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Newswise: MSK Research Highlights September 18, 2024
Released: 18-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
MSK Research Highlights September 18, 2024
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New research from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) uses saturation genome editing to better understanding of the RAD51C gene, which has been linked to higher risks of breast and ovarian cancer; sheds new light on brain metastasis; and finds a commercially available contrast dye could help surgeons better separate cancer from healthy tissue.

Newswise: LJI Discovery Paves the Way for Antivirals Against Ebola Virus and Its Deadly Relatives
Released: 17-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
LJI Discovery Paves the Way for Antivirals Against Ebola Virus and Its Deadly Relatives
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

The new study, led by researchers in the Saphire Lab at LJI, reveals the inner workings of the Ebola virus nucleocapsid. LA JOLLA, CA—At this moment, the world has few tools to combat deadly filoviruses, such as Ebola and Marburg viruses. The only approved vaccine and antibody treatments protect against just one filovirus species.

Released: 17-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
How Targeting 'Zombie Cells' Could Help Extend Healthspan
Hevolution Foundation

What if a drug could help you live a longer, healthier life? Scientists at the University of Connecticut are working on it. In a new study in Cell Metabolism, researchers described how to target specific cells to extend the lifespan and improve the health of mice late in life.

   
Newswise: Researchers uncover shared cellular mechanisms across three major dementias
9-Sep-2024 7:00 PM EDT
Researchers uncover shared cellular mechanisms across three major dementias
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Researchers have for the first time identified degeneration-associated “molecular markers” – observable changes in cells and their gene-regulating networks – that are shared by several forms of dementia that affect different regions of the brain.

Newswise: New Study Shows that Chronic Neurodegeneration can be Prevented after Traumatic Brain Injury
Released: 10-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
New Study Shows that Chronic Neurodegeneration can be Prevented after Traumatic Brain Injury
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Violent blows or jolts to the head can cause traumatic brain injury (TBI), and there are currently about five million people in the U.S. living with chronic neurodegeneration and related impairments due to TBI.

Released: 9-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Researchers at UCLA Identify Cellular Pathways Whose Dysregulation Leads to Acne Lesions
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Using cutting-edge bioinformatics techniques for gene identification and sequencing, researchers at UCLA are comprehensively map signaling pathway distributions in both normal and acne-affected skin.

Newswise: Pathway Tied to Cancer-Driving Genome Alterations Identified
Released: 9-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Pathway Tied to Cancer-Driving Genome Alterations Identified
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Cancer cells appear to hijack a genetic pathway involved in DNA repair to drive malignancy and overcome treatment, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. Their findings, published in Cell, explain how chromosomes in some tumors undergo massive rearrangements and could lead to new strategies to avoid cancer drug resistance.

Newswise: Urate Transporter Structures Reveal the Mechanism Behind Important Drug Target for Gout
Released: 9-Sep-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Urate Transporter Structures Reveal the Mechanism Behind Important Drug Target for Gout
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Ten structures of URAT1 obtained by scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital provide a deep understanding of the mechanism of urate transport to guide gout therapeutic design.

Newswise: TGF-Beta and RAS Signaling Are Both Required for Lung Cancer Metastasis, Study Finds
Released: 6-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
TGF-Beta and RAS Signaling Are Both Required for Lung Cancer Metastasis, Study Finds
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

MSK researchers have identified two signaling pathways that work together to spur the spread of lung cancer. Taking away one of those signals could help slow or stop metastasis, findings in animal models suggest.

Newswise: Age-Related Changes in Male Fibroblasts Increase Treatment-Resistant Melanoma
4-Sep-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Age-Related Changes in Male Fibroblasts Increase Treatment-Resistant Melanoma
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Age-related changes in the fibroblasts, cells that create the skin’s structure, contribute to the development of aggressive, treatment-resistant melanoma in males, according to research in mice by the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

Newswise: Johns Hopkins Researchers Identify Key Markers in Pancreatic Cancer Progression Using a New Analysis Pipeline
Released: 29-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Johns Hopkins Researchers Identify Key Markers in Pancreatic Cancer Progression Using a New Analysis Pipeline
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Using a new workflow that integrates spatial transcriptomics and machine learning for imaging analysis and integration with single-cell datasets, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have identified novel molecular and cellular markers in the development of one of the most aggressive, deadly pancreatic cancers: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Released: 29-Aug-2024 8:05 AM EDT
A bacterial defense with potential application in genome editing
Ohio State University

Scientists who have described in a new study the step-by-step details of a bacterial defense strategy see the mechanism as a promising platform for development of a new genome-editing method.

   
Newswise: How Beetle Juice Led to the Discovery of a Virus and Solved the Mystery of a Superworm Die-Off
Released: 28-Aug-2024 5:05 PM EDT
How Beetle Juice Led to the Discovery of a Virus and Solved the Mystery of a Superworm Die-Off
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists have discovered a virus that caused a nationwide die-off of superworms, a common food for birds, reptiles, other pets and, more and more so, even for humans as an alternative protein source. In doing so, they pioneered a different way to search for and identify emerging viruses and pathogens in humans, plants and animals.

Released: 22-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
LJI scientists lead new mpox research
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are investigating how the mutated clade 1 mpox virus may affect children and older patients—and how new vaccines can help the body fight back.

20-Aug-2024 7:05 PM EDT
How Thyroid Hormone Fuels the Drive to Explore
Harvard Medical School

Research in mice sheds light on how thyroid hormone alters wiring in the brain. Findings reveal that thyroid hormone syncs up the brain and body to drive exploratory behavior. Researchers say their work could illuminate new treatments for certain psychiatric conditions.

Newswise: Finding new treatments for genetic tumor-predisposition syndrome
Released: 21-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Finding new treatments for genetic tumor-predisposition syndrome
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Dr. Alice Soragni and her team developed a high throughput organoid screening platform to rapidly establish and screen 3D tumor organoids for cutaneous neurofibromas to find drugs that slow tumor growth.

Newswise: New research explores the urea cycle’s strong connection to fatty liver disease
Released: 14-Aug-2024 8:00 AM EDT
New research explores the urea cycle’s strong connection to fatty liver disease
Indiana University

An Indiana University School of Medicine physician scientist is making strides in understanding the molecular origins of fatty liver disease, a leading cause of liver failure in the United States.

Newswise: Study reveals oleoyl-ACP-hydrolase underpins lethal respiratory viral disease
Released: 12-Aug-2024 1:30 PM EDT
Study reveals oleoyl-ACP-hydrolase underpins lethal respiratory viral disease
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Respiratory infections can be severe, even deadly, in some individuals, but not in others. Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and other collaborators have gained new understanding of why this is the case by uncovering an early molecular driver that underpins fatal disease.



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