Neuroscience

Research team models neuron traffic jams in the brain

Carnegie Mellon University's Jessica Zhang and Angran Li have developed a new way to model material transport regulation in neurons, focusing on the "traffic jams" that occur in these neural pathways. The traffic jams play ...

Medical research

Study reveals new mode of triggering immune responses

Small proteins, called chemokines, that direct immune cells toward sites of infection can also form DNA-bound nanoparticles that can induce chronic, dysfunctional immune responses, according to a new study by researchers ...

Oncology & Cancer

Immunotherapy to shrink treatment-resistant cancer tumors

Advancements in cancer research and treatment have resulted in great improvements in survival rates—today, there are almost 17 million people in the United States alone who have survived their diagnosis because of the physicians ...

Oncology & Cancer

Cancer: The double advantage of killer T-cells

To grow, tumors rely on a specific structure, the tumor stroma. This includes blood vessels, which provide the nutrients necessary for the multiplication of diseased cells, and of lymphatic vessels, through which they migrate ...

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers find new mechanism to turn on cancer-killing T cells

Over the past decade, researchers have made great strides in the development and administration of cancer immunotherapies, which use the body's own immune system to treat disease. However, the therapies don't work for every ...

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