Oncology & Cancer
Clinical trial to target ovarian and breast cancers
The Australian first Women's Health, Creating Change trial will focus on women's reproductive cancers, such as ovarian, breast and endometrial cancer.
Nov 19, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
Team pieces together signaling pathway leading to obesity
As scientists probe the molecular underpinnings of why some people are prone to obesity and some to leanness, they are discovering that weight maintenance is more complicated than the old "calories in, calories out" adage.
Nov 5, 2014
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Medical research
New insights into why adolescents carry meningitis-causing bacteria
University of York scientists have shed new light on why teenagers and young adults are particularly susceptible to meningitis and septicaemia.
Aug 4, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Study explains how green tea could reduce pancreatic cancer risk
Green tea and its extracts have been widely touted as potential treatments for cancer, as well as several other diseases. But scientists have struggled to explain how the green tea and its extracts may work to reduce the ...
May 30, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify key mechanism in metabolic pathway that fuels cancers
In a breakthrough discovery at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI), a research team led by Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D., has taken a significant step in cracking the code of an atypical ...
May 22, 2014
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Medical research
New role for glial cells during neuroinflammation
Astroglial cells in the adult brain play fundamental roles in supporting neuronal functioning and in regulating brain energy balance. A new study now has identified key regulators that allow astrocytes to keep their mitochondrial ...
Dec 17, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeting cancer's sweet tooth
Ludwig researchers have elucidated a key mechanism by which cancer cells change how they metabolize glucose to generate the energy and raw materials required to sustain runaway growth.
Oct 21, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Key to tuberculosis cure lies in the starving of the enemy
Scientists at the University of Surrey have undertaken research into tuberculosis which could result in quicker treatment for sufferers and potentially reduce the problem of drug-resistance. The study was recently published ...
Aug 12, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers investigate 59 tumor cell lines
In what is the biggest study of its kind to date, researchers from Technische Universität München (TUM) have identified over 10,000 different proteins in cancer cells. "Nearly all anti-tumor drugs are targeted against cellular ...
Aug 8, 2013
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Genetics
Cellular 'stress sensor' that also modulates metabolism could offer therapeutic target for diabetes
An organelle called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) helps to process newly synthesized proteins destined for delivery to the cell membrane. When the ER becomes overloaded and begins to accumulate poorly folded proteins, an ...
Jul 31, 2013
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