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New study sheds light on disease-busting ‘recycling bins’ in our cells
Credit: Sharon Tooze Scientists have made an important step in understanding how cells keep themselves clean and healthy - a...
ASHG honors John Mulvihill with Mentorship Award
Credit: OUHSC BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named John J. Mulvihill, MD, Children's Hospital...
Side effects not a major problem for new class of breast cancer drugs
A ground-breaking new class of oral drugs for treating breast cancer, known as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, are generally well-tolerated,...
Tall men and obese men at higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer
Men who are tall and obese are at increased risk of high grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer death, according...
Genetically enhanced, cord-blood derived immune cells strike B-cell cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Immune cells with a general knack for recognizing and killing many types of...
New data network for Huntington’s disease research
Huntington's disease is an hereditary disorder of the nervous system caused by a faulty gene on chromosome four. The faulty...
Chillier winters, smaller beaks
Credit: Charles Davies; Flickr Although Charles Darwin lived and worked in the 19th century, modern evolutionary biologists are far from...
Using a microRNA to shift the makeup of glioblastoma subtypes
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an extremely aggressive brain cancer, is a very complex disease. It is characterized by a fast-growing tumor...
Study reveals interplay of an African bat, a parasite and a virus
Credit: Tony Goldberg, UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- If there is anything scientists are certain of when it comes to bats...
Researchers overcome suppression of immune response against bacterial pathogens
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to positively influence the immune response in severe viral and bacterial co-infection....
New imaging technique able to watch molecular dynamics of neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: Sophie Brasselet, Institut Fresnel, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a fast and practical molecular-scale imaging...
Mountaintop coal mining causes appalachian rivers to run ‘consistently saltier’
Credit: Fabian Nippgen Mountaintop-removal coal mining causes many streams and rivers in Appalachia to run consistently saltier for up to...
Mountain gorillas have herpes virus similar to that found in humans
Credit: Courtesy Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis Scientists from the University of California, Davis, have detected a herpes virus in wild...
On the way to a biological alternative
Credit: Graphic: Oliver Einsle The research team of Prof. Dr. Oliver Einsle at the University of Freiburg's Institute of Biochemistry...
Kessler Foundation researchers awarded grants by NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research
Credit: Kessler Foundation Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, Peii Chen, PhD, Ekaterina Dobyrakova, PhD, and Soha Saleh, PhD, all of Kessler Foundation,...
Scientists develop imaging method for measuring glutathione in real time
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Glutathione is the most abundant natural antioxidant in cells. It protects them from damage and...
50-year-old flu virus model revamped, revealing pandemic prediction possibilities
Credit: Seema S. Lakdawala/Pitt PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2017 - The scientific textbook depiction of the flu virus is about to...
Can sexual risk and behaviors among women help explain HIV disparities by race/ethnicity?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2017 -- Researchers examined the sexual behaviors of a...
Cancer researchers become first in UK to access latest genome sequencing technology
UK scientists now have access to a new kind of next-generation genome sequencing machine which could revolutionise their research to...
Stand Up To Cancer, St. Baldrick’s Foundation hail green light for CAR T cell therapy
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer Stand Up To Cancer and the St. Baldrick's Foundation welcomed the Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee's...
