Neuroscience
Growing up as a neural stem cell: The importance of clinging together and then letting go
Can one feel too attached? Does one need to let go to mature? Neural stem cells have this problem, too.
Apr 25, 2012
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Medical research
The strange double life of Dab2: Cancer protein also plays role in fat storage
Sometimes proteins do a lot more than we expect. Dab2, for example, has long been linked to cancer. The molecule is associated with a chain of signaling proteins called the Ras-MAPK pathway. In many cancers, elements of Ras-MAPK ...
Jan 9, 2017
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Medical research
Oxygen-deprived baby rats fare worse if kept warm
New study suggests that baby rats deprived of oxygen, but kept warm, had bigger swings in glucose and insulin, metabolic and physiologic effects that could increase the chances of brain damage. Findings could have implications ...
Feb 13, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
How cancer stem cells thrive when oxygen is scarce
Working with human breast cancer cells and mice, scientists at The Johns Hopkins University say new experiments explain how certain cancer stem cells thrive in low oxygen conditions. Proliferation of such cells, which tend ...
Mar 28, 2016
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Immunology
Hormone adjustment may lead to new ways to prevent and treat lung damage in premature infants
Prematurely born babies often need oxygen therapy to prevent brain damage or death. Unfortunately, excessive oxygen can damage immature lungs and cause severe life-long problems including bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists discover a unique mechanism for a high-risk leukemia
A research team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has discovered details of how the abnormal breakage and rearrangement of chromosomes in white blood cells triggers a particularly aggressive form of ...
Feb 8, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Study shows why immune-boosting therapy doesn't work for everyone with widespread melanoma
Patients who don't respond to treatments that use their own immune cells to destroy tumors, called tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, share changes in mechanisms that switch genes on or off in those cells, according to study ...
Jun 4, 2016
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Neuroscience
Study expands concerns about anesthesia's impact on the brain
As pediatric specialists become increasingly aware that surgical anesthesia may have lasting effects on the developing brains of young children, new research suggests the threat may also apply to adult brains.
Jun 5, 2013
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Addiction
Feelings of immaturity accompany alcohol misuse into adulthood; discovery could improve treatments
Tipping back one too many cocktails during an individual's early 20s doesn't correlate to a personal sense of immaturity; however if this habit doesn't stop as they reach age 30, young adults can feel psychologically underdeveloped, ...
Apr 17, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
A transcription factor called SLUG helps determines type of breast cancer
During breast-tissue development, a transcription factor called SLUG plays a role in regulating stem cell function and determines whether breast cells will mature into luminal or basal cells.
May 2, 2014
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