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Tissue around tumor holds key to fighting triple negative breast cancer

A natural substance found in the surrounding tissue of a tumor may be a promising weapon to stop triple negative breast cancer from metastasizing.

Cancer created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study identifies mechanism that leads to diabetes, blindness

The rare disorder Wolfram syndrome is caused by mutations in a single gene, but its effects on the body are far reaching. The disease leads to diabetes, hearing and vision loss, nerve cell damage that causes ...

Medical research created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists devise powerful new method for finding therapeutic antibodies

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a new technique that should greatly speed the discovery of medically and scientifically useful antibodies, immune system proteins that detect and destroy invaders such ...

Medical research created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers use gene therapy to restore sense of smell in mice

(Medical Xpress)—A team of scientists from Johns Hopkins and other institutions report that restoring tiny, hair-like structures to defective cells in the olfactory system of mice is enough to restore a ...

Medical research created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists find missing link between stem cells, immune system

UCLA researchers have discovered a type of cell that is the "missing link" between bone marrow stem cells and all the cells of the human immune system, a finding that will lead to a greater understanding of how a healthy ...

Immunology created Sep 02, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Diagnosing cancer, pregnancy complications

Based on their previous discovery of progesterone-induced blocking factor (PIBF), European scientists have developed a diagnostic assay that could be used to detect pregnancy complications or cancer.

Medical research created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Both innate and adaptive immune responses are critical to the control of influenza

Both innate and adaptive immune responses play an important role in controlling influenza virus infection, according to a study, published in the Open Access journal PLoS Computational Biology, by researchers from Oaklan ...

Medical research created Jun 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study reveals flu-fighting role for well-known immune component

University of Georgia scientists have discovered a new flu-fighting role for a well-known component of the immune system. Kimberly Klonowski, assistant professor of cellular biology in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and ...

Medical research created Jun 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers: Darwin's principles say cancer will always evolve to resist treatment

According to researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, cancer is subject to the evolutionary processes laid out by Charles Darwin in his concept of natural selection. Natural selection was the process identified by Darwin by ...

Cancer created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New insight into placental growth and healthy pregnancy

Scientists at the Babraham Institute have gained a new understanding of how the growth of the placenta is regulated before birth, which has important implications for a healthy pregnancy. The research, published today (10 ...

Medical research created Jun 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stopping cell migration may help block fibrosis and the spread of cancer

(Medical Xpress) -- Discoveries by a Yale-led team of scientists could lead the way for development of new therapies for treating fibrosis and tumor metastasis. The researchers have both uncovered a signaling ...

Medical research created May 21, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers make promising discovery in pursuit of effective lymphoma treatments

Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have identified a target for slowing the progression of multiple myeloma by using currently available drugs.

Cancer created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Killer T-cells found to counter obesity-related diabetes

(Medical Xpress) -- For years, researchers have known that obesity, type 2 diabetes and low-level inflammation are linked, but how they are connected has not been well understood.

Diabetes created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key protein's newly discovered form and function may provide novel cancer treatment target

Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators suggests that safeguarding cell survival and maintaining a balanced immune system is just the start of the myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 (MCL1) protein's ...

Cancer created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Housekeeping' mechanism for brain stem cells discovered

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a molecular pathway that controls the retention and release of the brain's stem cells. The discovery offers new insights into normal and abnormal neurologic ...

Neuroscience created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast