Kenneth Wilson, Nobel winner for physics, dies
A physics professor who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions has died in Maine at age 77.
General Physics
Jun 18, 2013
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News tagged with lymphoma
Researchers restore some function to cells from cystic fibrosis patients
In an encouraging new development, a team led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has restored partial function to lung cells collected from patients with cystic fibrosis. While there is still much work to be done before ...
Biochemistry
Dec 6, 2009
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Novel immunotherapy saves a dog from rare cancer
A novel immunotherapy treatment has saved family dog Griffin from a rare type of cancer, thanks to collaborative research at The University of Queensland.
Veterinary medicine
Jan 3, 2020
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Same protein that fires up cancer-promoting Erk also blocks its activation
A protein which is intimately involved in cancer-promoting cell signaling also keeps a key component of the signaling pathway tied down and inactive, a team led by scientists from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 19, 2013
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Nanocapsule reaches cancer that has spread to central nervous system in mice
Cancer that has spread to the central nervous system is notoriously difficult to treat. Now, UCLA researchers have developed a drug delivery system that breaks through the blood-brain barrier in order to reach and treat cancer ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 14, 2019
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Jarid2 may break the Polycomb silence
Historically, fly and human Polycomb proteins were considered textbook exemplars of transcriptional repressors, or proteins that silence the process by which DNA gives rise to new proteins. Now, work by a team of researchers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 30, 2012
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Worm studies shed light on human cancers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research in the worm is shedding light on a protein associated with a number of different human cancers, and may point to a highly targeted way to treat them.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 21, 2011
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New fluorescent biosensor detects glyphosate herbicide in soil, water samples
A researcher at Indiana University South Bend and his undergraduate students have developed a biosensor that could potentially be incorporated into devices that continuously monitor for a popular herbicide during food screening ...
Biotechnology
Apr 21, 2020
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Protein complex key in avoiding DNA repair mistakes, cancer
As the body creates antibodies to fight invaders, a three-protein DNA repair complex called MRN is crucial for a normal gene-shuffling process to proceed properly, University of Michigan research shows.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 5, 2009
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Researchers predict age of T cells to improve cancer treatment
Manipulation of cells by a new microfluidic device may help clinicians improve a promising cancer therapy that harnesses the body's own immune cells to fight such diseases as metastatic melanoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, chronic ...
Biotechnology
Mar 2, 2011
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