Escort service: The role of immune cells in the formation of metastases
Credit: University of Basel Tumor cells use a certain type of immune cells, the so-called neutrophils, to enhance their ability to form metastases. Scientists have...
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Diffusing the methane bomb: We can still make a difference
The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet, causing carbon containing permafrost, frozen for thousands of years, to thaw and release methane...
NETRF announces $2.5 million in research to advance the treatment of rare cancer
Neuroendocrine tumor (NET) research supported by nonprofit foundationCredit: NETRF The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) continues its aggressive funding of neuroendocrine cancer research with eight...
A hidden route for fatty acids can make cancers resistant to therapy
Fatty acid metabolism is an essential process in tumor growth and proliferation. Despite different attempts to block fatty acid metabolism as a therapeutic strategy to...
Nullifying protein YTHDF1 enhances anti-tumor response
Power of cancer immunotherapy expanded by improved antigen presentation Cancer immunotherapy--an approach that removes the barriers that protect cancer cells from a patient's immune system--has...
How fibrosis develops in butterfly syndrome patients
Jefferson researchers discover potential therapy for major disease symptom PHILADELPHIA - Children with a grave skin disorder known as butterfly syndrome develop severe and chronic...
Review finds antibiotic development increased, but insufficient
While the pipeline of new antibiotics has improved over the past six years, momentum in the development of new infection-fighting agents remains inadequate and could...
Competent chimpanzee nutcrackers
Chimpanzees learn nut-cracking technique and reach expert efficiency relatively faster than humansCredit: © Christophe Boesch Humans consider themselves as the tool user per excellence, and...
What can worms tell us about human aging?
Community-developed blueprint of worm metabolism holds promise for greater understanding of agingCredit: Credit: Dr. Laetitia Chauve, Babraham Institute. Key points: Multi-disciplinary collaboration and community effort...
Scientists seeking to regrow kidneys make promising discovery
Kidneys can repair rhemselves after birth -- and that's good newsCredit: Dan Addison | University Communications Scientists seeking to regrow damaged kidneys have discovered that...
Citizen science projects have a surprising new partner — the computer
New machine learning techniques could pave the way for larger, more timely projectsCredit: ©Snapshot Serengeti For more than a decade, citizen science projects have helped...
Endocannabinoid system, a target to improve cognitive disorders in models of Down syndrome
In a new study in mouse models of Down syndrome, cannabinoid receptor type-1 has been identified as a possible target for improving cognitive disorders A...
When does noise become a meaningful message?
Bats tricked by the sound of rainCredit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Background noise is generally regarded as a nuisance that can mask important sounds. But...
A scientific study reveals the enigmas on social behaviour of western lowland gorillas
Gorillas in the heart of the forestCredit: Germán Illera A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences reveals...
Expand the role of patients, the true experts, in neuromuscular disease research
Shared decision-making seen as an important instrument to obtain better research results and gain support and acceptance from the wider public, according to a new...
