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The devastating mosquito-borne Zika virus can infect cells that play a role in skull development, a new study finds.
The findings may help explain why Zika infection during pregnancy can lead to babies with smaller-than-normal heads and brains, a birth defect called microcephaly.
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Reuters
Scientists in the United States have successfully treated broken spines and skulls in animals using 3-D-printed synthetic bone, opening the possibility of future personalized bone implants for humans to fix dental, spinal other bone injuries.
Unlike real bone grafts, the synthetic material — called hyper-elastic bone — is able to regenerate bone without the need for added growth factors, is flexible and strong and can be easily and rapidly deployed in the operating room.
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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory via Lab Manager
Structural biology research conducted at the Energy Department's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has uncovered how small insecticidal protein crystals that are naturally produced by bacteria might be tailored to combat dengue fever and the Zika virus.
SLAC's X-ray free-electron laser — the Linac Coherent Light Source, a DOE Office of Science user facility — offered unprecedented views of the toxin BinAB, used as a larvicide in public health efforts against mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, West Nile virus and viral encephalitis.
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Medical News Today
Scientists are surprised to find that ultrasmall, fluorescent nanoparticles — originally developed to light up tumors for surgery — can also kill cancer cells by triggering a type of cell death that is not commonly observed.
They report the discovery — and how they tested the nanoparticles in cell cultures and mice — in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
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Cornell University via ScienceDaily
An essential molecule in cells, called phosphatidic acid (PA), is at the center of a cellular biology mystery. This lipid, or fatty molecule, is a jack-of-all-trades — based on context, it can cause cells to move, divide or commit suicide. Elevated levels of PA have also been observed in many types of cancer as well as autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases.
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University of California San Diego Health Sciences via
The underlying cause of male infertility is unknown for 30 percent of cases. In a pair of new studies, researchers have determined that the reproductive homeobox family of transcription factors — regulatory proteins that activate some genes and inactivate others — drive the development of stem cells in the testes in mice.
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DARK Daily
Giving consumers direct access to medical laboratory testing continues to be a subject of some controversy. One factor in this debate is Theranos, which brought much attention to direct access testing, followed by extensive news coverage in recent months of its problems with reporting accurate clinical laboratory test results.
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University of Zurich via ScienceDaily
A small number of people infected with HIV produce antibodies with an amazing effect: Not only are the antibodies directed against the own virus strain, but also against different subtypes of HIV that circulate worldwide. Researchers now reveal which factors are responsible for the human body forming such broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies, thereby opening new avenues for the development of an HIV vaccine.
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