Cancer-preventing protein finds its own way in our DNA
Geneticists from KU Leuven, Belgium, have shown that tumour protein TP53 knows exactly where to bind to our DNA to prevent cancer. Once bound to...
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Scientific gains may make electronic nose the next everyday device
Researchers at the Texas Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE) at UT Dallas are working to develop an affordable electronic nose that can be used in...
Researchers find potential key to preventing heart attacks, strokes in older adults
COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 15, 2016) — As men and women grow older, their chances for coronary heart disease also increase. Atherosclerosis is a condition in...
African subterranean animal exhibits ‘extraordinary’ cancer resistance
Naked mole-rats (NMR) are the longest-living rodent species and exhibit ‘extraordinary’ resistance to cancer. Mole-rats live up to 30 years, 10 times longer than mice,...
Super-resolution microscopy reveals unprecedented detail of immune cells’ surface
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–When the body is fighting an invading pathogen, white blood cells–including T cells–must respond. Now, Salk Institute researchers have imaged how...
Penn-led study resolves long-disputed theory about stem cell populations
Adult stem cells represent a sort of blank clay from which a myriad of different cell and tissue types are molded and as such are...
Gene required for sperm production in blood flukes identified
Scientists can interfere with sperm production in the parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni by blocking expression of the Nuclear Factor Y-B gene (NF-YB). The new...
Nanoprobe enables measurement of protein dynamics in living cells
A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Rowland Institute at Harvard University have used a specialized nanoprobe developed by the Harvard/Rowland...
Engineers develop a new biosensor chip for detecting DNA mutations
Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed an electrical graphene chip capable of detecting...
Electronic bacteria sensor is potential future tool for medicine and food safety
Credit: (Purdue University photo by John Underwood) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new type of electronic sensor that might be used to quickly detect and...
Researchers uncover how environmental pollutant dioxin alters brain development in mice
Tsukuba, Japan – Dioxins are environmental pollutants that stay in the body for long periods of time because they can accumulate in fat tissue. They...
Starving cancer cells by blocking their metabolism
Scientists at EPFL have found a way to starve liver cancer cells by blocking a protein that is required for glutamine breakdown — while leaving...
Topical application of antiretroviral drug combination prevents transmission of (S)HIV
Findings published last week in the… view more Credit: Photos by Dr. Marc M. Baum Monrovia, CA (June 12, 2016) – Researchers are edging ever...
Reclaiming the immune system’s assault on tumors
One of the major obstacles with treating cancer is that tumors can conscript the body’s immune cells and make them work for them. Researchers at...
Pretargeted radioimmunotherapy may eliminate colorectal cancer
Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center San Diego, Calif. – An emerging cancer therapy has colorectal tumors surrounded. Presenters at the 2016 Annual Meeting of...
