Poliovirus therapy induces immune responses against cancer
Credit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - An investigational therapy using modified poliovirus to attack cancer tumors appears to unleash the ...
Scientists restore tumor-fighting structure to mutated breast cancer proteins
Credit: David Hungate/VTC Research Institute Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have successfully determined the full architecture of ...
Bio-inspired approach to RNA delivery
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- By delivering strands of genetic material known as messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells, researchers can induce the ...
Researchers identify millions of new genes in the human microbiome
A new study of the human microbiome -- the trillions of microbial organisms that live on and within our bodies ...
3-D printed brain allows surgeons to practice
The first time a young surgeon threads a wire through a stroke victim's chest up through their neck and fishes ...
The right way to repair DNA
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Sept. 20, 2017) Is it better to do a task quickly and make mistakes, ...
Researchers hit the brakes on lethal brain cancers in mice
Credit: Image courtesy of Michelle Monje, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University. New research conducted in mice provides evidence that highly lethal ...
New study offers novel treatment strategy for patients with colon cancer
(Boston) - Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In a new study, researchers demonstrate for ...
Slowly proliferating melanoma cells with high metastatic properties
PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 20, 2017) -- A study conducted at The Wistar Institute has led to the identification of a ...
New clinical trial explores combining immunotherapy and radiation for sarcoma patients
BALTIMORE - Sept. 20, 2017. University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers are investigating a new approach to treat high-risk ...
‘Capicua’ gene plays a key role in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered a genetic alteration that is directly involved in at ...
Penn researchers identify new target, develop new drug for cancer therapies
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Opening up a new pathway to fight cancer, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have ...
Tibetan yoga practice may improve sleep quality for breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Participating in twice-weekly practice of Tibetan yoga may reduce sleep disturbances and improve sleep quality ...
Space radiation is risky business for the human body
Credit: NASA While people protect their eyes from the sun's radiation during a solar eclipse, NASA's Human Research Program (HRP) ...
Naked molecules dancing in liquid become visible
Credit: (K. Hima Nagamanasa, Huan Wang, and Steve Granick. Liquid-Cell Electron Microscopy of Adsorbed Polymers. Advanced Materials (2017) Copyright Wiley-VCH ...
Convergent evolution of mimetic butterflies confounds classification
David Lohman, associate professor of biology at The City College of New York's Division of Science, is co-author of a ...
Discovery helps improve accuracy of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing
Credit: Janet Iwasa graphic for Doudna Lab Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and Massachusetts General Hospital have identified ...
New $5.4 million grant to JAX funds studies of ‘cognitive resilience’ to Alzheimer’s disease
A new five-year grant totaling $5,382,423 to Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Assistant Professor Catherine Kaczorowski will fund research to explore why ...
Wave Glider surfs across stormy Drake Passage in Antarctica
Credit: Avery Snyder/University of Washington The Southern Ocean is key to Earth's climate, but the same gusting winds, big waves ...
JDR special issue on orofacial clefting and dental and craniofacial anomalies
lexandria, Va., USA - The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have published a special issue in the ...
