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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Linked to HHV-6A Variant of Common Herpes Virus Through New Method

Study in Green Monkeys Suggests That Wound Healing Mechanism in Mucous Tissues Might Help Ward Off Development of AIDS

Scientists Crack Rabies Virus Weaponry; Elucidate Binding of Virus P-Protein to Host STAT1

Scientists Clarify How RNA Molecules Are Folded in Ribosomes; Findings Reveal Unprecedented Detail

Researchers Show Immunotherapy Highly Effective in Extending Life in Those with Heat & Neck Cancer and Also Expressing High Levels of PD-L1 Marker

Mount Sinai Researchers Uncover New Molecular Drivers of Parkinson's Disease; New Approach May Lead to a Better Understanding of Most Cases

Study Suggests Deep Involvement of Transposable Elements in Emergence of the Mammary Gland and Its Evolution Within Mammals

Genome-Wide Screen of Malaria Parasite Genome with Corresponding Metabolic Models Represents Major Breakthrough in Malaria Research; Allows Researchers to Focus on Essential Genes

Phage Therapy Shows Promise for Alcoholic Liver Disease; Gut Bacteria Toxin Linked to Worse Clinical Outcomes; Treatment With Bacteriophages Clears the Harmful Bacteria and Eliminates Disease In Mice

After Decades of Little Progress, Researchers May Be Catching Up to Sepsis; PERSEVERE Platform Assays Five Risk-Associated Biomarkers

Exosomes Enable Delivery of Severe Prostate Cancer-Promoting Transfer Factors; Inhibition of Exosome Release May Prove Helpful in Treatment

Research Points to Possible Treatment Target in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF); Targeting Mevalonate Pathway May Abrogate Role of Macrophages in Dysregulated Fibrotic Repair

Batty Microbiomes Defy Predictions

Anthrax Toxin May Be Effective Weapon in Fighting Bladder Cancer

Frequent Technical Bias Occurs in RNA-Seq Expression Studies, Leading to Widespread Misinterpretation of Gene Expression Data; Authors Present Approach to Removing This Bias

Biomarker Blood Test Could Reveal High-Risk Heart Patients in Need of Treatment

Study Reveals How Two Strains of One Bacterium Combine to Cause Flesh-Eating Infection

Penn Scientists Uncover Dose of Medication More Likely to Put Patients with Pemphigus (Chronic, Sometimes Fatal Skin Disease) into Remission; Findings May Inform Use of Recent FDA Approved Drug Rituximab to Better Treat Patients with Pemphigus

Computer Analysis Reveals Over 1 Million Nucleic Acid Polymer Molecules That Are Possible Alternatives to DNA & RNA

Genetic Diversity Facilitates Effectiveness of Cancer Therapy; Cancer Patients with Broader Diversity of HLA Genes Respond Better to Treatment with Checkpoint Inhibitors

For First Time, Potential Treatment Path Becomes Clear for Subtype of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

Researchers Seek to Attack Leukemia Stem Cells in Effort to Cure Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Early Results from First-In-U.S. Trial of CRISPR-Edited Immune Cells for Cancer Patients Suggest Safety of Approach

Blood Test for CA125 Level Can Help General Practitioners Spot Ovarian Cancer in Women with Suspicious Symptoms

Critical Protein (ZBP1) That Could Spur West Nile/Zika Virus Treatments Is Identified

From Cone Snail Venom to Pain Relief; One Conotoxin (Prialt) Has Been Approved by FDA As Treatment for Sever Chronic Pain and Is 1,000 Times More Potent Than Morphine & Triggers No Dedpendence

Commonly Used Diabetes Drug (Pioglitazone) Relieves Symptoms of Nicotine Withdrawal; May Provide New Strategy in Efforts to Help Individuals Stop Smoking

Simple Blood Test for Tumor-Associated Antigens My Be Effective for Early Detection of Breast Cancer; Similar Test Being Assessed in Soctland for Lung Cancer

Researchers Engineer Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes

Lymphatic System Found to Play Key Role in Hair Regeneration

International Study Led by Harvard Scientists Reveals Surprising Amount of Gene Flow Among Butterfly Species, Even Between Some That Are Distantly Related

ASEMV 2019 Annual Meeting on Exosomes & Microvesicles—Final Day (Day 5), Thursday, October 10

ASEMV 2019 Annual Meeting on Exosomes & Microvesicles—Day 4, Wednesday, October 9

ASEMV 2019 Annual Meeting on Exosomes & Microvesicles—Day 3, Tuesday October 8

ASEMV 2019 Annual Meeting on Exosomes & Microvesicles—Day 2, Monday October 7

ASEMV 2019 Annual Meeting on Exosomes & Microvesicles Opened Sunday Evening, October 6, at Asilomar in Pacific Grove, California

Scientists Discover Involvement of Known Protein (Clathrin) in Liver Cancer: Finding Has Clear Clinical Relevance, As It Will Facilitate Patient Selection for More Specific Therapy

Lupus Study Illustrates Importance of Considering Diversity In Genetic Research

Mutation Discovery in Monkeys Could Lead to Treatment for Blindness-Causing Syndrome (Bardet-Biedl Syndrome or BBS), and Other Forms of Retinitis Pigmentosa; OHSU Scientists Report First-Ever Non-Human Primate Model for BBS

New Alpha-Gel; An Environment-Friendly and Easily Producible Surfactant Used to Prepare Effective Water-Retaining Mixture That Can Be Used in Skincare

Breakthrough in Genetic Skin Disease; Epigenetic Modifers DNMT3A and BCOR Are Recurrently Mutated in CYLD Cutaneous Syndrome (CCS)

Scientists Reveal Novel Oncogenic Driver Gene (DEPDC5) on Chromosome 22q in Human Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs); Intriguing Connection with Focal Epilepsy; DEPCD5 Agonists May Serve As Anti-Cancer Drugs

In Nine-Year Effort, Scientists Sequence Transcriptomes of Over 1,100 Plants, Illuminating 1 Billion Years of Evolution

MIT Scientists Build Proteins That Avoid Crosstalk with Existing Molecules; Engineered Signaling Pathways Could Offer New Strategy for Building Synthetic Biology Circuits; Approach Could Improve CAR-T Cell Therapy for Cancer, Among Other Applications

Haptoglobin Binds Free Hemoglobin and Can Prevent Neuron Damage After Brain Hemorrhage; Haptoglobin Not Normally Present at Effective Concentration in Brain, But Direct Administration in Cerebrospinal Fluid Is Protective in Animal Model

Blood Factor (GDF11) Stimulates Secretion of Adiponectin and Induces Calorie-Restriction-Like Phenotype in Aged Mice; Injection of GDF11 Stimulates Neurogenesis and Blood Vessel Remodeling

White Bellbirds in Amazon Shatter Record for Loudest Bird Call Ever Measured

Promising Treatment for Incurable, Deadly Kidney Disease—Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (AD-PKD); New Drug Blocks Cyst-Promoting MicroRNA

Takeda Acquires License for First-in-Class Celiac Disease Therapy from COUR Pharmaceuticals Following Positive Phase 2a Proof-of-Concept Study

New Treatment May Reverse Celiac Disease; Novel Nanotechnology Approach May Be Applicable to Other Autoimmune Diseases and Allergies, Including Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, & Asthma; Takeda Acquires License for First-in-Kind Celiac Diseas