Oncology & Cancer
Colorectal cancer: Aspirin found to activate protective genes
LMU researchers have identified a signaling pathway by which aspirin can inhibit colorectal cancer.
Nov 2, 2023
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Cell Death and Disease
Brought to you by the editorial team of Cell Death & Differentiation, Cell Death & Disease is a peer-reviewed online journal in the field of translational cell death. It seeks to promote diverse and integrated areas of Experimental and Internal Medicine with its specialties, including Cancer, Immunity and Neuroscience. It is now accepting articles in the new section, Cancer Metabolism.
- Publisher
- Nature
- Website
- http://www.nature.com/cddis/index.html
- Impact factor
- 5.333 (2011)
Medical research
Mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa shows key biochemical, diagnostic features of human disease
Retinal degeneration in the disease retinitis pigmentosa is caused by a family of hereditary mutations that slowly lead to blindness over years or decades. A mouse model of one of these forms of retinitis pigmentosa, RP59, ...
Oct 31, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify mutant enzyme that helps prostate cancer spread and become more aggressive
Scientists have identified how a specific enzyme plays a key role in enabling prostate cancer to become more aggressive and harder to treat.
Jun 26, 2023
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
How a Parkinson's disease-linked protein attacks a cell's powerhouses
Inside cells, organelles called mitochondria carry out a medley of vital tasks. These structures generate energy and help to keep the cells' interior environment in a state of healthy equilibrium, among other functions.
Aug 18, 2021
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Medical research
Promise of gene therapy for glaucoma shines bright in award-winning image
Whether you see the gossamer wings of a butterfly or the delicate opened petals of a flower, there is beauty in the eye of the beholder—a mouse retina described and visually captured by scientists at the National Center ...
Oct 17, 2016
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Medical research
Stroke damage mechanism identified
Researchers have discovered a mechanism linked to the brain damage often suffered by stroke victims—and are now searching for drugs to block it.
Nov 27, 2014
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Medical research
A new way to generate insulin-producing cells in Type 1 diabetes (w/ Video)
A new study by researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) has found that a peptide called caerulein can convert existing cells in the pancreas into those cells destroyed in type 1 diabetes-insulin-producing ...
Jul 31, 2014
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Immunology
Researchers find a clue to fighting fatal influenza
When influenza (or flu) reaches the critical stage, there are no specific treatments available for patients. Now new research has identified a key to this sometimes fatal condition, and opened the door to possible cures.
Nov 27, 2023
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Ophthalmology
Powerful enzyme that tamps down inflammation holds promise for protecting the eyes in diabetes, premature birth
An enzyme under study to treat certain cancers is also showing promise in reducing the significant vision damage that can result from diabetes and premature birth, scientists report.
Oct 12, 2022
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Medical research
Scientists discover new therapeutic target of angiogenesis for clear cell renal cell carcinoma patients
The tumor biomarker research team from the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently reported that DMDRMR/miR-378a-5p/ DAB2IP axis promotes angiogenesis and sunitinib ...
May 25, 2022
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