Capping decades of research, a new study may offer a breakthrough in treating dyskeratosis congenita and other so-called telomere diseases, in which cells age prematurely. Using cells donated by patients with the disease, ...
Apr 22, 2020
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Faster cancer treatments may be possible thanks to research from Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI).
Oct 3, 2019
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New research from the University of Maryland and the National Institutes of Health reveals a new role for the enzyme telomerase. Telomerase's only known role in normal tissue was to protect certain cells that divide regularly, ...
Sep 2, 2019
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Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center found in a recent study that only three different genetic alterations drive the early development of malignant glioblastomas. At least one of these three cancer drivers was ...
Mar 21, 2019
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Switching off the enzyme that adds protective caps to chromosome ends could help fight many types of cancer, A*STAR researchers have shown. The team demonstrated the treatment's potential by using it to thwart tumor growth ...
Dec 20, 2018
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Researchers have discovered evidence that endurance exercise, such as running, swimming, cross-country skiing and cycling, will help you age better than resistance exercise, which involves strength training with weights.
Nov 27, 2018
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Cancer treatments are suspected to accelerate certain aging processes in the body. A new study has found that indicators of such biological aging correlate with declines in cognitive function in women who had undergone breast ...
Nov 26, 2018
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A research team led by Dr. Kim Innes, a professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has found that a simple meditation or music listening program may alter certain biomarkers of cellular aging and Alzheimer's ...
Nov 13, 2018
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RUDN biochemists suggested a new mechanism by which the human body prevents the development of autoimmune diseases, allergies and implant rejection. They report that regulatory T-cells are able to suppress the reproduction ...
Sep 10, 2018
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Negative results and findings in science are perhaps less newsworthy, but they are no less important. In fact, negative results in a cancer study have demonstrated that a possible new therapeutic pathway against idiopathic ...
Aug 21, 2018
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