Ophthalmology
Scientists regenerate retinal cells in mice
Scientists have successfully regenerated cells in the retina of adult mice at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.
Jul 26, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
New compound discovered that rapidly kills liver cancer
Scientists have identified a new compound that rapidly kills hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells, the most common form of liver cancer and fifth most common cancer worldwide, while sparing healthy tissue. The compound, Factor ...
Mar 14, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Revealing the mystery behind non-alcoholic liver disease
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common liver disorder worldwide and is present in approximately 25 percent of the world's population. Over 90 percent of obese, 60 percent of diabetic, and up to 20 percent of ...
Jul 13, 2021
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Medical research
Discovery enables adult skin to regenerate like a newborn's
A newly identified genetic factor allows adult skin to repair itself like the skin of a newborn babe. The discovery by Washington State University researchers has implications for better skin wound treatment as well as preventing ...
Sep 29, 2020
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Medical research
Scientists show how fatty diets cause diabetes
Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics tend to have one thing in common: obesity. Exactly how diet and obesity trigger diabetes has long been the subject of intense scientific research. A new study led by Jamey D. Marth, Ph.D., ...
Aug 14, 2011
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Immunology
Researchers identify new mechanism to reduce inflammation
UT Southwestern researchers have identified two proteins that act as gatekeepers to dampen a potentially life-threatening immune response to chronic infection.
Mar 22, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer researchers hit a bullseye with new drug target for Ewing sarcoma
Screening a class of recently-developed drug compounds—so-called "CDK inhibitors" capable of blocking CDK7/12/13 proteins—against hundreds of different human cancer cell lines, researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's ...
Jan 25, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Study pinpoints key genetic factor behind autoimmune diseases, cancer
Scientists have long known that variations in specific human genes are associated with distinct patterns of disease, but an understanding of the molecular mechanisms has remained elusive until now. A team of Yale researchers ...
Jan 13, 2016
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Immunology
Study suggests ways to improved immunity in older people
A study from Oxford and Basel universities may point the way to maintaining our immune systems as we get older.
Aug 22, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers uncover genetic cause of childhood leukemia
For the first time, a genetic link specific to risk of childhood leukemia has been identified, according to a team of researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, University ...
Sep 8, 2013
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