Revealing how a gene is activated in cancer cells to produce an enzyme that helps the cells thrive could lead to new treatments.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 16, 2018
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Three proteins regulate each other with surprising twists and turns in female mouse eggs, a finding that may play an important role in female fertility and cancer biology, according to Rutgers-led research.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 25, 2018
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Recently, a research team led by Maurizio Pellecchia at the University of California, Riverside, discovered a way for chemotherapy drug paclitaxel to target migrating, or circulating, cancer cells, which are responsible for ...
Biochemistry
Sep 25, 2018
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Glowing creatures like fireflies and jellyfish are interesting to researchers, as their bioluminescent molecules contribute to visualizing a host of biological processes. Now, scientists in Japan have supercharged these molecules, ...
Biochemistry
Feb 22, 2018
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UC San Francisco scientists have invented a technique that lets them precisely and reversibly disrupt the action of specific cellular proteins at a microscopic scale by making them split apart when illuminated with blue light. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 30, 2018
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Aging is a natural part of life, but that hasn't stopped people from embarking on efforts to stop the process.
Evolution
Oct 30, 2017
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University of Arkansas physicists have developed a new way for quantifying data from microscopic observations that could help scientists better study how cancer cells respond to treatment, among other benefits. The research, ...
General Physics
Sep 6, 2017
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University of Dundee scientists have solved a mystery concerning one of the most fundamental processes in cell biology, in a new discovery that they hope may help to tackle cancer one day.
Cell & Microbiology
May 12, 2017
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An International Reserach Team coordinated by Igb-Cnr has discovered a key role of vitamins and amino acids in pluripotent stem cells. The research is published in Stem Cell Reports, and may provide new insights in cancer ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2017
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A major challenge in truly targeted cancer therapy is cancer's suppression of the immune system. Northwestern University synthetic biologists now have developed a general method for "rewiring" immune cells to flip this action ...
Biochemistry
Dec 12, 2016
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