Targeting melanoma
University scientists have made a significant advance in their ability to target skin cancer.
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Archive: 29/07/2013
Estrogen's effects on fat depends on where it's located
Women have long bemoaned the fact that they tend to store more fat than men, particularly after menopause. Although it's well established that estrogen, the primary sex hormone present during women's childbearing years, is ...
Jul 29, 2013
No money for diapers: A depressing reality for poor mothers
Low-income mothers who cannot afford diapers are also more likely to report symptoms of depression and anxiety, Yale University researchers write in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Jul 29, 2013
Researchers identify genetic mutation linked to congenital heart disease
A mutation in a gene crucial to normal heart development could play a role in some types of congenital heart disease—the most common birth defect in the U.S. The finding, from a team in The Research Institute at Nationwide ...
Jul 29, 2013
From bacteria to lions – how tiny proteins which control our responses to both could be linked
New research from the University of Birmingham and the University of Cambridge has uncovered a relationship between proteins that control immunity and proteins that control activity in the brain.
Jul 29, 2013
Surprising mechanism discovered in polycystic kidney disease
A study by Yale researchers has uncovered a new and unexpected molecular mechanism in the development of polycystic kidney disease, or PKD. The study appears in Nature Genetics.
Jul 29, 2013
Nearly all men survive testicular cancer
Survival for testicular cancer has risen by almost 30 per cent in the last 40 years, with nearly all men now beating the disease, according to figures published by Cancer Research UK.
Jul 29, 2013
Researchers explore genetic links between nicotine, cancer using 'next-generation sequencing'
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have taken a closer look at the role that nicotine plays in cancer, finding new consequences of nicotine stress on breast tissue and insight into the influence of nicotine ...
Jul 29, 2013
Researchers identify novel mechanism that helps stomach bug cause illness
A seafood contaminant that thrives in brackish water during the summer works like a spy to infiltrate cells and quickly open communication channels to sicken the host, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report.
Jul 29, 2013
