The cancer gene MYC has been called the "Mount Everest" of cancer research because of the difficulty of designing medications that can disable it and the expectation that an effective MYC drug could help so many cancer patients. ...
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Among the numerous microengineered Organ-on-a-Chip (Organ Chip) models developed at the Wyss Institute, the Liver Chip is of special interest to a number of industries because the real-time analysis of complex biochemical ...
Nov 6, 2019
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Relapses in a common form of leukemia may be preventable following new research that has identified how the cancer develops resistance to first line treatments.
Apr 9, 2024
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A drug currently in clinical trials as a cancer therapy can also stimulate pancreatic beta cells to secrete insulin, revealing a previously unknown mechanism for insulin regulation in type 2 diabetes, according to a new study ...
Nov 9, 2023
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Neurons talk to each other using chemical signals called neurotransmitters. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have drawn on structural biology expertise to determine structures of vesicular monoamine transporter ...
Nov 1, 2023
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A research team led by scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has achieved a significant breakthrough by inventing a new class of near-infrared-activated photo-oxidants that can effectively kill cancer cells ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Effective hearing loss treatments have eluded medicine because once sensory cells in the inner ear called hair cells are damaged or destroyed, they cannot be regenerated. This loss of hair cells, which can be caused by aging, ...
Apr 18, 2023
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A new study shows how a drug made from a natural compound used in traditional Chinese medicine works against malignant brain tumors in mice, creating a promising avenue of research for glioblastoma treatment.
Apr 14, 2023
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Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and colleagues have identified a small molecule that may help treat people with epilepsy whose condition has become resistant to the benzodiazepine drugs usually used in ...
Mar 14, 2023
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In a potential game changer for the treatment of superbugs, researchers have developed a new class of antibiotics that cured mice infected with bacteria deemed nearly "untreatable" in humans—and resistance to the drug was ...
Feb 16, 2023
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