Eradicating cancer with immune cells armed with nanorings
Can we use nanotechnology to transform our own immune cells into cancer serial killers?
Nanophysics
Jun 29, 2018
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Researchers glimpse elusive stem cell in the early embryo
Stem cell researchers at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital have, for the first time, profiled a highly elusive kind of stem cell in the early embryo—a cell so fleeting that it makes its entrance and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 6, 2018
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Elastic microspheres expand understanding of embryonic development and cancer cells
A new technique that uses tiny elastic balls filled with fluorescent nanoparticles aims to expand the understanding of the mechanical forces that exist between cells, researchers report. A University of Illinois-led team ...
Bio & Medicine
May 14, 2018
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First results positive from rare 'natural statin' fruit
A little-known fruit used to make perfumes and Earl Grey tea is being investigated as a potential anti-cancer and anti-cholesterol treatment.
Biochemistry
May 3, 2018
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Marker for cancer stem cells—Fluorescent probe identifies tumor-initiating cells
Cells with stem-cell characteristics appear to be especially important in the formation and metastasis of tumors. Scientists have now developed a universal fluorescent probe for these "cancer stem cells". As reported in the ...
Biochemistry
Apr 4, 2018
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From infection-dodging stem cells, new tactics for research on viral disease
For a stem cell, the future is wide open. It can divide infinitely to create more stem cells, or it can grow up into other kinds of cells, taking its place in the heart, brain, or other organs. But the stem cell loses something ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 30, 2018
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Study tracks protein's role in stem cell function
MCL-1 is a member of the BCL-2 family of proteins important for blocking apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Many types of cancer cells escape the body's effort to kill them by overexpressing MCL-1.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 23, 2018
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Scientists isolate cancer stem cells using novel method
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have devised a new technique to isolate aggressive cells thought to form the root of many hard-to-treat metastasized cancers—a significant step toward developing new drugs ...
Biochemistry
Feb 22, 2018
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In mice, a single vaccine prompts the immune system to fight breast, lung and skin cancers
In the field of regenerative medicine, induced pluripotent stem cells have a lot of neat tricks up their sleeves. One of them may be teaching the immune system how to beat back cancer.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 16, 2018
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Versatile sensor against tumor initiating cells
Most cancer deaths are caused by recurrent or metastatic tumors. Conventional therapies target rapidly dividing tumor cells, but are unable to eradicate the highly chemoresistant tumor initiating cells (TICs), ultimately ...
Biochemistry
Feb 7, 2018
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