cast a sweet spell on the immune system
06/04/2017
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Cancer cells have surface proteins and sugars that link with immune cells to quiet their reaction to the cancer. Current immune therapies block interactions between PD-L1 proteins (light green) on tumor cells and PD-1 proteins (teal) on T cells to aw...
“Sugar, I can’t work without you.”, says Brain
29/01/2017
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New research is providing insights into why the brain is so reliant on sugar to function. In a study published Jan. 19 in Neuron, a research team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators discovered that brain cells use a specific sugar, glucose, ...
Electricity, The New Detective
18/01/2017
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Six sugar molecules can be put together in a trillion ways. Since some sugars are indicators of diseases, telling them apart could lead to better disease detection or medicines. To identify some molecules, it usually takes many samples or pricey har...
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Gene Editing Tool CRISPR Is Making Scientists Face The Hard Questions
10/03/2016
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The CRISPR-Cas9 tool makes genetic engineering cheap and easy, making it a powerful tool that has the potential to be abused. Video provided by NewsyT...