One of the key reasons for cancer mortality is the highly invasive behaviour of cancer cells, which is often due to aggressive metastasis. Metastasis is facilitated by various growth factors and cytokines secreted from cells ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 30, 2017
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A molecular battle is going on inside your colon, and University of Kansas researchers want neither side to win.
Biochemistry
Feb 21, 2011
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(Phys.org) —Like picking a career or a movie, cells have to make decisions – and cancer results from cells making wrong decisions.
Cell & Microbiology
May 3, 2013
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Compounds found in purple potatoes may help kill colon cancer stem cells and limit the spread of the cancer, according to a team of researchers.
Biochemistry
Aug 26, 2015
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Billions of harmless Escherichia coli bacteria thrive in the human gut, but why aren't the microbes flushed out of the intestines through digestion? Bacteria like E. coli produce pili, appendages resembling long strands of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 6, 2015
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Quick assessment of trace blood components in untreated blood samples is possible with fluorescence tests but, in practice, blood's strong autofluorescence interferes with the analysis. In the journal Angewandte Chemie International ...
Biochemistry
May 15, 2023
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Many cells, including cancer cells, are known to secrete short RNAs in tiny vesicles, which then move inside other cells—potentially a form of cell-to-cell communication.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 29, 2018
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In almost all cases of colon cancer, a specific gene is mutated—this offers opportunities to develop broadly effective therapeutic approaches. Research teams in Würzburg have taken this a step further.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 5, 2019
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Myelotoxicity is the primary dose-limiting effect of the commonly used chemotherapeutic agent 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), which may endanger the life of the patient. Ribosome biogenesis is a key pathway regulating hematopoietic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 8, 2023
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