Cancer cells remain clumped together via a sort of 'Velcro' which allows them to adhere to each other wherever they appear. In order for cancer cells to leave a tumour and spread throughout the body during metastatic processes, ...
May 13, 2020
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Cells and tissues are not mere static structures. They have the ability to sense and dynamically react to external cues to ensure that they adapt to the ever-changing outside environment. Now, researchers from the University ...
Apr 24, 2020
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In this study, the research team investigated NOTCH1 mutations in keratinocyte lines derived from OSCC biopsies that had been subjected to whole exome sequencing.
Dec 4, 2019
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center discovered that a cell adhesion protein, E-cadherin, allows breast cancer cells to survive as they travel through the body and form new tumors, a process termed metastasis. ...
Sep 10, 2019
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For cancer to be successful—from its point of view, anyway—the disease has to find a way to break out beyond its initial foothold and spread throughout the body. Newly published research from The University of Toledo ...
Jun 27, 2019
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Measuring the blood plasma levels of an enzyme called PDIA1 could one day become a method of diagnosing a person's predisposition to cardiovascular disease even if they are not obese, diabetic or a smoker, and with normal ...
May 20, 2019
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New research from Marshall University links walnut consumption as a contributing factor that could suppress growth and survival of breast cancers.
Mar 28, 2019
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In a new study, researchers at the University of Copenhagen show that the development of a certain type of immature stem cells—also known as progenitor cells—depends on the quantity of a special protein and interaction ...
Mar 14, 2019
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Fever is known to help power up our immune cells, and scientists in Shanghai have new evidence explaining how. They found in mice that fever alters surface proteins on immune cells like lymphocytes to make them better able ...
Jan 15, 2019
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Boundaries between different regions of the brain are essential for the brain to function. Research to date has shown that molecular machinery located at the cell membrane, such as cell adhesion molecules, are responsible ...
Dec 18, 2018
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