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Individual receptors caught at work
Credit: Video: Team Calebiro G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are among the "hottest" targets for the therapy of diseases such as...
Death by a thousand cuts? Not for small populations
We've all heard Darwin's theory described as favoring the fittest, but new research from Michigan State University shows that, at...
Screening for disease or toxins in a drop of blood
Credit: Newomics The promise of being able to quickly and accurately screen for diseases or chemical contaminants in a tiny...
Nice ice, maybe: Study finds water-repelling surfaces ease ice removal
Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Water-repellent surfaces and coatings could make ice removal a literal breeze...
New clues to treat Alagille Syndrome from zebrafish
Credit: Kristen Custato; SBP La Jolla, Calif., Oct. 18, 2017 - A new study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham...
Study: New simple method determines rate at which we burn calories walking up, down, flat
Credit: SMU Locomotor Lab When military strategists plan a mission, one of many factors is the toll it takes on...
3-D imaging to help protect American heritage sites from hurricanes and natural disasters
Credit: National Park Service Natural disasters such as Hurricane Irma are putting the nation at risk of losing parts of...
WPI researchers developing autonomous snake-like robots to support search-and-rescue teams
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has received a three-year,...
Researchers show the potential of precision medicine for treating rare cancers
For the first time, researchers have been able to identify effective treatments for patients with rare cancers by analyzing genes...
TGen develops processing procedures for ‘single-cell’ sequencing
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Oct. 16, 2017 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced grant support from the Chan...
Therapeutic form of arsenic is a potential treatment for deadly type of brain cancer
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Oct. 17, 2017 -- From Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie, arsenic is often the poison of choice...
New bowel cancer drug target discovered
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered a new drug target for bowel cancer that is specific to tumour...
Three of the most deadly cancers get critical funding for research
Credit: Fred Hutch News Services Immunotherapy for leukemia patients has been nothing short of a miracle. Now scientists hope to...
Researchers release the brakes on the immune system
Credit: (c) Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn Many tumors possess mechanisms to avoid destruction by the immune system. For instance, they...
Breast cancer treatments today — and tomorrow (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society AMES, Iowa - The concept of "collective intelligence" is simple - it asserts that if...
A new compound targets energy generation, thereby killing metastatic cells
Cancer can most often be successfully treated when confined to one organ. But a greater challenge lies in treating cancer...
UB spinoff company For-Robin moves one step closer to human clinical trials
Credit: Credit: Loukia Karacosta/For-Robin Inc. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Scientists from For-Robin Inc., a University at Buffalo biotechnology spinoff, have published...
Biopsy specimen found to be reliable for evaluating DLL3 expression in small cell lung cancer
Yokohama, Japan - Oct. 17, 2017 - Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) biopsy specimen was found to be reliable material...
Treatment based On BRCA1 level does not increase survival of stage II/III NSCLC N+ resected patients
Yokohama, Japan - Oct. 17, 2017 - New research shows that treating stage II and III non-small cell lung cancer...
JAX, Seven Bridges to build centralized data platform to advance cancer research
The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), a nonprofit biomedical research institution, and Seven Bridges, the leading biomedical data analysis company, today announced...
