Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify potential drug target for BRCA-mutated tumours
A new study has uncovered a previously unknown role for the enzyme EXD2, identifying it as a potential drug target for cancer therapy.
Dec 19, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
The origin of genetic mutations in cancer
When a cell divides into two daughter cells, it must replicate its DNA according to a very specific scenario. In the presence of some disruptive elements, however, cancer cells are unable to perform this operation optimally; ...
Sep 25, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Viral study suggests an approach that may decrease kidney damage in transplant patients
While studying one of the smallest DNA viruses known, Sunnie Thompson, Ph.D., may have found a new way to help prevent kidney damage following organ transplant.
May 30, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Drugs for invasive breast cancer 'could treat earliest stages of the disease'
Drugs used to target HER2-positive invasive breast cancer may also be successful in treating women in the first stages of the disease, researchers at The University of Nottingham have discovered.
May 8, 2019
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Diabetes
Researchers gain insights into cellular processes associated with diabetes
Two new studies from the Diabetes Center of Excellence at UMass Medical School investigate functions of the insulin-producing beta cells that are destroyed in patients with type 1 diabetes, and a reliable method to measure ...
May 3, 2019
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Cardiology
Half-hearted: New insight into why the heart doesn't develop properly in some children
Almost one percent of all American babies are born with malformed hearts. Heart abnormalities are at once the most common and most deadly type of birth defect in the U.S.
Apr 10, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New class of drugs could treat ovarian cancer
A team of researchers across The University of Manchester have shown that a new class of drugs are able to stop ovarian cancer cells growing.
Mar 19, 2019
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Health
Folate deficiency creates hitherto unknown problems in connection with cell division
Folate deficiency creates more problems in connection with DNA replication than researchers had hitherto assumed, researchers from the University of Copenhagen show in a new study. Once a person lacks folate, the damage caused ...
Dec 17, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Loss of protein p53 helps cancer cells multiply in 'unfavourable' conditions
Researchers have discovered a novel consequence of loss of the tumour protein p53 that promotes cancer development, according to new findings in eLife.
Oct 17, 2018
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Genetics
Unlocking the secrets of cell division in cancer
Scientists at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina have found that some cells can divide without a molecule that was previously thought necessary. Their results, published online in the July ...
Aug 29, 2018
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