Two papers led by scientific teams from the Cancer Genetics Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) shed new light on the genetic mechanisms underlying cellular energy and metabolism and, at the same time, ...
Aug 30, 2012
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15 years ago, a woman in her thirties was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer. The oncologist José Pablo Maroto, from the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, in Barcelona, decided to treat her with the drug temsirolimus, ...
Jun 14, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered a key regulator of autophagy, the cellular recycling process involved in many human diseases. The finding illuminates potential new drug targets for cancer, neurodegeneration ...
Jun 2, 2014
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B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is characterized by the accumulation of abnormal immature B-cell precursors (BCP) in the bone marrow (BM), and is the most common pediatric cancer. Among the different subtypes ...
Apr 23, 2020
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First identified in 2012, the MERS-coronavirus is capable of causing severe and often fatal pneumonia. There are no effective treatments for MERS. Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Charité ...
Jan 29, 2020
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If something is really important, it's best not to rely on it. This basic principle is followed equally by human engineers – for example, the NASA space shuttle has three main engines – and by nature. Thus it could ...
Jan 30, 2013
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Scientists at the University of Manchester have uncovered how the internal mechanisms in nerve cells wire the brain. The findings open up new avenues in the investigation of neurodegenerative diseases by analysing the cellular ...
Jul 20, 2012
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This summer's action film, "The Amazing Spider-Man," is another match-up between the superhero and his nemesis the Lizard. Moviegoers and comic book fans alike will recall that the villain, AKA Dr. Curt Connors, was a surgeon ...
May 10, 2012
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Research by the University of Valencia, CIBERehd and FISABIO offers an exhaustive analysis of the different published studies on autophagy, a cellular process involved in liver fibrosis. The work addresses the different aspects ...
Jul 1, 2021
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It's the latest entry in the self-care, sleep-aid craze, taking over your TikTok feed and infusing a mocktail that has drawn the attention of the New York Times.
Mar 5, 2024
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