The process of DNA packaging in cell nucleus revealed
Credit: Igor Kireev Scientists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in collaboration with their colleagues from the USA have conducted a research on DNA packaging...
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David Julius to receive the 2017 HFSP Nakasone Award
The Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) has announced that the 2017 HFSP Nakasone Award has been awarded to David Julius of the University of...
Tumors reprogram the liver, causing wasting and short-circuiting body’s immune response
Cold Spring Harbor, NY - One of the worst cruelties of lethal cancer is the phenomenon called wasting, or in medical terms, cachexia (pronounced ka-CHEX-ia),...
Weight loss condition provides insight into failure of cancer immunotherapies
A weight loss condition that affects patients with cancer has provided clues as to why cancer immunotherapy - a new approach to treating cancer by...
McMaster scientists discover autism gene slows down brain cell communication
Hamilton, ON (Nov. 8, 2016) - Scientists at McMaster University's Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute in collaboration with Sick Children's Hospital have discovered genetic...
The messenger in Huntington’s disease
(Center for Genomic Regulation) A research effort led by Eulàlia Martí at the Centre for Genomic Regulation reveals new molecular mechanisms of Huntington's chorea. The...
Decoding the genome of the Japanese morning glory
Credit: NIBB Researchers in Japan have successfully decoded the entire Japanese morning glory genome. Japanese morning glories (Ipomoea nil) are traditional garden plants that are...
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