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New findings on TB could change how we treat inflammatory disordersÌýÌý Ìý
The study explains why treatments for many autoimmune and inflammatory diseases raise the risk of contracting TB—and also upends long-held assumptions about what kicks off an immune response. ÌýÌýÌý Ìý

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Cancer cells may be using lipids to hide from the immune system
New study demonstrates that one type of lipid is so critical for immune evasion that certain cancers cannot proliferate without them. Modulating intake of dietary lipids could open up an avenue for...

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This technique for studying cell receptors could have sweeping implications for drug development
Researchers created a tool capable of comprehensively mapping crucial interactions underlying drug efficacy in one superfamily of cell receptors.

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New insight into the protein mutations that cause Rett syndrome
Findings bolster the idea that the functions of this protein—MeCP2—are more centered on nucleosomes, rather than other forms of DNA.

A nucleosome composed of DNA (gray) and histones (blue) with a single hemimethylated cytosine bound by CDCA7 (purple).
Second genetic sensor for DNA methylation discovered
CDCA7, whose mutations alter DNA methylation pattern and cause immunodeficiency, is a novel sensor for a special class of methylated DNA.

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