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A shared set of systems in the brain may play an important role in controlling the retrieval of facts and personal memories utilised in everyday life, new research shows.

New photo-oxygenation catalyst targets amyloid structure, recruits brain immune system cells

A twin study recently completed at the University of Helsinki indicates that the machinery responsible for energy handling in fat tissue is working poorly in obesity. In the study, a clear reduction was seen in the activity of mitochondrial genes in obesity in fat tissue, while similar genome-level change in muscle mitochondria was minor. A link with adverse health effects was identified in the mitochondria of fat tissue only.

In young adults, brain tumours can be benign for years before they switch their behaviour and become highly aggressive.

Treatment with the neoantigen cancer vaccine PGV-001 following standard-of-care adjuvant therapy was well tolerated and showed potential clinical benefit in patients with diverse tumor types with high risk of recurrence, according to results from a phase I clinical trial presented during Week 1 of the virtual AACR Annual Meeting 2021, held April 10-15.

Open Lab Gene and Cell Technologies has presented its new research.

Note to journalists: Please report that this research will be presented at a meeting of the American Chemical Society.

A team of researchers led by UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has found that metformin – a drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes – can successfully reduce symptoms associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), including reduction in the frequency of seizures and the size of brain tumours.