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Neuroscientists uncover genetic basis for formation of meningiomas in childhood cancer survivors

Neuroscientists have uncovered the genetic basis for why many long-term survivors of childhood cancer develop meningiomas, the most common adult brain tumor, decades after their treatment with cranial radiation.

4 Aug 2017

Immune ‘hotspots’ could help predict the risk of breast cancer relapse in patients, study finds

Scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research, London has developed a new test through which women at a greater risk of relapsing from breast cancer within 10 years of diagnosis can be identified.

4 Aug 2017

MIT engineers devise noninvasive way to assess cell's mechanical properties

The stiffness or elasticity of a cell can reveal much about whether the cell is healthy or diseased. Cancer cells, for instance, are known to be softer than normal, while asthma-affected cells can be rather stiff.

3 Aug 2017

Scientists develop new surgical method to reconnect sensory neurons with spinal cord after injury

Scientists in the UK and Sweden previously developed a new surgical technique to reconnect sensory neurons to the spinal cord after traumatic spinal injuries.

28 Jul 2017

DNA-protein structure more diverse and flexible chain than previously thought, study reveals

How can six and half feet of DNA be folded into the tiny nucleus of a cell? Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new imaging method that visualizes a very different DNA structure, featuring small folds of DNA in close proximity.

27 Jul 2017

Scientists receive $4.75 million grant for traumatic brain injury research

With a new $4.75 million grant from the Office of Naval Research, a team of scientists aims to develop new insights into how traumatic injuries form in the brain and develop new helmet technologies to help prevent them.

26 Jul 2017

Scientists uncover mechanism that keeps cells in the right places

Scientists have uncovered how cells are kept in the right place as the body develops, which may shed light on what causes invasive cancer cells to migrate.

26 Jul 2017

Diagnosing prostate cancer through a £225 urine test

This test, which we have branded SelectMDx for Prostate Cancer, came with the acquisition of a company in the Netherlands called NovioGendix. They developed a prototype assay, so they did most of the heavy lifting in terms of discovering the two specific biomarkers that are currently in the product. These biomarkers are tuned towards the detection of what I call clinically significant prostate cancer.

24 Jul 2017

Neuroscientists identify combined sensory map for temperature and humidity in fruit fly brain

Northwestern University neuroscientists now can visualize how fruit flies sense and process humidity and temperature together through a "sensory map" within their brains, according to new research.

21 Jul 2017

Scientists unlock secrets of indestructible virus to create super-durable materials

It's like the Superman of viruses, astonishingly tough and able to survive in an environment that would dissolve flesh and bone. And now scientists have unlocked the secrets of its indestructibility, potentially allowing them to harness its remarkable properties to create super-durable materials and better treat disease.

19 Jul 2017

New technique physically expands tissues to improve breast cancer diagnosis

A Ludwig Cancer Research study offers pathologists a quick, cheap and reliable tool to diagnose diseases such as early breast cancer with a conventional optical microscope.

18 Jul 2017

Researchers discover potential substitutes for BPA that lack adverse effects

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a group of potential substitutes for bisphenol A (BPA) that lack the adverse effects typically associated with BPA.

14 Jul 2017

Cellular antennae play key role in muscle-to-fat transformation

Like it or not, as we age, our muscle cells are slowly exchanged, one by one, for fat cells. This process quickens when we injure a muscle, and an extreme form of this process is also seen in muscle-wasting diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

13 Jul 2017

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Neuroscientists uncover genetic basis for formation of meningiomas in childhood cancer survivors

Immune ‘hotspots’ could help predict the risk of breast cancer relapse in patients, study finds

MIT engineers devise noninvasive way to assess cell's mechanical properties

Scientists develop new surgical method to reconnect sensory neurons with spinal cord after injury

DNA-protein structure more diverse and flexible chain than previously thought, study reveals

Scientists receive $4.75 million grant for traumatic brain injury research

Scientists uncover mechanism that keeps cells in the right places

Diagnosing prostate cancer through a £225 urine test

Neuroscientists identify combined sensory map for temperature and humidity in fruit fly brain

Scientists unlock secrets of indestructible virus to create super-durable materials

New technique physically expands tissues to improve breast cancer diagnosis

Researchers discover potential substitutes for BPA that lack adverse effects

Cellular antennae play key role in muscle-to-fat transformation

Rice engineers building flat microscope to monitor, stimulate neurons in the brain

Modified skin biopsy could provide faster and better diagnosis of inherited, fatal nerve disease

Researchers get closer to finding out how cells and their nucleus grow at constant ratio

High-resolution imaging provides new insights into pathological mechanisms of brain diseases

Scientists develop simple test for early, accurate warning of returning bladder cancer

Researchers develop new method to visualize whole-body cancer metastasis at single-cell level

Scientists provide detailed view of tau protein structures found in Alzheimer's disease

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