Oncology & Cancer
Drug doubles down on bone cancer and metastasis
Bone cancer is hard to treat and prone to metastasis. Research teams at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have a new strategy to attack it.
Jun 23, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People tend to locate the self in the brain or the heart—and it affects their judgments and decisions
Whether people locate their sense of self in the brain or the heart can have a major influence on people's decision-making, according to a new study by management and business experts at Rice University and Columbia University.
May 20, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
How cancer turns good cells to the dark side
Cancer uses a little-understood element of cell signaling to hijack the communication process and spread, according to Rice University researchers.
Jan 26, 2015
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Genetics
Ultrasound enables gene delivery throughout the brain
Rice University researchers tested the safety and feasibility of gene delivery to multiple brain regions using a noninvasive, ultrasound-based technique in rodents, and their findings suggest that the efficiency of gene delivery ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Immunology
Researchers find link between blood clotting, immune response
Rice University researchers have found an unexpected link between a protein that triggers the formation of blood clots and other proteins that are essential for the body's immune system. The find could lead to new treatments ...
Apr 1, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer cells coordinate to form roving clusters
Two-way communication between cancer cells appears to be key to their becoming motile, clustering and spreading through metastasis, according to Rice University scientists.
May 19, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Use rewards effectively to boost creativity, study suggests
To boost employees' creativity, managers should consider offering a set of rewards for them to choose from, according to a new study by management experts at Rice, Tulane University, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro ...
Jun 18, 2021
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Neuroscience
Simple tasks don't test brain's true complexity
The human brain naturally makes its best guess when making a decision, and studying those guesses can be very revealing about the brain's inner workings. But neuroscientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine ...
Jun 8, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Early, late stages of degenerative diseases are distinct, study shows
Rice University biochemists Michael Stern and James McNew have studied how neurodegeneration kills cells. They've conducted countless experiments over more than a decade, and they've summarized all they've learned in a simple ...
Nov 23, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Chemists skew the odds to prevent cancer
The path to cancer prevention is long and arduous for legions of researchers, but new work by Rice University scientists shows that there may be shortcuts.
May 17, 2022
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