Altered gene regulation is more widespread in cancer than expected
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A large-scale study provides new insights into the mechanisms that can lead to cancer. It can happen when genes mutate,...
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Biologists discover process that neutralizes tumors
Credit: Hui Lab, UC San Diego Researchers from the University of California San Diego have identified an unexpected mechanism that could help determine whether a...
Fishy chemicals in farmed salmon
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/Carla Ng PITTSBURGH (July 10, 2018) ... Persistent organic pollutants--or POPs--skulk around the environment threatening human health through direct contact, in..
Asian residents are exposed to 9 times more air pollution than Americans or Europeans
According to the World Health Organisation, about 88 percent of premature deaths in low- and middle-income countries in Asia can be attributed to air pollution....
As brain extracts meaning from vision, study tracks progression of processing
Here's the neuroscience of a neglected banana (and a lot of other things in daily life): whenever you look at its color - green in...
Developmental screening and surveillance rates remain low, new study suggests
Only about one-third of young children in the U.S. receive recommended screenings or surveillance designed to catch developmental delays. Findings reveal wide variations in rates...
Mapping the genetic controllers in heart disease
Researchers have developed a 3D map of the gene interactions that play a key role in cardiovascular disease, a study in eLife reports. The map...
Brain metastases common and difficult to treat in ROS1 lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Increasingly, doctors are treating lung cancer based on the genetic rearrangements driving the disease. For example, cancers that are...
Isotopia Co. and Bar-Ilan U. developing new method for diagnosis and treatment of cancer
The Israeli Isotopia Company, in collaboration with Prof. Rachela Popovtzer of Bar-Ilan University, is conducting a joint study to develop a radioactive marker, based on...
Peering deep into the cell to reveal essential components in cell division
Tsukuba, Japan - The cell is the basic biological unit of all known living organisms, and the core of the cell is the nucleus, which...
Isolation and characterization of key enzyme for ephedrine production
CALGARY, Canada, July 10, 2018 -Epimeron, Inc., a world-class provider of gene discovery and biosynthetic pathway optimization, today announced the isolation and characterization of an...
A chaperonin protein, GroEL, has a more complex mechanism than was thought before
Credit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa - Proteins must fold in a specific way to function. This is often assisted by molecular chaperones--small proteins whose job is...
Study shows how HIV is shielded from immune attack
Credit: UNSW Scientists from UNSW Sydney and the UK have discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) hijacks a small molecule from the host cell...
What does the koala genome tell us about the taste of eucalyptus?
Credit: Kyoto University / Takashi Hayakawa Koalas have long captured people's hearts and minds thanks to their cuddly features and seemingly relaxed demeanor. Now, in...
American Association of Feline Practitioners releases new feline anesthesia guidelines
The American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) today released the first feline-specific anesthesia guidelines to the veterinary community, which are published in the Journal of...
