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Naked mole-rats (NMR) are the longest-living rodent species and exhibit ‘extraordinary’ resistance to cancer. Mole-rats live up to 30 years, 10 times longer than mice,...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–When the body is fighting an invading pathogen, white blood cells–including T cells–must respond. Now, Salk Institute researchers have imaged how...

Adult stem cells represent a sort of blank clay from which a myriad of different cell and tissue types are molded and as such are...

Scientists can interfere with sperm production in the parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni by blocking expression of the Nuclear Factor Y-B gene (NF-YB). The new...

A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Rowland Institute at Harvard University have used a specialized nanoprobe developed by the Harvard/Rowland...

Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed an electrical graphene chip capable of detecting...

Credit: (Purdue University photo by John Underwood) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new type of electronic sensor that might be used to quickly detect and...

Tsukuba, Japan – Dioxins are environmental pollutants that stay in the body for long periods of time because they can accumulate in fat tissue. They...

Scientists at EPFL have found a way to starve liver cancer cells by blocking a protein that is required for glutamine breakdown — while leaving...

Findings published last week in the… view more Credit: Photos by Dr. Marc M. Baum Monrovia, CA (June 12, 2016) – Researchers are edging ever...

One of the major obstacles with treating cancer is that tumors can conscript the body’s immune cells and make them work for them. Researchers at...

Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center San Diego, Calif. – An emerging cancer therapy has colorectal tumors surrounded. Presenters at the 2016 Annual Meeting of...

Credit: Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek An industry-driven consortium has developed a national roadmap designed to chart the path to large-scale manufacturing of cell-based therapeutics...

A model that predicts outbreaks of zoonotic diseases — those originating in livestock or wildlife such as Ebola and Zika — based on changes in...

San Diego, Calif. – Malignant neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are relatively rare, notoriously difficult to treat, and associated with poor long-term survival. According to research presented...