Oncology & Cancer

Researchers uncover how colorectal cancer cells colonize the liver

In cases where cancer is fatal, 9 out of 10 times the culprit is metastasis. This is when the primary tumor has sent out cells, like seeds, and invaded other organs of the body. While medicine has made great progress in treating ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Mini lungs' research leads to multiple COVID-19 discoveries

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys, University of California San Diego and their international collaborators have reported that more types of lung cells can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 than previously thought, including those ...

Genetics

Gene therapy discovery triggers hope for glaucoma patients

The protein tau is essential to the function of cells in the brain and central nervous system, but when over-produced under certain conditions, it forms tangles that clog the cells' internal structures. These tangles have ...

page 8 from 40