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Cellular mechanisms that may lead to onset of inflammatory bowel disease

Fri, 2025-03-21 14:35
New study shows that dysfunction of protective immune cells in GI tract may contribute to onset of inflammation in Crohn's disease.
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Potential risk biomarkers found for schizophrenia resulting from cannabis use

Fri, 2025-03-21 10:14
A new study has analyzed and compared the fatty acids in the blood of individuals with schizophrenia, of those with cannabis use disorder and of those with both diagnoses, with the aim of shedding light on new biomarkers and improving the understanding of the biological relationship between the two disorders. The study also offers a powerful tool for identifying new biomarkers.
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Cannabis users face substantially higher risk of heart attack

Tue, 2025-03-18 12:18
Marijuana is now legal in many places, but is it safe? Two new studies add to mounting evidence that people who use cannabis are more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who do not use the drug, even among younger and otherwise healthy adults. The findings are from a retrospective study of over 4.6 million people and a meta-analysis of 12 previously published studies.
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Efficient development of drugs with fewer mice

Tue, 2025-03-18 12:15
New active ingredients such as antibodies are usually tested individually in laboratory animals. Researchers have now developed a technology that can be used to test around 25 antibodies simultaneously in a single mouse. This should not only speed up the research and development pipeline for new drugs, but also hugely reduce the number of laboratory animals required.
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RNA origami: Artificial cytoskeletons to build synthetic cells

Mon, 2025-03-17 14:40
With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural RNA biomolecule to fold new building blocks, making protein synthesis superfluous. In pursuit of the artificial cell, a research team has cleared a crucial hurdle. Using the RNA origami technique, they succeeded in producing nanotubes that fold into cytoskeleton-like structures.
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