The secret to combating pancreatic cancer may lie in suppression of a common protein
Credit: Amy Lee, PhD, Keck School of Medicine LOS ANGELES - New research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California...
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Taking a closer look at genetic switches in cancer
Credit: Hoelz Lab/Caltech Many things go wrong in cells during the development of cancer. At the heart of the chaos are often genetic switches that...
UTA’s AbeXXa Biologics named one of 40 Best University Startups 2017 by NCET2
(University of Texas at Arlington) AbeXXa Biologics, a faculty startup at The University of Texas at Arlington, was named one of the 40 'Best University...
Just one alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, exercise lowers risk
WASHINGTON, DC -- Drinking just one glass of wine or other alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, finds a major new report by...
Labeling a bacterial cell ‘jacket’
Credit: Evan Krape/ University of Delaware You have three to five pounds of bacteria living in and on your body right now. That's some 38...
Research decoding the first deep-sea mussel genome published in Nature
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University A joint research led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)...
Fall calving season may yield higher returns for southeastern beef producers
Credit: Photo by T. Johnson, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The vast majority of cow-calf producers in Tennessee and the Southeast using a defined calving...
USDA invests $2.5 million in commodity board projects to support Ag industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 24, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced five grants totaling more...
AstraZeneca and the Francis Crick Institute sign research agreement
The Francis Crick Institute has signed a new research agreement with global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. The five-year initiative will see researchers from AstraZeneca and the...
A new T-cell population for cancer immunotherapy
Scientists at the University of Basel in Switzerland have, for the first time, described a new T cell population that can recognize and kill tumor...
Where body fat is carried can predict cancer risk
Scientists have found that carrying fat around your middle could be as good an indicator of cancer risk as body mass index (BMI), according to...
Increased lysyl oxidase may be a significant contributor to heart disease and cancer
It's known that people with high blood pressure have increased levels of the enzyme lysyl oxidase (LOX), but it has not been clear if LOX...
Brain microenvironment makes HER2-positive breast cancer metastases resistant to treatment
While target therapies directed toward genetic mutations that drive a tumor's growth have significantly improved the outlook for many patients, they have not been as...
The birth and death of a tectonic plate
Credit: Dave O'Gorman Several hundred miles off the Pacific Northwest coast, a small tectonic plate called the Juan de Fuca is slowly sliding under the...
New brain mapping tool produces higher resolution data during brain surgery
Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Researchers have developed a new device to map the brain during surgery and distinguish between healthy...
