A readily available, inexpensive, small molecule drug can improve the fitness of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) that are modified outside the body, potentially improving the success of procedures such as ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 27, 2023
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An international research team has deciphered the mechanism by which the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is resistant to fungus-specific drugs. It is a yeast-like fungus that can infect humans. Specific drugs, named antifungals, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 3, 2022
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The simplicity of urine sampling has been combined with the excellent sensing abilities of CRISPR to improve diagnostic testing for kidney transplant patients, an international research team reports in the journal Nature ...
Biotechnology
Apr 13, 2020
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A new wireless system to power heart pumps could save lives by reducing deadly infections caused by current forms of the device.
May 15, 2017
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Experts from the University of Aberdeen have discovered how the fungus which causes thrush tries to hide from our body's defences.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 13, 2016
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Researchers at the MIRA research institute of the University of Twente and the Radboudumc have created a 'living membrane' combining kidney epithelial cells with a polymeric artificial membrane. This achievement is a first ...
Biochemistry
Apr 9, 2015
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A Kansas State University microbiologist has found a breakthrough herbal medicine treatment for a common human fungal pathogen that lives in almost 80 percent of people.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A potentially lethal fungal infection appears to gain virulence by being able to anticipate and disarm a hostile immune attack in the lungs, according to findings by researchers at Duke Medicine.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 14, 2013
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Scientists have sequenced the genome of the fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii, an advancement that could help identify new targets for drugs to treat and prevent Pneumocystis pneumonia, a common and often deadly infection in ...
Biotechnology
Dec 26, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Nottingham are leading an ambitious research project to develop an in vivo biological cell-equivalent of a computer operating system.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 7, 2011
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