Oncology & Cancer
Mutant protein tackles DNA guardian to promote cancer development
Melbourne scientists have discovered how tumour development is driven by mutations in the most important gene in preventing cancer, p53.
Nov 07, 2018
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Medical research
New findings on the muscle disease Laing early-onset distal myopathy
New avenues are now being opened toward treatment of Laing distal myopathy, a rare disorder that causes atrophy of the muscles in the feet, hands and elsewhere. In a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers have identified ...
Sep 24, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lipid-based nanoparticles enable improved therapy for cystic fibrosis patients
Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University are working on a treatment that holds great promise for improving the lives of cystic fibrosis patients.
Jun 25, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer protein could point to new targets for treatment
A new view of a protein frequently mutated in pituitary tumors is overturning conventional wisdom and could point to novel targets for cancer drugs.
Apr 13, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Research uncovers a potential new strategy to fight ovarian cancer
A new discovery opens the possibility of developing a novel way to fight ovarian cancer. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have revealed a previously unknown cellular ...
Mar 28, 2018
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Medical research
Study identifies potential therapy for disease affecting preemies
One in five very low-birth-weight, premature infants suffers a life-threatening brain hemorrhage, often originating in a vital region known as the germinal matrix. In a recently published study in the journal Developmental ...
Mar 13, 2018
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Neuroscience
Scientists zero in on treatment for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
About 1 in 2,500 people have a degenerative nerve disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT). The disease is typically diagnosed in children, who can lose their ability to walk and use their hands for fine motor skills. There ...
Mar 08, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
New understanding of why cancer cells move
A University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researcher has identified how some cancer cells are made to move during metastasis. The research provides a better understanding of how cancer spreads and may create new opportunities ...
Dec 27, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Microbiologists contribute to possible new anti-TB treatment path
As part of the long effort to improve treatment of tuberculosis (TB), microbiologists led by Yasu Morita at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that they have for the first time characterized a protein involved ...
Oct 23, 2017
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Neuroscience
New mouse model of ALS more closely mimics human disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells controlling voluntary muscles. No effective treatments have been found.
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