Obesity linked to improved survival in kidney
Despite being a risk factor for kidney cancer, obesity was linked to improved survival Obese or overweight patients with metastatic disease had significantly longer survival...
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Protein subunit found to rescue afflicted neurons in Huntington’s disease
A montage of three images of single striatal neurons transfected with a disease-associated version of huntingtin, the protein that causes Huntington’s disease. Nuclei of untransfected...
From DNA to disease, study describes rare, new brain disorder
Credit: Ouyang et. al./Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In rare cases — for instance, among siblings in two families from Pakistan and Oman described in...
Promising drug leads identified to combat heart disease
Using a unique computational approach to rapidly sample, in millisecond time intervals, proteins in their natural state of gyrating, bobbing, and weaving, a research team...
Microchip enables fast, precise measurement of single-cell growth
A new technique invented at MIT can precisely measure the growth of many individual cells simultaneously. The advance holds promise for fast drug tests, offers...
New HIF-2 kidney cancer therapy more effective than current treatment, study shows
DALLAS – September 05, 2016 -A new class of drugs called HIF-2 inhibitors is more effective and better tolerated than the standard of care drug...
Study opens door to targeted treatments for esophageal cancer
Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, lead researcher based at the MRC Cancer Unit at the University of CambridgeScientists have discovered that oesophageal cancer can be classified into...
Device rapidly measures growth of single cells simultaneously
A new technique invented at MIT can precisely measure the growth of many individual cells simultaneously. “The device provides new insights into how cells grow...
Biochemists’ discovery could lead to vaccine against ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria
Streptococcus Bacteria Credit: WikimediaBiochemists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered patterns in the outer protein coat of group A Streptococcus that could...
Radiologists detect breast cancer in ‘blink of an eye’
A new study by investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in collaboration with researchers at the University of York and Leeds in the UK and...
Vitamin C may boost effectiveness of acute myeloid leukemia treatment
EDITOR’S NOTE: Maintaining proper nutrition is an important part of cancer therapy. Patients are urged to consult their doctors before making any change to their...
Edible dormice: High food availability slows down cell aging
Credit: Vetmeduni Vienna Hibernation has long been considered the secret behind the relatively long lifespan of the edible dormouse. However, a team of researchers from...
Single gene mutation causes severely debilitating disease of brain blood vessels
The cause of a disease that targets blood vessels in the brain – leading to multiple debilitating symptoms and, often, to early death – has...
A new window to understanding the brain
Scientists in recent years have made great strides in the quest to understand the brain by using implanted probes to explore how specific neural circuits...
Bringing artificial enzymes closer to nature
Scientists at the University of Basel, ETH Zurich, and NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering have developed an artificial metalloenzyme that catalyses a reaction inside of cells...
