Starving cancer cells by blocking their metabolism
Scientists at EPFL have found a way to starve liver cancer cells by blocking a protein that is required for glutamine breakdown — while leaving...
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Topical application of antiretroviral drug combination prevents transmission of (S)HIV
Findings published last week in the… view more Credit: Photos by Dr. Marc M. Baum Monrovia, CA (June 12, 2016) – Researchers are edging ever...
Reclaiming the immune system’s assault on tumors
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...
Pretargeted radioimmunotherapy may eliminate colorectal cancer
Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center San Diego, Calif. – An emerging cancer therapy has colorectal tumors surrounded. Presenters at the 2016 Annual Meeting of...
Roadmap for advanced cell manufacturing shows path to cell-based therapeutics
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...
Predicting disease outbreaks using environmental changes
A model that predicts outbreaks of zoonotic diseases — those originating in livestock or wildlife such as Ebola and Zika — based on changes in...
Blood test predicts success of neuroendocrine cancer therapy
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...
Boosting immunity in older adults: UA unmasks new infection-fighting T cells
Credit: (University of Arizona Health Sciences) TUCSON, Ariz. – Sixty-five is the age when many people retire, kick back and take it easy. And so...
Discovery of molecular protection linked to a degenerative neuromuscular disease
Knowledge of the minute details of the proteins that are linked to diseases is crucial if we are to discover therapeutic targets and thus pave...
FDA approves vaccine for cholera
In a milestone years in the making, a vaccine to prevent cholera, invented and developed by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s...
Southern Europe risks Zika outbreaks this summer
Established Aedes-mosquito population could spread the Zika virus in Europe this summer if infected travelers introduce the virus. An analysis of temperatures, vectorial capacity, basic...
The vascular bypass revolution
Coronary or peripheral bypasses are the most frequently performed vascular operations. Although one million patients per year and around the world, undergo this intervention, its...
Copper essential for burning fat, researchers find
Credit: Lakshmipriya Krishnamoorthy and Joseph Cotruvo Jr., UC Berkeley Is copper deficiency contributing to the obesity epidemic? Though small amounts of copper are essential to...
Targeting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in prostate cancer development and progression
The research article – Targeting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway in Prostate Cancer Development and Progression: Insight to Therapy, by Dr Claudio Festuccia (University of L’Aquila, Italy)...
Activity of nerve cell in freely moving animal analyzed by new robot microscope system
Researchers from Osaka University and Tohoku University have developed a novel robot microscope system that automatically tracks a freely moving small animal and manipulates its...