Using a microRNA to shift the makeup of glioblastoma subtypes
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an extremely aggressive brain cancer, is a very complex disease. It is characterized by a fast-growing tumor in the brain composed of...
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Diet rich in tomatoes cuts skin cancer in half in mice
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Daily tomato consumption appeared to cut the development of skin cancer tumors by half in a mouse study at The Ohio State...
Cancer cells force normal cells to mimic viruses to help tumors spread, resist treatment
PHILADELPHIA - In a study that could explain why some breast cancers are more aggressive than others, researchers say they now understand how cancer cells...
Bakaletz Lab biofilm work published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The laboratory of Lauren Bakaletz, PhD, director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and vice president of basic sciences, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's, studied the...
The BGRF and Diversity.AI announce a new tool to assess organizational diversity
Credit: Diversity.AI The Biogerontology Research Foundation releases the results of their first pilot study, conducted as part of their ongoing partnership with Diversity.AI, alongside scientists...
Experimental Zika virus vaccines restrict in utero virus transmission in mice
Credit: JM Richner et al./Cell WHAT: Two experimental vaccines can restrict Zika virus transmission from pregnant mice to their fetuses and can prevent Zika virus-induced...
USDA announces $7.2 million for research on plant-biotic interactions
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 13, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced 10 grants totaling $7.2...
Pittsburgh-Paris partnership: Pitt Medicine to collaborate with French research institutes
Credit: French Embassy, Washington DC PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2017 - The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has entered into an agreement with three world-renowned...
BASF unveils new class of insecticide for malaria prevention
Credit: BASF WHO recommendation for game-changing mosquito net First bed net to contain non-pyrethroid chemistry Collaboration with IVCC and London School of Hygiene & Tropical...
Newly discovered elovanoids called a ‘transformative new concept of biology’
Credit: Darryl Schmitt for LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor...
Cancer may metastasize without lymph node involvement
(Bethesda, MD, July 13, 2017) Research by several leading scientists including Rakesh Jain, PhD, Director of the Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology at...
Researchers revolutionize vital conservation tool with use of gold nanotechnology and lasers
Credit: University of Minnesota/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute For more than 60 years, researchers have tried to successfully cryopreserve (or freeze) the embryo of zebrafish, a...
Cancer researchers become first in UK to access latest genome sequencing technology
UK scientists now have access to a new kind of next-generation genome sequencing machine which could revolutionise their research to defeat cancer. The high-tech genome...
Babies with hearing loss form better vocabulary with early intervention
Credit: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano Children with hearing loss who are diagnosed by 3 months of age and receive interventions by 6 months develop a far greater...
Study by UTA professor shows many parents in the dark about concussions
Despite the large volume of information about sports related concussions on the Internet, many parents and guardians of young athletes have a limited understanding of...
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