Unraveling threads of bizarre hagfish's explosive slime
Credit: Image courtesy Jean-Luc Thiffeault. MADISON -- Hundreds of meters deep in the dark of the ocean, a shark glides toward what seems like a...
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Surge protector: A novel approach to suppressing therapy-induced tumor growth and recurrence
BOSTON - Following up on a groundbreaking 2018 study in which BIDMC's Dipak Panigrahy, MD, demonstrated that dead and dying cancer cells killed by conventional...
Why haven't cancer cells undergone genetic meltdowns?
Cancer first develops as a single cell going rogue, with mutations that trigger aggressive growth at all costs to the health of the organism. But...
Study: Despite progress, gay fathers and their children still structurally stigmatized
Credit: Benson Kau A study published in the February 2019 "Pediatrics" journal suggests the majority of gay fathers and their children continue to experience stigma...
Study of mutation order may change understanding of how tumors develop
Cancer Cell paper envisions new direction in cancer research Cancers most commonly arise because of a series of two to five mutations in different genes...
UCI study identifies a new way by which the human brain marks time
Novel findings may further understanding of age-related dementia Irvine, Calif., Jan. 15, 2019 -- With a little help from HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," University of...
How cancer becomes transmissible in Tasmanian devils: Molecular mechanisms elucidated
Credit: Kosack et al., 2019, Cancer Cell 35, 1-5, January 14, 2019 © 2018 Published by Elsevier Inc. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.11.018. Tumors usually grow exclusively in...
Genome doubling, cell size and novelty
Investigating the mechanisms of polyploidy in plants In the 2019 Coulter Review, "Polyploidy, the Nucleotype, and Novelty: The Impact of Genome Doubling on the Biology...
'Outdated' management plan increases risks to Alaska's large carnivores
Credit: Lisa Hupp, US Fish and Wildlife Service CORVALLIS, Ore. - Alaskan wildlife management that prioritizes reducing bear and wolf populations so hunters can kill...
Assessing the performance of multiple influenza forecasting models
UMass Amherst biostatistician, national team assess flu forecast modelsCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In what the authors believe is the first documented comparison of...
Hindering melanoma metastasis with an FDA-approved drug
Promising findings from the School of Veterinary Medicine show that a medicine originally used to control blood pressure may prevent distant tissues from becoming fertile...
Regulation and potential drug targets of tumor-associated Tregs
Credit: ©Science China Press According to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO), there will be 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths...
IADR/AADR divests sugar-sweetened beverage companies from investment portfolio
Alexandria, VA, USA - The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) announce the divestment of sugar-sweetened beverage...
Suicide risk more than quadruples for people with cancer
Hershey, Pa -- People with cancer are more than four times more likely to commit suicide than people without cancer, according to Penn State College...
Harvard research reveals potential therapeutic target for ALS
Discovery opens doors to improving diagnostics and developing new therapy for majority of ALS patients Research led by stem cell scientists at Harvard University points...
