A novel molecular link between cholesterol, inflammation and liver cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a deadly disease with no effective cure that develops in the context of liver diseases associated with chronic inflammation. A recent...
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Penn studies find promise for innovations in liquid biopsies
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - From using fluid in the lungs to better understand the potential of immunotherapy treatments in lung cancer, to tracking circulating...
Penn Medicine’s Carl June, M.D., named 2017 Fellow of the AACR Academy
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - University of Pennsylvania cancer and HIV gene therapy pioneer Carl June, MD, has been named as a member of the...
Scientific discovery opens new possibilities for cancer and fibrosis treatment
Researchers from the Turku Centre for Biotechnology (BTK) in Finland have discovered that a cellular fuel sensor, known to control energy processes in the cells,...
Final reminder; less than 30 days to The International Liver CongressTM 2017
With less than 30 days to go until The International Liver CongressTM 2017, it's time to register as a member of the press to attend...
Atomic ‘re-packing’ behind metallic glass mystery
Credit: Lan S. et al., Nature Communications, March 17, 2017 An international collaboration involving Hokkaido University's high-voltage electron microscope has solved a puzzle about the...
New smart system to reduce queues at roundabouts
Credit: Mariló Martín-Gasulla et al./UPV Long queues at certain approaches to some roundabouts could be reduced using magnetic detection devices under the road surface, which...
Organic-inorganic heterostructures with programmable electronic properties
Credit: Lohe Vertical stacks of different two-dimensional (2D) crystals, such as graphene, boron nitride, etc., held together by weak van der Waals forces are commonly...
Researchers control soft robots using magnetic fields
Credit: Joe Tracy A team of engineering researchers has made a fundamental advance in controlling so-called soft robots, using magnetic fields to remotely manipulate microparticle...
Microscopic muscles: How non-muscle cells find the strength to move
Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore have described, for the first time, the ordered...
Viruses in the oceanic basement
Credit: Expedition AT26-03 Scientists A team of scientists from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) showed...
Sex-shifting fish: Growth rate could determine sea lamprey sex
Credit: Andrea Miehls, USGS p>Unlike most animals, sea lampreys, an invasive, parasitic species of fish damaging the Great Lakes, could become male or female depending...
Mechanism for hMTH1’s broad substrate specificity revealed
Credit: Professor Yuriko Yamagata Human MutT homolog 1 (hMTH1) protein acts as the primary enzyme for breaking down (hydrolyzing) damaged (oxidized) deoxynucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) the...
Japanese researchers make breakthrough in antioxidant enzyme linked to jaundice
Credit: Kei Wada Osaka - Jaundice, marked by yellowing of the skin, is common in infants, but also a symptom of various adult diseases. This...
Choosing a simpler path to drug discovery
Credit: Kyoto University Drug discovery is in essence the designing of compounds to interact with disease-related proteins. And in many recent development efforts, this process...
