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The Exciting Field of Stem Cell Research
What are Stem Cells?
Stem cells are primitive, undifferentiated, and unspecialised cells that are found in multicellular organisms
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21st Jan 2022
CD33 Marker
Introduction Discover the multifaceted role of CD33, a critical player in immune function and disease, shaping our approach to treating cancers and neurodegenerative conditions
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21st Jan 2022
PD-1 & PD-L1 Inhibitors
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21st Jan 2022
Inflammation and the aging process
by Ryan Wallis, PhD
Aging and Disease
Imagine a world where everything you do is missing just a little piece and as time goes on you start to lose sense entirely.
This is the deva
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20th Jan 2022
Exosomes - Discovery, Cargo, Biogenesis & Functions
by Ryan Wallis, PhD student, QMUL, Blizard Institute
The microscopic world of cell biology was first explored by Robert Hooke in the 17th century and published in his work, Microgra
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20th Jan 2022
What are the stages of Parkinson's disease?
What is Parkinson’s disease?
Parkinson's disease can be seen as a neurodegenerative disease because it is associated with the loss of nerve cel
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18th Jan 2022
What is CAR T-cell therapy?
CAR T-cell therapy
CAR (Chimeric Antigen Receptor) T-cell Therapy is a type of cancer treatment. CAR T-cells are made in the laboratory and the
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18th Jan 2022
What are MHC Class I and II molecules?
What are MHC Class I molecules? The MHC class I is a glycoprotein that is expressed on all nucleated cells of the human body. MHC class I are important in disease defense against viruses, ba
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18th Jan 2022
How do antibodies work?
Antibodies are a special class of Y shaped proteins that help guard your body from invading viruses and bacteria. They do this by either neutralizing the dangerous
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17th Jan 2022
How do Neurons work?
A neuron is a cell that processes and transmits information through electrical and chemical signals. There are trillions of them in the human brain, which is able to carry out so many co
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15th Jan 2022
What is an Antigen?
Antigen's are foreign molecules recognised by the immune system.
Antigens can be protein, carbohydrate, lipid or nucleic acid molecules.
Examples include viruses and bacteria as
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15th Jan 2022
Types of Glial Cells
Microglia
Astrocytes
Oligodendrocytes
Glial
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14th Jan 2022
Anti-CTLA-4 Immunotherapy
CD Markers
Cluster of Differentiation (CD) markers play an important role in the differentiation of B cells, T cells and NK (natural killer) ce
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11th Jan 2022
The role of key Interleukins
Interleukin signaling is involved in a number of biological processes, including cell growth and differentiation, inflammation and immunity. Interleukins are glycoproteins which act
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11th Jan 2022
chemokine receptors and ligands
Chemokines are highly conserved cytokines that control the movement of cells around the body. All 45 members of the chemokine family can be divided into 4 subfamilies depending on th
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1st Dec 2021
Toll-like Receptor Signalling in Neurodegenerative Disease
Toll-Like Receptors
The innate immune response has come under the spotlight in recent years due to its central role in propagating the pathogen
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7th Oct 2021
RNA Extraction for COVID-19 Testing
Testing for COVID-19
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organisation have emphasised the crucial import
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7th Oct 2021
SARS-CoV-2 테스트 키트 - 원스텝 RT-qPCR 키트
SARS-CoV-2 검사 키트-코로나 바이러스 검사를위한 원스텝 RT-qPCR 키트 (2019-nCoV 종)
강력하고 재현 가능한 원스텝 코로나 바이러스 검사 (2019-nCoV종)
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7th Oct 2021
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Assay Tests
Rapid Antibody & Antigen tests available from Assay Genie
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7th Oct 2021
ST2 and IL33
ST2, a member of the IL-1R Subfamily
ST2 is a member of the IL-1R subfamily and was identified in 1989 [1]. The ST2 gene is located on chromoso
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7th Oct 2021
Scicomm (Science Communication) tips for beginners!
Science communication (Scicomm) is currently on the up. As rebellion against the increasing distrust of science stemmed from bigoted and ignorant leaders, scientists are turning to s
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6th Oct 2021
Adhesion molecules in atherosclerosis – ICAM1
Adhesion Molecules
Direct cell-cell interactions are maintained and regulated by cell adhesion molecules. The expression of adhesion molecules
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6th Oct 2021
Cancer Research Club - RCSI
Our Cancer Research Club symposium series continued on Wednesday afternoon, at Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland. The Bouchier-Hayes lecture theatre was at maximum capa
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6th Oct 2021
The Role of ACE2 in SARS-CoV-2
Structure, Function, and Detection Assays for COVID-2019
Background
The global spread of the novel cor
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6th Oct 2021