Study finds breast cancer driver, HER2, in 3 percent of lung cancers
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium at the University of Colorado Cancer Center reports this ...
Large gaps remain in colorectal cancer screening rates, study finds
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, July 27, 2017-- Large gaps remain in colorectal cancer screening rates between poorer ...
Manmade peptides reduce breast cancer’s spread
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 27, 2017) - Manmade peptides that directly disrupt the inner workings of a gene ...
In assessing risk of hormone therapy for menopause, dose — not form — matters
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS When it comes to assessing the risk of estrogen therapy for menopause, how the therapy is ...
Seattle Children’s opens CD22 CAR T-cell immunotherapy trial for children and young adults
SEATTLE - July 27, 2017 - After seeing promising results in phase 1 of the Pediatric Leukemia Adoptive Therapy (PLAT-02) ...
E-cigarette use may encourage experimentation with tobacco, study finds
Credit: University of Stirling Young people who have tried an e-cigarette may be more likely to go on to smoke ...
Seeing more with PET scans: New chemistry for medical imaging
Credit: Wikimedia Commons Researchers have found a surprisingly versatile workaround to create chemical compounds that could prove useful for medical ...
USDA invests $15.7 million for research to Iimprove livestock and aquaculture
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 27, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today ...
Drug improves brain performance in Rett syndrome mice
Credit: UAB After learning that a small-molecule drug improves breathing in a mouse model of the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome, ...
Interactive protein posttranslational modifications regulate stress responses
Credit: IGDB Methylation and nitric oxide (NO)-based S-nitrosylation are highly conserved protein posttranslational modifications that regulate diverse biological processes, including ...
New 3-D imaging reveals how human cell nucleus organizes DNA and chromatin of its genome
Credit: Horng D. Ou, Salk Institute. Sixty-four years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick described the now-iconic double helix structure ...
BTI receives DARPA ‘Insect Allies’ Award
Credit: Emilyn Matsumura Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Davis, and ...
DNA links male, female butterfly thought to be distinct species
Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History photo by Shinichi Nakahara GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers recently discovered what was thought to ...
UT Southwestern finds link between backup immune defense, mutation seen in Crohn’s disease
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 27, 2017 - Genes that regulate a cellular recycling system called autophagy are commonly ...
Researchers crack the smile, describing 3 types by muscle movement
Credit: Courtesy of Paula Niedenthal MADISON, Wis. -- The smile may be the most common and flexible expression, used to ...
New 3-D imaging reveals how human cell nucleus organizes DNA and chromatin of it’s genome
Credit: Horng D. Ou, Salk Institute. Sixty-four years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick described the now-iconic double helix structure ...
Biochemists link synthetic compound to hunger-hormone production
New research suggests that a man-made cousin of a small molecule found in olive oil can disrupt the hunger-signaling pathway. ...
New imaging technique overturns longstanding textbook model of DNA folding
How can six and half feet of DNA be folded into the tiny nucleus of a cell? Researchers funded by ...
Could insufficient sleep be adding centimeters to your waistline?
Adults in the UK who have poor sleep patterns are more likely to be overweight and obese and have poorer ...
Effects of a major drug target regulated through molecular ‘codes’
(Van Andel Research Institute) The findings, published today in Cell, reveal for the first time components of a G protein-coupled ...
