Cancer is a disease driven by gene mutations. These mutated genes in cancer fall into two major categories: tumor suppressors and oncogenes. Mutations in tumor suppressor genes can allow tumors to grow unchecked—a case ...
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While lower vertebrates can repair their adult hearts after a heart attack, mammals—including humans—cannot. The ability to regenerate dead muscle tissue in mammalian hearts disappears just a few days after birth because ...
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A protein has been found to have a previously unknown role in the ageing of cells, according to an early study by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). The researchers hope that the findings could one day lead to new treatments ...
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A particular molecular pathway permits stem cells in pediatric bone cancers to grow rapidly and aggressively, according to researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and its Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center.
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A team of researchers with member affiliations across the U.S. and Canada has found evidence of multiple recurrent, repeat expansions in human cancer genomes. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes ...
Changing your eating habits or altering your circadian clock can impact healthy fat tissue throughout your lifespan, according to a preclinical study published today in Nature by researchers with The University of Texas Health ...
Jun 15, 2021
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When treating a cancer patient, oncologists aim to predict the course of the patient's disease to make critical treatment decisions. Knowing a tumor's unique molecular signature can help guide these decisions by providing ...
Sep 23, 2021
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Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered that a low dose of the opioid antagonist naltrexone (LDN) has an extraordinarily potent antitumor effect on human ...
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Scientists have developed new drug compounds that thwart the pro-cancer activity of FOXM1, a transcription factor that regulates the activity of dozens of genes. The new compounds suppress tumor growth in human cells and ...
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A new study in mice teases out the nuances of sex differences and lifestyle influences on colon cancer risk. The research will be presented virtually at the American Physiological Society's (APS) New Trends in Sex and Gender ...
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