A research group at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has discovered molecular events that determine whether cancer cells live or die. With this knowledge, they found that reduced consumption of a specific ...
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an exosome-coated stent with a "smart-release" trigger that could both prevent reopened blood vessels from narrowing and deliver regenerative stem cell-derived ...
Apr 5, 2021
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A team of scientists has unraveled the molecular mechanism behind one of the causes of colorectal cancer, and a treatment target.
Sep 15, 2020
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A long-hidden metabolic system in cells could lead to new strategies for therapeutic cancer treatments in future.
Jan 21, 2020
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Scientists have developed new drug compounds that thwart the pro-cancer activity of FOXM1, a transcription factor that regulates the activity of dozens of genes. The new compounds suppress tumor growth in human cells and ...
Jan 7, 2020
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Palbociclib is clinically approved for use in treating breast cancer, but according to a new study, the molecular mechanism behind the drug's effectiveness is not what scientists had thought it was.
Dec 18, 2019
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With unexpected findings about a protein that's highly expressed in fat tissue, scientists at Scripps Research have opened the door to critical new understandings about obesity and metabolism. Their discovery, which appears ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Results from a study spearhead by researchers at the Vall d´Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), show that the blockade of the multi-functional cytokine LIF induces tumor-infiltrating T cells to target and eliminate cancer. ...
Jun 11, 2019
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In ongoing research to find a treatment for acute kidney injury, Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have further advanced a promising approach using therapeutic factors produced by stem cells ...
May 31, 2019
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Activins are proteins involved in a number of important biological functions, including the regulation of the menstrual cycle, cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, metabolism, homeostasis, immune response, wound ...
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