Cancer stem cells get energy from protein, and it’s proving to be their Achilles’ heel
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Think of energy metabolism like a party popper: Ripping something apart releases a bang. Most of your cells rip...
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New strategy discovered toward possible prevention of cancers tied to mono
Researchers from the University of Minnesota, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the University of Toronto have discovered a possible path forward in preventing the...
Synthetic molecule invades double-stranded DNA
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a synthetic molecule that can recognize and bind to double-stranded DNA or RNA under normal...
Obesity both feeds tumors and helps immunotherapy kill cancer
Credit: UC Davis Health A groundbreaking new study by UC Davis researchers has uncovered why obesity both fuels cancer growth and allows blockbuster new immunotherapies...
INCITE grants awarded to 62 computational research projects
Credit: Technische Universitaet Ilmenau/Joerg Schumacher The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science announced 62 projects for 2019 aimed at accelerating discovery and innovation...
From the cosmos to fusion plasmas, PPPL presents findings at global APS gathering
Credit: Derek M. H. Hung More than 135 researchers and students from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) presented their...
Big data and advanced artificial intelligence techniques to tackle Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Sports concussions, Parkinson's disease, and hormone therapy for cancer - all can have memory loss as symptoms....
New framework pushes the limits of high-performance computing
Credit: Virginia Tech Large-scale, advanced high-performance computing, often called supercomputing, is essential to solving both complex and large questions. Everything from answering metaphysical queries about...
Breakthrough in understanding how deadly pneumococcus avoids immune defenses
Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by disease-causing bacteria that could have...
From beaker to solved 3D structure in minutes
Credit: Caltech In a new study that one scientist called jaw-dropping, a joint UCLA/Caltech team has shown that it is possible to obtain the structures...
Study suggests diabetes medication improves heart structure
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital A study led by St. Michael's Hospital researchers, and presented at a prestigious late-breaker session at the American Heart Association meeting...
New clues to the origin and progression of multiple sclerosis
Mapping of a certain group of cells, known as oligodendrocytes, in the central nervous system of a mouse model of multiple sclerosis (MS), shows that...
More than 80 percent of Americans are concerned with antibiotic resistance health threat
ARLINGTON, Va.-November 12, 2018-Nearly two thirds of Americans (65%) say antibiotic resistance is a public health problem and a strong majority (81%) say they are...
Dynamic audiovisuals increase spectator attention, but inhibits conscious processing
Credit: Neuro-Com (UAB) and Neuroscience Unit (UPO). According to a study conducted by the UAB and the UPO, scene changes diminish a spectator's blink rate,...
Those using psychotropic drugs in suicide attempts more likely to have had prescriptions
AURORA, Colo. (Nov. 12, 2018) - As prescriptions for psychotropic drugs increase, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that prescribed...
