Biology
A pill to strengthen muscle and bone
Researchers led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify a drug that mimics the effects of exercise on muscle...
AI helps detect pancreatic cancer
OAK BROOK, Ill. – An artificial intelligence (AI) tool is highly effective at detecting pancreatic cancer on CT, according to...
Chinese Medical Journal review sheds light on protein drug target for treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
It is a known fact that consuming a large amount of alcohol, even for a few days, triggers fat accumulation...
Revealing one of the mechanisms by which thyroid cancer becomes resistant to lenvatinib-a molecularly targeted drug
Key research findingsCredit: KEN-ICHI ITO, SHINSHU UNIVERSITY Key research findings The multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (MKI), lenvatinib, is widely used...
The gene to which we owe our big brain
Animal studies on great apes have long been banned in Europe for ethical reasons. For the question pursued here, so-called...
RET inhibitor selpercatinib demonstrates durable responses in tumor-agnostic population
HOUSTON ― The highly selective RET inhibitor selpercatinib was well-tolerated and achieved durable objective responses across multiple tumor types in...
Study: Baby Kinda baboons become independent faster if moms are social, dominant
New research shows female Kinda (kihn-dah) baboons who have strong social connections with other female and male baboons, or are...
How visual information travels from the retina to the midbrain
For the first time, neuroscientists from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence (currently in...
What killed dinosaurs and other life on earth?
Determining what killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period has long been the...
Scientists at the CNIC and Hospital Puerta de Hierro develop a tool to determine if dilated cardiomyopathy has a genetic origin
Scientists at the CNIC and Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro in Majadahonda have developed a software application that predicts the...
New research to plumb the mysteries of mitochondria, yielding insight into evolution, food security and climate change
AMHERST, Mass. – The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced that it will support the efforts of a collaborative group...
Oncoscience | As expected, based on rapamycin-like p53-mediated gerosuppression, mTOR inhibition acts as a checkpoint in p53-mediated tumor suppression
“SASP is one of the mechanisms of tumor-promotion by senescent cells and is inhibited by both rapamycin and p53 .”Credit:...
Scientists redefine obesity with discovery of two major subtypes
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (September 12, 2022) — A team led by Van Andel Institute scientists has identified two distinct types...
In Australia, cockatoos and humans are in an arms race over garbage access
Residents of southern Sydney, Australia have been in a long-term battle over garbage—humans want to throw it out, and cockatoos...
How many drinks is too many?
A new rodent study shows that even small quantities of alcohol can trigger epigenomic and transciptomic changes in brain circuitry...
The thermodynamics of life taking shape
Tokyo, Japan – Revealing the scientific laws that govern our world is often considered the ‘holy grail’ by scientists, as such...
Poll: Aching joints make older adults reach for many forms of pain relief – but health risks could follow
Popping a pill may bring short-term relief for arthritis-related joint pain, but many older adults may not realize that what...
Cold method for clearer fatty liver observation found
Osaka, Japan – Obesity can give rise to a variety of health concerns. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)—a type of fatty liver...
Cell therapy improves progression-free survival in advanced melanoma, first phase 3 study shows
Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology First randomised study to show cell therapy improves outcomes in patients with solid cancers ...
Scientists discover how air pollution may trigger lung cancer in never-smokers
Paris, France, 10 September 2022 - A new mechanism has been identified through which very small pollutant particles in the...
