Oncology & Cancer

New insights into melanoma development and therapy

Malignant melanoma is a type of skin cancer that originates from melanocytes or nevi, causing about 80% of skin cancer-related deaths. While some cases have shown significant response to existing molecular targeted therapies, ...

Health

Marijuana use linked to epigenetic changes

Recent and long-term marijuana use is linked to changes in the human epigenome, a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Molecular Psychiatry has found.

Genetics

Key regulator of COVID viral receptor may be new drug target

Entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into human tissues depends on the activity of a host gene that regulates production of a key viral receptor, according to a study publishing June 13 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by ...

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