UA Cancer Center research team explores anti-breast cancer properties of soy
Credit: University of Arizona Cancer Center A University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is engaged in a series of studies to investigate how genistein,...
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The Human Vaccines Project, Vanderbilt and Illumina join to decode the human immunome
Credit: Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University Medical Center The Human Vaccines Project and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) today announced that they joined forces with...
Why does an anesthetic make us lose consciousness?
Credits: Wikimedia Commons FRANKFURT. To date, researchers assumed that anesthetics interrupt signal transmission between different areas of the brain and that is why we lose...
Immunotherapy, gene therapy combination shows promise against…
Credit: University of Michigan "Devastating" and "dismal." That's how leading researchers describe the present outlook for malignant brain tumors. The median survival rate for patients...
Attractive drug candidate identified to target glioma brain tumors
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In a paper published today in Cancer Research, researchers: 1) identify a biomarker enzyme associated with aggressive glioma brain tumors,...
Researchers identify gene largely accounting for 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Researchers are closer to solving the puzzle of a complex neurological condition called 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome. Individuals with this condition...
New approach measures early human butchering practices
Credit: Purdue University photo/Mark Simons WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers, led by a Purdue University anthropology professor, have found that statistical methods and 3D imaging...
Into a competitive world, guppies are born not just bigger, but more mature
Credit: Terry Dial PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Throughout nature, moms engage in a trade-off: Churn out a bevy of offspring and hope for the best, or...
For some older Chinese-Americans, caring for grandkids can enhance…
This research summary was developed as a public education tool by the Health in Aging Foundation. The Foundation is a national non-profit established in 1999…...
Metabolic profiles distinguish early stage ovarian cancer with…
Studying blood serum compounds of different molecular weights has led scientists to a set of biomarkers that may enable development of a highly accurate screening...
Late-breaking mutations may play an important role in autism
Credit: Mohammed Uddin A study of nearly 6,000 families, combining three genetic sequencing technologies, finds that mutations that occur after conception play an important role...
Number abilities in humans, birds and fish are based in brain’s…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Cognitive neuroscience researcher Joonkoo Park at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who recently received a five-year, $751,000 faculty early...
Atomic-scale view of bacterial proteins offers path to new…
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at the Rockefeller University/eLife With the first detailed analysis of a cellular component from a close relative of the pathogen...
New strategy for multiple myeloma immunotherapy
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – In recent decades monoclonal antibody-based treatment of cancer has been established as one of the most successful therapeutic strategies for...
Babies born big more likely to become obese as children, study finds
Credit: UVA Health System Infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of...
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