Gene regulatory mutation linked to rare childhood cancer
MADISON, Wis. — A single defect in a gene that codes for a histone — a “spool” that wraps idle DNA — is linked to...
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An old new weapon against emerging Chikungunya virus
Since 2013, the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus has spread rapidly through South America and the Caribbean, and is now threatening Southern Europe and the southern US....
Breast cancer drug found to reduce seizures
A class of drug that inhibits estrogen production and is used to treat breast cancer has been found to quickly and effectively suppress dangerous brain...
Crowd-augmented cognition
Credit: Aniket Kittur, Carnegie Mellon University Crowdsourcing has brought us Wikipedia and ways to understand how HIV proteins fold. It also provides an increasingly effective...
New device developed at UBC could improve cancer detection
A new UBC-developed method to isolate cancer cells that have escaped from a tumour could soon pave the way for improved diagnosis and treatment. The...
Stem cells from diabetic patients coaxed to become insulin-secreting cells
Signaling a potential new approach to treating diabetes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University have produced insulin-secreting cells...
A personalized virtual heart predicts the risk of sudden cardiac death
When electrical waves in the heart run amok in a condition called arrhythmia, sudden death can occur. To save the life of a patient at...
Performing cellular surgery with a laser-powered nanoblade
Credit: Alexander N. Patananan To study certain aspects of cells, researchers need the ability to take the innards out, manipulate them, and put them back....
Three lessons gut microbes have taught us about antibiotics
Antibiotics have proven to be a double-edged sword: capable of killing a range of bacteria that cause infections, but also depleting our gut microbes, impairing...
Study suggests new treatment for seizures
Credit: Sato and Woolley Researchers from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, have discovered a new factor in the escalation of seizures: the synthesis, or generation, of...
Genetic variations that boost PKC enzyme contribute to Alzheimer’s disease
In Alzheimer’s disease, plaques of amyloid beta protein accumulate in the brain, damaging connections between neurons. Now, researchers at University of California San Diego School...
Nuclear DNA gets cut and activates immune system to attack cancer cells
The conventional wisdom about cancer cells is that they are masters of camouflage, invisible to the immune system. However, occasionally, the immune system is alerted...
Big data, 3-D printing and robots: Marine Corps Commandant touts ONR S&T
ARLINGTON, Va.–Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Gen. Robert B. Neller recently visited the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to get a close-up look at...
Penn bioengineers show why lab-made stem cells might fail: Errors in DNA folding
Induced pluripotent stem cells hold promise for regenerative medicine because they can, in theory, turn into any type of tissue and because they are made...
Aggregated protein in nerve cells can cause ALS
Persons with the serious disorder ALS, can have a genetic mutation that causes the protein SOD1 to aggregate in motor neurons in the brain and...
