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New gene catalog of ocean microbiome reveals surprises
Credit: HOT Program, UHM SOEST Microbes dominate the planet, especially the ocean, and help support the entire marine food web....
New strategy to treat aggressive lung cancer
Dignity Health St. Joseph's Researchers Discover a Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Treat a Particularly Aggressive Subgroup of Lung Cancer PHOENIX...
Impaired DNA replication can cause epigenetic changes inherited for several generations
Credit: Adam Klosin, CRG Cell division is key for renewing the cells in our tissues and organs. There are two...
Noninvasive detection for early stage cancers from circulating DNA
A new DNA sequencing-based method could help noninvasively detect early stage cancers by analyzing fragments of genetic material circulating in...
Scientists develop blood test that spots tumor-derived DNA in people with early-stage cancers
Credit: Reprinted with permission from Victor Velculescu et al., Science Translational Medicine 2017 In a bid to detect cancers early...
Popular immunotherapy target turns out to have a surprising buddy
Credit: The Netherlands Cancer Institute The majority of current cancer immunotherapies focus on PD-L1. This well studied protein turns out...
Toxic formaldehyde is produced inside our own cells, scientists discover
New research has revealed that some of the toxin formaldehyde in our bodies does not come from our environment -...
Cell cycle-blocking drugs can shrink tumors by enlisting immune system in attack on cancer
BOSTON -- In the brief time that drugs known as CDK4/6 inhibitors have been approved for the treatment of metastatic...
Specialists make breakthrough in the treatment of anal cancer
Specialists at The Christie and The University of Manchester have made a breakthrough which could potentially improve detection and treatment...
Blood biopsy reveals unique, targetable genetic alterations in patients with rare cancer
Credit: UC San Diego Health Using fragments of circulating tumor DNA in blood, University of California San Diego School of...
Insilico establishes collaboration with GSK to discover novel biological targets and molecules
Credit: Insilico Medicine,Inc. Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, Baltimore, Md. - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company at the forefront of artificial...
Researchers map brain tumor cells’ adaptation to oxygen deprivation
Credit: Louise Cornmark The most aggressive variant of brain tumour - glioblastoma - has an average survival rate of 15...
Researchers identify oestrogen receptor stem cells in the in the mammary gland
One of the key questions in stem cell and cancer biology is to understand the cellular hierarchy governing tissue development...
For post-menopausal women, vaginal estrogens do not raise risk of cancer, other diseases
Credit: Women's Health Initiative FINDINGS Women who have gone through menopause and who have been using a vaginal form of...
Popular sungazer lizards under threat from poaching
Credit: Shivan Parusnath/Wits University The Sungazer (Smaug giganteus), a dragon-like lizard species endemic to the Highveld regions of South Africa,...
The nerve-guiding ‘labels’ that may one day help re-establish broken nervous connections
Credit: Professor Juan Pablo Labrador, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists have identified a large group of biological 'labels' that guide nerves...
Researchers clarify mystery about proposed battery material
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Battery researchers agree that one of the most promising possibilities for future battery technology is the lithium-air...
Molecule increases pregnancy rate and number of offspring in cattle
Researchers at Inprenha Biotecnologia, a company based in Jaboticabal, São Paulo State, Brazil, working in partnership with colleagues at the...
Going ‘green’ with plant-based resins
Airplanes, electronics and solar cells are all in demand, but the materials holding these items together -- epoxy thermosets --...
Harvard researchers develop tough, self-healing rubber
Imagine a tire that could heal after being punctured or a rubber band that never snapped. Researchers from the Harvard...
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