Oncology & Cancer

Scientists identify new target for lung cancer treatment

A team of UC Davis investigators has discovered a protein on the surface of lung cancer cells that could prove to be an important new target for anti-cancer therapy. A series of experiments in mice with lung cancer showed ...

Neuroscience

How human cells 'hold hands'

University of Iowa biologists have advanced the knowledge of human neurodevelopmental disorders by finding that a lack of a particular group of cell adhesion molecules in the cerebral cortex -- the outermost layer of the ...

Oncology & Cancer

Targeted cancer treatment: Cause of skin infections identified

Targeted, successful cancer treatments are very often accompanied by unpleasant side effects. Especially in anti-EGFR treatments the skin is often so badly affected by inflammations that patients consider breaking off the ...

Neuroscience

Neuronal 'barcodes' shape complex networks in the brain

The brain is an enormously complex organ. Understanding how billions of brain cells make precise connections is a major challenge for neuroscientists. Professor Joris de Wit and his team (VIB-KU Leuven) have unraveled a molecular ...

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