Medical research
New drug form may help treat osteoporosis, calcium-related disorders
A novel form of a drug used to treat osteoporosis that comes with the potential for fewer side effects may provide a new option for patients.
Jan 6, 2021
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Biophysical Journal
Oncology & Cancer
Discovery that cells inject each other opens new line of attack on cancer
Although most cancer cells are killed by chemotherapy, individual cells vary in their sensitivity, so that some cancer cells often escape. Diversity among cancer cells is thus an issue for cancer treatment.
Mar 24, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Learning how cancer cells collaborate to multiply and metastasize
Cancer cells are known to migrate and collaborate to form networks that function as conduits providing access to nutrients and blood vessels. Now, researchers in Japan have generated similar large-scale structures from cancer ...
Mar 12, 2020
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Medical research
By fighting the direction of the blood flow, white blood cells forge a faster route to battle infections
When the immune system detects a foreign pathogen, a cascade of chemical signals call white blood cells to the scene. Neutrophils are the most common and abundant type of these cells and while they start accumulating at the ...
Dec 13, 2019
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Medical research
A better understanding of the von Willebrand Factor's A2 domain
Under normal, healthy circulatory conditions, the von Willebrand Factor (vWF) keeps to itself. The large and mysterious multimeric glycoprotein moves through the blood, balled up tightly, its reaction sites unexposed. But ...
May 21, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
'Idling' cancer cells may return
About half of all melanomas have mutations in the BRAFÂ gene that accelerate tumor cell growth and spread. While most patients benefit from targeted anti-BRAFÂ therapy, resistance to treatment and tumor progression is almost ...
Apr 12, 2018
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Medical research
Scientists using high tech microscope find clues to an autoimmune disease
Using a unique microscope capable of illuminating living cell structures in great detail, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found clues into how a destructive autoimmune disease works, ...
Apr 26, 2017
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Medical research
A minimally invasive tool to measure muscle impairment
A minimally invasive, fiber-optic technique that accurately measures the passive stretch and twitch contraction of living muscle tissue could someday be an alternative to the painful muscle biopsies used to diagnose and treat ...
Feb 28, 2017
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Medical research
Muscles more sensitive to stretch than previously thought
Almost 50 years after Nobel prize-winner Andrew Huxley published his seminal findings about muscle contraction, scientists from the University of Bristol have retraced Huxley's steps. Their findings, published today in the ...
Nov 2, 2016
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Medical research
Cell softness predicts corneal transplant success
Stem cell transplantation is a promising strategy for restoring eyesight resulting from corneal damage, but tissue grafts must contain a high percentage of stem cells for clinical success. A study published October 18 in ...
Oct 18, 2016
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