A new tactic for starving tumors
Credit: Laboratory of Metabolic Regulation and Genetics at The Rockefeller University A tumor's goal is simple: to grow, grow, grow, ...
Month: June 2018
Immune profile for successful cancer immunotherapy discovered
In a new study published online June 25, 2018 in Nature Medicine, UC San Francisco researchers have identified a key ...
Men’s testosterone levels largely determined by where they grow up
Men's testosterone levels are largely determined by their environment during childhood, according to new research. The Durham University-led study suggests ...
Cholera spread tracked at household level
For the first time, the transmission of cholera has been tracked at the household level across Dhaka, Bangladesh, a city ...
Gut bacteria markers could be a ‘smoking gun’ for liver disease
Chemical compounds produced by the bacteria in our gut could be used to spot the early stages of liver disease, ...
CRISPR editing reduces repetitive behavior in mice with a form of autism
Credit: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Scientists have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to lessen some autism ...
Structure of S. agalactiae toxin identified by USTC biologists
Credit: JIN Tengchuan Streptococcus (S.) agalactiae (contains the CAMP factor) is a round bacterium that could cause severe invasive infections. ...
Otago researchers help find answers to growing typhoid problem in the Pacific
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago researchers have been key partners in a study which has found poor sanitation ...
T-cell leukaemia: Cancer cells take advantage of ‘survival protein’
The overproduction of the BCL-2 protein is due to a defect in the ribosome, the protein factory of the cell. ...
Plaster which sticks inside the mouth will revolutionize treatment of oral conditions
Credit: University of Sheffield A plaster which sticks to the inside of your mouth is revolutionising the treatment of painful ...
Lethal prostate cancer treatment may benefit from combination immunotherapy
Credit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer ...
Children with existing allergies should be screened for an emerging, severe chronic food allergy
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Children with known skin, food and respiratory allergies should be screened for an emerging, chronic ...
Clostridium difficile infections have decreased 36 percent in Canadian hospitals
Rates of C. difficile infections have decreased 36% in hospitals across Canada, although the virulent NAP1 strain associated with severe ...
Plaster which sticks inside the mouth will revolutionise treatment of oral conditions
Credit: University of Sheffield A plaster which sticks to the inside of your mouth is revolutionising the treatment of painful ...
American College of Rheumatology and Emirates Society for Rheumatology co-host Conference
The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) is collaborating with the Emirates Society for Rheumatology (ESR) to co-host their 4th Annual ...
Combining targeted radionuclide therapy and immunotherapy could improve melanoma survival
Credit: R Hernandez, R Patel, et al., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisc. PHILADELPHIA - Research presented at the 2018 Annual ...
Novel nuclear medicine probe will help assess new drugs for neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: Z Cai and S Li et al., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. PHILADELPHIA - New nuclear medicine tracers could ...
Opening of the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Scientific evidence as an answer to fake news - this is the guiding idea of the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate ...
Novel PET tracer successfully images cardiovascular infections
Credit: Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. PHILADELPHIA - A novel positron emission tomography ...
Improved PSMA-targeting agent more effective for prostate cancer diagnosis/therapy in mice
Credit: Z Wang et al., National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD PHILADELPHIA - Research presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting ...
