Dr Philip JonesWellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists have shown that unexpectedly, oesophageal cancer cells do not divide faster than their normal neighbours. But unlike normal...
Ken-ichi Noma, Ph.D.PHILADELPHIA–(August 22, 2016)– Cancer is often driven by various genetic mutations that are acquired through changes to a person’s DNA over time. These...
Researchers have identified a brain mechanism that could be a drug target to help prevent tolerance and addiction to opioid pain medication, such as morphine,...
New York, NY, August 22, 2016–Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) found that omega-3 fatty acids reduced brain damage in a neonatal mouse model...
In a landmark discovery, researchers at Tel Aviv University have unraveled the metastatic mechanism of melanoma, the most aggressive of all skin cancers. According to...
This is a time-lapse microscopy photo of human breast cancer cells migrating into channels of different widths (20um, 10um and 5um). Credit: Jayo et al.As...
A study from Oxford and Basel universities may point the way to maintaining our immune systems as we get older. In a paper in the...
Peter Ulric Tse, professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at DartmouthA collaborative research project on the neural basis of attention, to be led by Peter...
Credit: Institut PasteurScientists from the Institut Pasteur have demonstrated the role of lysosomal vesicles in transporting α-synuclein aggregates, responsible for Parkinson’s and other neurodegener..
Cynthia Goldsmith This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. See PHIL 1832 for a...
There are 3 epidemic types of S. Enteritidis based on 675 isolates; 2 African epidemic types and a global epidemic type. Credits: Nature GeneticsThe first...
Caenorhabditis elegans. Credit: WikipediaMicrosporidia cause diarrhea, an illness called microsporidiosis and even death in immune-compromised individuals. In spite of those widespread medical probl..
A new technique for programming human stem cells to produce different types of tissue on demand may ultimately allow personalized organs to be grown for...
MIT researchers have developed a simple procedure for making a promising type of solar cell using lead recovered from discarded lead-acid car batteries — a...
Four MIT faculty members have been named 2015 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI): Angela M. Belcher is the James Mason Crafts Professor...
