Cells protect themselves better than expected - new discovery reveals surprising defence strategy
An international research team led by scientists from SickKids Hospital in Toronto, the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Dalhousie University, the University of Exeter (UK) and the Medical University of Vienna has uncovered a previously unknown protective strategy of cells. The study, published in the top journal Science, shows how two cell compartments - mitochondria and peroxisomes - work directly together to defend themselves against so-called "oxidative stress factors".
First test for early detection of multiple sclerosis
A research team at the Medical University of Vienna has developed a blood test that allows the identification of individuals at risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS) with a high degree of certainty years before the onset of symptoms. As a result, in the future, diagnostic and therapeutic measures could be taken early enough to delay or even prevent the onset of the disease. The corresponding research has just been published in the journal Nature Communications.
New treatment option investigated for difficult-to-treat muscle inflammation
A research team at the Medical University of Vienna has systematically described the safety and efficacy of targeted immunotherapy in refractory idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) for the first time. The results of the retrospective observational study were published in the journal Rheumatology.
Keeping the photon in the dark
A research team led by Gregor Weihs has developed a method for the deliberate control of dark excitons in quantum dots.
New insights into how stromal cell subtypes regulate the immune system
A research team at the Medical University of Vienna led by Dietmar Herndler-Brandstetter has investigated how bone marrow niches orchestrate immune cell development and promote long-term survival and function of mature immune cells. The study reveals that stromal cell subtypes have a different capacity to produce the survival cytokine interleukin 15 (IL-15) and thereby differently regulate the development and survival of immune cells. The results have been published in the Journal "Nature Communications".
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