CNIO team describes the ‘energy engine’ of a protein that mediates key processes in cancer cells
Credit: CNIO Proteins are sometimes described as the building blocks of life; inside cells proteins associate into large macromolecular complexes, ...
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The unanticipated early origins of childhood brain cancer
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International team wins $6M grant to study HIV and tuberculosis coinfection in children
Credit: Charles Scanga PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2019 - About a third of us are walking around with the bacteria that ...
Researchers find new target to improve response to cancer immunotherapy
Study is first to define how a little-known type of cell death impacts tumor cells and immune cellsCredit: University of ...
Salk Institute professor Edward Callaway elected to National Academy of Sciences
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 1, 2019) The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recently announced that Salk Institute Professor Edward ...
Algorithms predicting gene interactions could make cancer treatments more effective
Credit: Graeme Benstead-Hume, University of Sussex While network algorithms are usually associated with finding friends on social media, researchers at ...
The GPS of neurons now better understood with a study published in Neuron
Our nerves consist of small cables responsible for circulating information to every part of our body, allowing us, for instance, ...
Why do birds typically live longer than mammals?
Integrative and Comparative Biology publishes paper by Hamilton's Cynthia Downs and Colgate University's Ana Jimenez Clinton, N.Y. - Why do ...
Researchers grow cells in ‘paper organs’
Long before scientists test new medicines in animals or people, they study the effects of the substances on cells growing ...
Army research may be used to treat cancer, heal combat wounds
Credit: Courtesy Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (May 1, 2019) - Army ...
Environmental pollutants could impact cellular signs of aging
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New urine tests for bladder cancer may improve patient outcomes; reduce procedures, costs
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 1, 2019) - Two new urine tests appear to accurately ...
BTI’s Maria Harrison elected to National Academy of Sciences
Maria Harrison, William H. Crocker Professor at Boyce Thompson Institute and Adjunct Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science ...
Circadian rhythm disruption tips the cell-cycle balance toward tumor growth
New mechanism highlights risks of circadian disruption and supports timed cancer treatmentCredit: Amita Sehgal Disrupting normal circadian rhythms promotes tumor ...
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