Archive: 02/06/2016

Rare eye disease that struck Oliver Sacks gives rise to new cancer treatment strategy

Eye cancer took the life of author and neurologist Oliver Sacks last year, bringing attention to the rare and deadly disease. Scientists have tried to develop precision treatments against cancers like this one, but the mutations ...

Jun 2, 2016

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High-throughput, sensitive approach helps reveal what's 'real' in genome-wide association data

Tackling one of the key challenges facing current human genetics, a pair of multi-institutional research teams have demonstrated a tool that should help untangle which genetic variants actually create risk for heart disease, ...

Jun 2, 2016

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Gut microbes' metabolite dampens proliferation of intestinal stem cells

Intestinal stem cells are among the most rapidly dividing cells in the body, busily creating new cells to replace the ones that are constantly being sloughed off. But unlike stem cells elsewhere in the body, those in the ...

Jun 2, 2016

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Researchers convert cirrhosis-causing cells to healthy liver cells in mice

Advances in stem cell research have made it possible to convert patients' skin cells into heart cells, kidney cells, liver cells and more in the lab dish, giving researchers hope that one day such cells could replace organ ...

Jun 2, 2016

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Declining dopamine may explain why older people take fewer risks

Older people are less willing to take risks for potential rewards and this may be due to declining levels of dopamine in the brain, finds a new UCL study of over 25,000 people funded by Wellcome.

Jun 2, 2016

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Novel immunotherapy approach shows promise in blood cancers

A protein known as STING plays a crucial role in the immune system's ability to "sense" cancer by recognizing and responding to DNA from tumor cells. Injection of compounds that activate the STING pathway directly into solid ...

Jun 2, 2016

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Cell insights shed light on how muscle-wasting disease takes hold

Fresh insights into how our cells control muscle development could aid understanding of muscular dystrophy and other inherited diseases.

Jun 2, 2016

Novel compound shows promise against breast cancer

A promising new compound appears to impede a process that fuels breast cancer in mice, a discovery that could have implications in the treatment of a host of cancers.

Jun 2, 2016

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Scientists discover a new protein crucial to normal forgetting

When Elvis released his first number-one country hit "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" in 1955, the song was more correct scientifically than he could have imagined. Humans need to forget as part of the brain's system for ...

Jun 2, 2016

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Scientists monitor conversation between sensory perception and behavior in mouse brain

Sensory information enters the brain at the primary sensory cortex, where they are processed by different layers of cells in ways that ultimately influence an animal's perception and behavioral response. Scientists have now ...

Jun 2, 2016

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