Expanding the reach of therapeutic antibodies
Credit: Camilla De Nardis, Linda J. A. Hendriks, Emilie Poirier, Tudor Arvinte, Piet Gros, Alexander B. H. Bakker and John de Kruif A group of...
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Designing novel biologic agents to target colorectal cancer
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 28, 2017--New biologic drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapies in clinical development, designed to...
HPV vaccination rates especially low among childhood cancer survivors
ASCO Perspective Merry-Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, ASCO Expert in Cancer Survivorship "More than ever before, young cancer survivors are living long lives after treatment, but...
How new blood vessels sprout
Credit: IBS New blood vessels branch out of preexisting ones is via a process called angiogenesis. Although this is essential for survival, development and wound...
Pathway’s power to boost, halt tumors may be promising cancer therapy target
A protein, called inositol-requiring enzyme 1 -- IRE1 -- may serve as a key driver in a series of molecular interactions that can both promote...
A new estimate of biodiversity on Earth
Credit: Brendan B. Larsen, Elizabeth C. Miller, Matthew K. Rhodes, and John J. Wiens Anyone who has studied biology, watched a nature documentary, or, for...
New mini tool has massive implications
Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Brigham Young University researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars' atmosphere -- and that's...
Faulty DNA repair depresses neural development
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) DNA is the computer code that programs every event in the body. Despite the importance of DNA fidelity, as the...
Using DNA to predict schizophrenia and autism
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis, and muscular dystrophy are all diseases that can be traced to a single mutation. Diagnosis in...
Say hello to the 3-D Obama ant
Credit: Zookeys Journal Biologists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have named three new, rare ant species in Africa after...
Study highlights new link between gene fusion and bladder and brain cancer
Credit: University of Warwick Previously overlooked section of fusion found to worsen cancer cells Scientists finds section acts like a vacuum cleaner 'hoovering up' healthy...
Otters learn by copying each other
Credit: University of Exeter Otters can learn how to solve puzzles by watching and copying each other, new research shows. Scientists created a series of...
Scientists map genomic atlas of your inner fish gut
Credit: Colin Lickwar DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have discovered a network of genes and genetic regulatory elements in the lining of the intestines that has...
Weightlessness affects health of cosmonauts at molecular level
Credit: MIPT's Press Office A team of scientists from Russia and Canada has analyzed the effect of space conditions on the protein composition in blood...
Bahamian songbirds disappeared during last glacial-interglacial transition
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Two species of songbirds that once made a home in the Bahamas likely became extinct on the islands...
