The history of biology is peppered with invaluable contributions by physics and physicists. Even if we leave aside the argument that it's all just physics anyway, theoretical and practical biology leans heavily on our physics ...
Oct 16, 2013
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New research shows that microRNA-486 is a potent tumor-suppressor molecule in lung cancer, and that the it helps regulate the proliferation and migration of lung-cancer cells, and the induction of programmed cell death, or ...
Sep 16, 2013
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are relatively rare tumours of the gastrointestinal tract that can occur both as a harmless incidental finding and as aggressive, malignant disease. Two key genetic mutations that can ...
Sep 11, 2013
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Many patients who have genetic testing for Lynch syndrome, a hereditary predisposition to colon cancer, receive the inconclusive result "variants of uncertain clinical significance." This can be a problem, as people with ...
Nov 1, 2012
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Veteran British scientist John Gurdon, who shared the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday, is often described as the "godfather of cloning" for his work on stem cell research but was once told by his teacher not to pursue ...
Oct 8, 2012
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The presence of multiple ovarian cancer genomes in an individual patient and the absence or downregulation of the gene LRP1B are associated with the development of chemoresistance in women with the high-grade serous cancer ...
Aug 15, 2012
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Parents must be considered when states decide to expand genetic screening programs for newborns, according to a new study that looked at mandatory testing panels and political pressure by advocacy groups.
Jun 21, 2012
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A team of researchers led by Michael H. Antoni, director of the Center for Psycho-Oncology Research at the University of Miami (UM) has shown that a stress management program tailored to women with breast cancer can alter ...
Mar 21, 2012
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Bronwen Zilmer has three generations of Alzheimer's disease in her family. She hopes not to be the fourth.
Mar 9, 2012
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Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have discovered that the immune response regulator IKBKE (serine/threonine kinase) plays two roles in tobacco-related non-small cell lung cancers. Tobacco carcinogens induce ...
Feb 9, 2012
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