From obesity to liver cancer: Can we prevent the worst?
By identifying the role of a specific protein in the development of obesity-related liver diseases, UNIGE researchers pave the way ...
Tag: cancer
IU researcher makes skin cancer discovery
Scientist identifies new areas in human genomes linked to riskCredit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana University cancer ...
Targeting turncoat immune cells to treat cancer
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research FEBRUARY 18, 2020, NEW YORK -- A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a mechanism by ...
Empowering the cell’s disposal system to deal with disease-prone garbage
PROXIDRUGS project led by Goethe University included in concept phase of 'Clusters4Future' program - search for novel active components for ...
Rice University bioscientist Rosa Uribe wins NSF CAREER Award
Five-year grant will support study of neural crest cell developmentCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Feb. 18, 2020) -- Rice ...
Pancreatic cancer ‘time machine’ exposes plot twist in cell growth and invasion
Credit: Purdue University image/Stephanie Venis, Hye-ran Moon and Bumsoo Han WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Pancreatic cancer has one of the ...
Cancer immunotherapy target helps fight solid tumors
Solid tumors are notoriously hard to treat with immunotherapy, but new research provides a target for disarming these cancers and ...
A new way to monitor cancer radiation therapy doses
A new gel-based nanosensor for radiation dose monitoring can be used on skin and is relatively inexpensiveCredit: Image credit Subhadeep ...
Cutting off kidney cancer at its roots
Credit: Birchmeier Lab, MDC Scientists at the MDC have discovered stem cells responsible for the most common form of kidney ...
CDI laboratory explores pathway to open up blood cancer treatments
The paper in Nature Communications could mean better treatment for leukemia, among other cancersCredit: Hackensack Meridian Health February 12, 2020, ...
Scientists have identified protein involved in progression of lung cancer and melanoma
WDR74 is a trigger helping a circulating tumor cell turn into a secondary tumorCredit: FEFU press office Scientists from Far ...
New book on The PTEN Family from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Photo credit: Joanne Ngeow, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Cold Spring Harbor, NY-- Cold ...
Autophagy genes act as tumor suppressors in ovarian cancer
Credit: PHOTO BY VAGNEY BRADLEY OF MUSC HOLLINGS CANCER CENTER Shedding light on a decades-old controversy, scientists at the Medical ...
Rush earns National Center of Excellence for Pancreatic Cancer designation
Rush is the only Illinois hospital to earn this prestigious National Pancreatic Foundation designationCredit: Rush Production Group The National Pancreas ...
Novel targeted drug shows promise in advanced kidney cancer
New agent utilizes findings of Nobel Prize-winning researchCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- Scientists report promising activity of a novel ...
Research pinpoints rogue cells at root of autoimmune disease
Credit: Dr Ofir Shein-Lumbroso There are more than 100 different autoimmune diseases. But what unites them all is that they ...
The Open Wearables Initiative expands founding team; begins soliciting algorithms and datasets for wearable and connected health technologies
OWEAR Founders Shimmer, GGIR software and algorithms author Dr. Vincent van Hees, and Nextbridge Health are now joined by non-profits ...
Immune cells consult with neighbors to make decisions
Study shows that cells congregate, coordinate with neighbors to decide whether to activateCredit: Northwestern University Immune system must strike a ...
Hybrid microscope could bring digital biopsy to the clinic
Credit: Images courtesy of Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By adding infrared capability to the ubiquitous, standard ...
Scientists find ally in fight against brain tumors: Ebola
Credit: Image by A van den Pol Glioblastomas are relentless, hard-to-treat, and often lethal brain tumors. Yale scientists have enlisted ...
