Oncology & Cancer
Cancer cells' evasive action revealed
Researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have uncovered a trick used by lung cancer cells to hide from the body's immune system.
Mar 2, 2016
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Rice University
Medical research
New theorem helps reveal tuberculosis' secret
A new methodology developed by researchers at Rice and Rutgers universities could help scientists understand how and why a biochemical network doesn't always perform as expected. To test the approach, they analyzed the stress ...
Feb 22, 2016
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Medical research
Blood vessels store, secrete key blood-clotting protein
Rice University scientists have solved a long-standing mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that about 80 percent of hemophiliacs cannot produce due to genetic defects.
Nov 2, 2015
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Medical research
Scientists decode structure at root of muscular disease
Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have unlocked the structural details of a protein seen as key to treating a neuromuscular disease.
Sep 29, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find new clue to halting leukemia relapse
A protein domain once considered of little importance may be key to helping patients who are fighting acute myeloid leukemia (AML) avoid a relapse.
Sep 8, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer treatment models get real
Researchers at Rice University and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a way to mimic the conditions under which cancer tumors grow in bones.
Aug 5, 2015
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Neuroscience
Study explains how output of single neurons can predict behavior on perceptual tests
By analyzing the signals of individual neurons in animals undergoing behavioral tests, neuroscientists at Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Geneva and the University of Rochester have deciphered ...
Jul 16, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Hybrid cells cause chaos around cancers
Rice University researchers have built a simulation to show how cancerous tumors manipulate blood-vessel growth for their own benefit.
Jul 8, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People tend to locate the self in the brain or the heart—and it affects their judgments and decisions
Whether people locate their sense of self in the brain or the heart can have a major influence on people's decision-making, according to a new study by management and business experts at Rice University and Columbia University.
May 20, 2015
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Medical research
Amniotic stem cells demonstrate healing potential
Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital scientists are using stem cells from amniotic fluid to promote the growth of robust, functional blood vessels in healing hydrogels.
Apr 9, 2015
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