Medical research
Plague alters cell death to kill host
Northwestern Medicine scientists are continuing to unravel the molecular changes that underlie one of the world's deadliest and most infamous respiratory infections.
Apr 14, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer researchers find key protein link
A new understanding of proteins at the nexus of a cell's decision to survive or die has implications for researchers who study cancer and age-related diseases, according to biophysicists at the Rice University-based Center ...
Mar 27, 2014
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Cardiology
Administration of specific micro-RNAs can retard the development of atherosclerosis
(Medical Xpress)—LMU medical researchers have shown that the administration of specific micro-RNAs can retard the development of atherosclerosis.
Mar 6, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Investigational drug may increase survival for some patients with advanced melanoma
An experimental drug aimed at restoring the immune system's ability to spot and attack cancer halted cancer progression or shrank tumors in patients with advanced melanoma, according to a multisite, early-phase clinical trial ...
Mar 4, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Finding a target for tumor suppression
One of the hopes for victory against cancer hinges on naturally-occurring proteins whose job is to make their host cell die.
Feb 3, 2014
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Ophthalmology
Same cell death pathway involved in three forms of blindness
Gene therapies developed by University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine researchers have worked to correct different forms of blindness. While effective, the downside to these approaches to vision rescue is that ...
Jan 16, 2014
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Medical research
Dysfunctional mitochondria may underlie resistance to radiation therapy
The resistance of some cancers to the cell-killing effects of radiation therapy may be due to abnormalities in the mitochondria – the cellular structures responsible for generating energy, according to an international ...
Nov 25, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
MicroRNA molecule found to be a potent tumor-suppressor in lung cancer
New research shows that microRNA-486 is a potent tumor-suppressor molecule in lung cancer, and that the it helps regulate the proliferation and migration of lung-cancer cells, and the induction of programmed cell death, or ...
Sep 16, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic make-up of rare gastrointestinal tract tumour decoded
Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are relatively rare tumours of the gastrointestinal tract that can occur both as a harmless incidental finding and as aggressive, malignant disease. Two key genetic mutations that can ...
Sep 11, 2013
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Immunology
Cell death protein could offer new anti-inflammatory drug target
Scientists in Melbourne, Australia, have revealed the structure of a protein that is essential for triggering a form of programmed cell death, making possible the development of new drugs to treat chronic inflammatory diseases ...
Sep 5, 2013
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