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In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy—which aims to boost the body's natural defenses against cancer—is experiencing ...
New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.
Audible sound can affect gene activity in mouse cells, boosting the attachment of muscle precursors to surrounding tissue and ...
“More and more health studies find new benefits of the egg for human nutrition.” Given that 3 billion people cannot currently afford a healthy diet, eggs provide a scalable and economical solution.
In a first step toward FDA approval of kidney xenotransplantation, a living human with end-stage kidney disease may receive a ...
“Conflict” seems to imply war and genocide. If disease killed them, it would be very odd for another group to move into their ...
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe autoimmune disease with complex genetic causes. Some genetic contributors have been ...
Myrio's PHOX2B PC-CAR T therapy gains FDA approval for human trials, promising innovative treatment for patients with ...
“What truly surprised and excited us was the discovery and replication of MICB, a gene located within the HLA region but acting independently of the classical HLA genes. MICB had not previously been ...
Comparing this DNA allowed them to reconstruct the human migration from Asia to South America, ... the researchers found a reduced diversity of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes, ...
The neoantigens most likely to draw T-cell attention are those whose peptides best fit into HLA proteins. HLA genes vary widely among people, so the team looked for peptides that bind best to some of ...