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HIV/tuberculosis co-infection: tunnelling towards better diagnosis
1.2 million people in the world are co-infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria which causes tuberculosis, and AIDS (HIV-1). This…
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Alzheimer’s: how does the brain change over the course of the disease?
What changes in the brain are caused by Alzheimer’s disease? How do these changes differ from those observed in the normal ageing process?…
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Tuberculosis: Commandeering a bacterial “suicide” mechanism
The bacteria responsible for tuberculosis can be killed by a toxin they produce unless it is neutralized by an antidote protein. The European team of…
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What happens to magnetic nanoparticles once in cells?
Although magnetic nanoparticles are being used more and more in cell imaging and tissue bioengineering, what happens to them within stem cells in the…
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How manganese produces a parkinsonian syndrome
Using X-ray fluorescence at synchrotrons DESY and ESRF, researchers in the Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CNRS/Université de…
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Human neuronal networks for modelizing Parkinson’s disease
Aggregation of the alpha-synuclein protein is involved in neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease. By using human stem cells differentiated into…
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Physics can show us the inside of tumors
A team of physicists at the Institut Lumière Matière (CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), in collaboration with the Cancer Research Center…
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Discovery of novel mechanisms that cause migraines
Researchers at CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur and Inserm have demonstrated a new mechanism related to the onset of migraine. In fact, they found how a…
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