Tumor microenvironment acts as a mechanism of resistance to chemotherapy
Researchers at Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have published a new Oncotarget work which highlights the importance of the tumor ...
Deaths from ovarian cancer decline worldwide due to oral contraceptive use
Deaths from ovarian cancer fell worldwide between 2002 and 2012 and are predicted to continue to decline in the USA, ...
Obesity linked to improved survival in kidney
Despite being a risk factor for kidney cancer, obesity was linked to improved survival Obese or overweight patients with metastatic ...
Protein subunit found to rescue afflicted neurons in Huntington’s disease
A montage of three images of single striatal neurons transfected with a disease-associated version of huntingtin, the protein that causes ...
From DNA to disease, study describes rare, new brain disorder
Credit: Ouyang et. al./Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In rare cases — for instance, among siblings in two families from ...
Promising drug leads identified to combat heart disease
Using a unique computational approach to rapidly sample, in millisecond time intervals, proteins in their natural state of gyrating, bobbing, ...
Microchip enables fast, precise measurement of single-cell growth
A new technique invented at MIT can precisely measure the growth of many individual cells simultaneously. The advance holds promise ...
New HIF-2 kidney cancer therapy more effective than current treatment, study shows
DALLAS – September 05, 2016 -A new class of drugs called HIF-2 inhibitors is more effective and better tolerated than ...
Study opens door to targeted treatments for esophageal cancer
Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, lead researcher based at the MRC Cancer Unit at the University of CambridgeScientists have discovered that oesophageal ...
Device rapidly measures growth of single cells simultaneously
A new technique invented at MIT can precisely measure the growth of many individual cells simultaneously. “The device provides new ...
Biochemists’ discovery could lead to vaccine against ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria
Streptococcus Bacteria Credit: WikimediaBiochemists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered patterns in the outer protein coat of ...
Radiologists detect breast cancer in ‘blink of an eye’
A new study by investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in collaboration with researchers at the University of York and ...
Vitamin C may boost effectiveness of acute myeloid leukemia treatment
EDITOR’S NOTE: Maintaining proper nutrition is an important part of cancer therapy. Patients are urged to consult their doctors before ...
Edible dormice: High food availability slows down cell aging
Credit: Vetmeduni Vienna Hibernation has long been considered the secret behind the relatively long lifespan of the edible dormouse. However, ...
Single gene mutation causes severely debilitating disease of brain blood vessels
The cause of a disease that targets blood vessels in the brain – leading to multiple debilitating symptoms and, often, ...
A new window to understanding the brain
Scientists in recent years have made great strides in the quest to understand the brain by using implanted probes to ...
Bringing artificial enzymes closer to nature
Scientists at the University of Basel, ETH Zurich, and NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering have developed an artificial metalloenzyme that catalyses ...
Cardioprotective drug helps prevent long-term heart damage in children receiving chemotherapy
Steven Lipshultz, MD, of Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of MichiganA potent chemotherapy drug can ...
Lung cancer patients whose tumor has spread to the brain could be spared radiotherapy
Lung Cancer Credit: WikimediaPATIENTS with non-small cell lung cancer which has spread to the brain could be spared whole brain ...
Memory for future wearable electronics
Last March, the artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat Korean Go champion LEE Se-Dol at the Asian board game. “The ...
