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Tardigrade Proteins Upgrade Damage Resistance Of Human Cells
Posted in Medicine, Science on 3rd Apr, 2024
by Alex Muller
Just like tardigrades, when you put human cells that have these proteins into biostasis, they become more resistant to stresses, conferring some of the tardigrades' abilities to the human cells."
Zombie Cells Have A Weakness. An Experimental Anti-Aging Therapy Exploits It.
Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller
It's a promising alternative to existing methods for wiping out senescent cells.
Scientists reworked an experimental cancer therapy to treat autoimmune disease
Posted in Medicine on 28th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
For reasons scientists have not been able to figure out yet, the immune response mistakenly attacks its own healthy cells, struggling to distinguish between ally and enemy.
Removing senescent immune cells could be the key to preventing some lung cancers
Posted in Medicine on 18th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
So, while this research is still in early stages, it could provide hope for an effective way to not only treat, but to intercept and prevent lung cancer, one of the biggest cancers of unmet need.
How Insufficient Sleep Can Damage Your Immune Stem Cells
Posted in Medicine, Science on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller
The findings help draw a direct line between sleep problems and cardiovascular disease, as well as offering some clues to how general immune dysfunction can be triggered by poor sleep.