Overweight & Obesity

Study finds the metabolic regulator MYC is defective in obesity

Research led by Maynooth University and published today in the journal Science Signaling has found that the protein MYC is essential for MAIT cell growth, proliferation, metabolism and function. The latest findings are of ...

Immunology

Solving puzzle of B-cell lymphoma development

Germinal centers are sites in the organs of the lymphatic system, formed during the course of an immune response to infection, where B cells intensely proliferate and modify their DNA in order to produce antibodies specific ...

Oncology & Cancer

Genome-wide intricacies of cancer inhibitor untangled

A newly discovered inhibitor of a common cancer-causing protein operates selectively, reducing expression of genes that fuel rampant cell proliferation and alter the epigenome, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published ...

Oncology & Cancer

Stomach-specific c-Myc overexpression and gastric cancer

Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant cancers worldwide. Since the stage of early gastric cancer usually lasts for a long time and lacks obvious symptoms, the diagnosis of early gastric cancer is very difficult. ...

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