Medical research
Team finds that their cancer-fighting compound fights obesity and diabetes, too
Eric Prossnitz, Ph.D., and his team hope to help 93 million obese Americans fight their fat.
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Health
The serious consequence of exercising too much, too fast
Every 365.25 days, when the Earth completes a full orbit around the Sun, we humans have the opportunity to hit the reset button and become fitter, finer versions of ourselves. As usual for January, social media is humming ...
Jan 27, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Body's natural signal carriers can help melanoma spread
A new study from Finland sheds fresh light on how melanoma cells interact with other cells via extracellular vesicles they secrete. The researchers found that extracellular vesicles secreted by melanoma cells use the so-called ...
Jan 16, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Pathogenic Alzheimer's disease cascade is activated by faulty norepinephrine signaling
In preclinical experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have revealed a key missing piece of the Alzheimer's disease puzzle. That allowed proof-of-concept experiments—using an existing drug—that dramatically ...
Jan 15, 2020
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Immunology
Antibodies gather and form a circle for defensive attack
Antibodies play a crucial role in our immune system by linking antigen recognition with complement activation for attacking foreign cells. Using high-speed atomic force microscopy, collaborative groups, including researchers ...
Jan 6, 2020
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Genetics
Know thy mitochondria: Autoimmunity to organelles and their DNA
The immune system uses its mitochondria to self-stimulate innate and adaptive responses to infection. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), immunogenic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), and even whole mitochondria are locally mobilized ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Skin and mucous membrane lesions as complication of pneumonia
Painful inflammatory lesions of the skin and mucous membranes may occur in children who develop bacterial pneumonia. A research group at the University Children's Hospital Zurich has recently developed a new diagnostic blood ...
Dec 19, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer therapy may be aided by induced macropinocytosis, a rare form of cell death
In laboratory experiments, a metabolic inhibitor was able to kill a variety of human cancer cells of the skin, breast, lung, cervix and soft tissues through a non-apoptotic route—catastrophic macropinocytosis.
Dec 18, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Mechanisms help pancreatic cancer cells avert starvation
A new study reveals the mechanism that helps pancreatic cancer cells avoid starvation within dense tumors by hijacking a process that pulls nutrients in from their surroundings.
Dec 11, 2019
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Genetics
Modifier gene may explain why some with cystic fibrosis are less prone to infection
Cystic fibrosis is caused by an inherited mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. Due to this mutation, the CFTR protein doesn't embed in cell membranes to form a channel for chlorine ...
Dec 10, 2019
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