A team of scientists from Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has identified a new approach to cancer therapeutics by targeting the evolution of cancer cells. This approach ...
Nov 28, 2018
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While many cancer therapies initially can be very successful, tumors often return and spread when remaining cancer cells develop resistance to treatment. To combat this tendency, Frédéric Thomas of the French National Centre ...
Oct 2, 2018
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A new USC Dornsife study indicates that aging may have originated at the very beginning of the evolution of life, at the same time as the evolution of the first genes.
Sep 12, 2018
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How and why human-unique characteristics such as highly social behavior, languages and complex culture have evolved is a long-standing question. A research team led by Tohoku University in Japan has revealed the evolution ...
Sep 7, 2018
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona, Spain, deepens the understanding of tumor genome evolution and suggests negative selection acting on cancer-essential genes plays ...
Jul 13, 2018
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Labouring over the age-old question "What do women look for in men?", scientists added an item to the list Wednesday: legs slightly longer than average, with a good shin-to-thigh ratio.
May 16, 2018
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Recent decades have seen an "explosive evolution" of techniques to restore blood flow to areas of the brain endangered by stroke or clogged arteries, according to a report by Loyola Medicine neurologists and neurosurgeons.
Jan 19, 2018
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Scientists have long sought to unravel the molecular mysteries that make the human brain special: What processes drove its evolution through the millennia? Which genes are critical to cognitive development?
Dec 6, 2017
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How do initially benign forms of cancer evolve to become aggressive? In a quest to answer this long-standing question, an EU project has studied the growth and clonal evolution of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)—a blood ...
Aug 11, 2017
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A world-first book combining evolutionary ecology and oncology aims to improve cancer prevention and therapies.
Apr 7, 2017
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