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Research Group Identifies Potential Therapeutic Target for Lupus

Inhibiting IRE1α, a molecule activated by the endoplasmic reticulum in neutrophils, counters disease progression in lupus mice
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New Clues to Classic Cancer Target Found in Immune Cells

Scientists have long sought to target the interaction between the proteins p53 and Mdm2 in tumor cells, but their interaction in immune cells may be just as important.
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Cancer Immunotherapy May Also Treat Certain Autoimmune Diseases

The new approach blocks the interaction between cancer cells and immune receptors, showing promise in mice.
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Two Proteins Critical for Kidney Function

Pax2 and Pax8, known for their role in embryonic development, also key to urine concentration in adults.
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Researchers Identify a New, Vital Player in Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Organ Transplant Rejection

How one long noncoding RNA could help improve outcomes in bone marrow and solid organ transplantation.
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Flu Shot Associated With Fewer, Less Severe COVID Cases

What does getting a flu shot have to do with COVID-19? A new study suggests that getting your flu shot may help protect you against severe disease from coronavirus.
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How Useful is Next-Generation Sequencing for Patients with Advanced Cancer?

Patients with cancers of unknown origin greatly benefited from next-generation sequencing; widespread inherited cancer risk also suggests broad utility, a study finds.
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Help U-M Biomedical Research Teams Compete in the Annual STAT Madness Tournament

University of Michigan research into COVID-19 complications, cancer and surprise medical bills competes among the nation’s top discoveries of the past year.
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New Model Predicts Cancer Drug Efficacy Across and Within Cancer Types

New technologies are making “precision oncology” more of a reality, including a new approach that better accounts for variations within and across individual cancer types.vidual cancer
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New Study Suggests Excess Glycogen May Cause Metabolic Syndrome

A team explores the possible association between human genetic variants and liver attenuation that may also indicate a new pathway for lowering triglycerides and cholesterol.
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Cold is gold for COVID-19 scientists

A biorepository of samples from people with COVID-19 is on ice in the same kind of -80 freezers that are used to store vaccines.
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Subset of COVID-19 Patients Have Increased Bleeding Risk

A new potential biomarker raises concerns over the current standard for treating COVID-19 induced blood clots with high dose blood thinners.
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How a Little-Known Glycoprotein Blocks a Cancer Cell’s Immune Response

Targeting this inside-the-cell checkpoint could potentially improve response to cancer immunotherapy.
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Scientists ‘Farm’ Natural Killer Cells in Novel Cancer Fighting Approach

Engineers and oncologists teamed to develop a microfluidic chip capable of capturing the body’s natural killer immune cells to harvest their cancer-killing exosomes.
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COVID-19 Variants: What Do New Mutations to SARS-CoV-2 Mean?

Mutations to the Sars-CoV-2 virus are resulting in new variant strains including B.1.1.7. What do these changes mean for efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic?