Wound healing events in mucous tissues during early infection by Simian Immunodeficiency Virus, or SIV, guard some primate species against developing AIDS, a recent study has learned. The research looked…
A team of researchers published new findings about the role of sensory processing and disease characteristics in the functional status of individuals with multiple sclerosis. This is one of the…
Bacteria are everywhere. They live in the soil and water, on our skin and in our bodies. Some are pathogenic, meaning they cause disease or infection. To design effective treatments…
A toxic protein linked to Huntington's disease can move from neuron to neuron through a nanotube tunnel whose construction is initiated by a protein called Rhes, say scientists at Scripps…
Unos investigadores han logrado secuenciar el genoma completo de 1000 personas para determinar el perfil genético de la enfermedad de Alzheimer en Argentina.<br /> <br /> <br /> Este es…
When mitochondria become damaged, they avoid causing further problems by signaling cellular proteins to degrade them. In a paper publishing April 11, 2019, in the journal Developmental Cell, scientists in…
Dietary intake of two fatty acids, omega-3 and omega-6, may have opposite effects on the severity of asthma in children and may also play opposite roles in modifying their response…
Investigadores del Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) y del CIBER de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD) (España) han publicado una serie de tres estudios en los que…
Un estudio del Laboratorio de Neurofarmacología-NeuroPhar del Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales y de la Salud (DCEXS) de la UPF (Catalunya, España) revela la participación del sistema endocannabinoide en las alteraciones…
Artículo del blog Cierta Ciencia, de la genetista Josefina Cano, que recomendamos por su interés.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Los depósitos en el cerebro de la proteína…
La multinacional farmacéutica Grifols, con sede en Barcelona, difundió hace pocos días los resultados de un ensayo clínico con pacientes de alzhéimer. Los datos muestran una ralentización de la progresión…