Oncology & Cancer
Molecular basis underlying colorectal cancer revealed
A team of scientists has unraveled the molecular mechanism behind one of the causes of colorectal cancer, and a treatment target.
Sep 15, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find potential to make brain cancers in children respond better to treatment
Brain cancer in children is always a devastating diagnosis, but McMaster University researchers may have found a way to have the most serious types of pediatric brain cancer respond better to therapies.
Aug 28, 2020
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Medical research
Cancer cachexia: Extracellular ligand helps to prevent muscle loss
Cancer cachexia is a complex metabolic disease accounting for approximately one third of all cancer-related deaths worldwide. So far, there is no effective therapy for this muscle wasting disease. Researchers from the Leibniz ...
Feb 25, 2020
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Folliculin mutations disrupt embryo implantation
New information is unfolding on the genetic controls of an early turning point in pregnancy. As the tiny, dividing cell mass, the blastocyst, travels from the oviduct and lodges in the wall of the uterus, the cells must exit ...
Feb 7, 2019
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Genetics
Researchers discover why some parts of the body have hair and others don't
Why do humans have hair on our arms and legs but not on the palms of our hands and the soles of our feet? It's a fundamental question in human evolution that researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University ...
Nov 28, 2018
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Medical research
New findings cast light on lymphatic system, key player in human health
Scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation have broken new ground in understanding how the lymphatic system works, potentially opening the door for future therapies.
Oct 16, 2018
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New evidence for coordinated hedgehog and Wnt pathway activation in appendage regeneration
Researchers have made a significant new discovery concerning the signaling mechanisms that enable newts to regrow their tails after injury. Specifically, this process is shown to require the coordinated activation of the ...
Sep 20, 2018
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Neuroscience
3-D human 'mini-brains' shed new light on genetic underpinnings of major mental illness
Major mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, severe depression and bipolar disorder share a common genetic link. Studies of specific families with a history of these types of illnesses have revealed that affected family ...
Apr 19, 2018
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Medical research
Signalling study sheds light on conditions from alopecia to cancer
Researchers from the University of Dundee and the Francis Crick Institute have made a significant discovery about a cellular pathway associated with developmental defects and a myriad of diseases ranging from alopecia to ...
Mar 22, 2018
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Cardiology
MicroRNA molecule can cause pathological changes in the heart
Cardiac fibrosis involves an increase of connective tissue in the cardiac muscle, causing a loss of function. A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered that microRNA 29 (miR-29) ...
Nov 22, 2017
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