Feb 23, 2022 | Non classé
When a second infection follows on the heels of a first, the two arms of our immune system may clash Even after prevailing over a viral infection, our immune system stays active, protecting us from any lingering viruses or recurring disease. But what happens if we...
Feb 23, 2022 | Non classé
Life Sciences 22.02.2022 A gene for transport helps aggressive cancer cells move and spread Cancers are generally harder to treat when they spread rapidly, but clarifying the molecular basis of such aggressive malignancies might in the future lead to new drugs for...
Nov 23, 2020 | Non classé
A link in a worm nervous system that is broken in maturing females, but not in males, may shed light on the sex-linked nature of certain mental conditions Depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders tend to strike...
Oct 12, 2020 | Non classé
Much as our earliest memories go into making our grown-up personalities, the cells in our bodies have “memories” that shape their identities. Cellular memories remind our skin cells to stay skin and bone cells to stay bone – even as these cells divide again and again....
Sep 23, 2020 | Non classé
Bacteria Could Provide Us with the Next Antivirals Virus-fighting viperins, part of the human immune system, turn out to have bacterial counterparts that might boost the fight against human disease By tracking the evolution of what may be our oldest means of fighting...
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