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Breakthrough research on radioactive element could lead to new weapon against cancer

A new weapon against cancer could be just around the corner now that a Cal Poly Pomona professor and her colleagues from Stanford, Cornell and Los Alamos National Laboratory have unlocked some of the secrets of a fickle radioactive element.

2 Sep 2016

Research findings of protein may form foundation for new approach to antibiotics

Researchers have made the first-ever detailed, atomic-level images of a peroxiredoxin, which has revealed a peculiar characteristic of this protein and might form the foundation for a new approach to antibiotics.

1 Sep 2016

Scientists combine immunotherapy with chemotherapy to eliminate cancer recurrence

Scientists from the United States have made an important step toward eliminating cancer recurrence by combining immunotherapy with chemotherapy.

1 Sep 2016

Texas Tech researcher examines how healthy brown fat can be activated in humans

Come fall, being a bear starts to look better and better. They load up on fat, sleep the winter away and wake up hungry.

1 Sep 2016

WSU pharmacologists find hyperbaric oxygen therapy can alleviate opiate withdrawal symptoms

Washington State University researchers have found that treatments of pure oxygen in a high-pressure chamber can relieve the symptoms of opiate withdrawal.

31 Aug 2016

University of Nebraska-Lincoln wins $11.3 million NIH grant to establish CIBC

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has earned an $11.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a research center focused on investigating cellular level miscommunications that contribute to complex diseases such as cancer, diabetes and chronic liver disease.

31 Aug 2016

Mitosis study identifies new potential target for cancer therapy

Structural biologists show in a new study that an apparently key step in the process of cell division depends on a unique interaction among specific proteins, including one that is strongly linked to cancer. Their hope now is that the detailed new characterization of the interaction will make it a target for exploring a new cancer therapy.

31 Aug 2016

Study shows how caffeine counteracts age-related cognitive deficits in animals

A study published in the journal Scientific Reports from Nature publishing group, describes the mechanism by which caffeine counteracts age-related cognitive deficits in animals.

30 Aug 2016

New discovery could lead to effective treatment methods for cystitis

Every year, millions of people are treated for cystitis, but despite its prevalence, the disease is still a scientific mystery.

30 Aug 2016

Study reveals vital new details about inner workings of CRISPR-Cas9 machinery in live cells

A study in The Journal of Cell Biology by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School reveals important new details about the inner workings of the CRISPR-Cas9 machinery in live cells that may have implications for the development of therapeutics that use the powerful gene editing tool.

30 Aug 2016

$New study finds contamination events near fracking gas drilling sites result of operational inefficiencies$

New study finds contamination events near fracking gas drilling sites result of operational inefficiencies

Chemists at the University of Texas at Arlington have published a new study that indicates that highly variable contamination events registered in and around unconventional oil and gas developments are the result of operational inefficiencies and not inherent to the extraction process itself.

26 Aug 2016

Researchers find new way for early prediction of leukemic relapse

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center have identified RNA-based biomarkers that distinguish between normal, aging hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia stem cells associated with secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML), a particularly problematic disease that typically afflicts older patients who have often already experienced a bout with cancer.

26 Aug 2016

Curbing immune system infighting could make treatment more effective for pancreatic cancer

Internal conflict between cell types explains why the immune system struggles to recognize and attack pancreatic cancer.

25 Aug 2016

Melatonin appears to suppress growth of breast cancer stem cells

Melatonin, a hormone produced in the human brain, appears to suppress the growth of breast cancer tumors.

23 Aug 2016

New MRI method detects low zinc levels to help identify healthy prostate tissue from cancer

A novel MRI method that detects low levels of zinc ion can help distinguish healthy prostate tissue from cancer, UT Southwestern Medical Center radiologists have determined.

23 Aug 2016

Tel Aviv University researchers unravel how melanoma spreads to distant organs

In a landmark discovery, researchers at Tel Aviv University have unraveled the metastatic mechanism of melanoma, the most aggressive of all skin cancers.

23 Aug 2016

Low selenium levels linked to liver cancer risk? An interview with Dr David Hughes

Food provides us with a variety of substances we need to maintain life. These substances are essential nutrients and are classified as macronutrients (water, protein, fats, and carbohydrates) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals).

22 Aug 2016

Research shines more light on role of proteins in maintaining synaptic transmission

Synapses are the power junctions that allow living creatures to function. Popularly associated with learning and memory, they play a more fundamental role in our existence by regulating everything from breathing, sleeping and waking and other bodily functions.

17 Aug 2016

BUSM researchers reveal why obese people develop insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes

Findings from Boston University School of Medicine, which appear in eLife, provide a possible explanation as to why most people who are obese develop insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

16 Aug 2016

Newfound role for PARP proteins could lead to therapeutic opportunities for cancer

Using technology they developed, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a previously unknown role of a certain class of proteins: as regulators of gene activity and RNA processing.

16 Aug 2016

Biochemistry News and Research

Breakthrough research on radioactive element could lead to new weapon against cancer

Research findings of protein may form foundation for new approach to antibiotics

Scientists combine immunotherapy with chemotherapy to eliminate cancer recurrence

Texas Tech researcher examines how healthy brown fat can be activated in humans

WSU pharmacologists find hyperbaric oxygen therapy can alleviate opiate withdrawal symptoms

University of Nebraska-Lincoln wins $11.3 million NIH grant to establish CIBC

Mitosis study identifies new potential target for cancer therapy

Study shows how caffeine counteracts age-related cognitive deficits in animals

New discovery could lead to effective treatment methods for cystitis

Study reveals vital new details about inner workings of CRISPR-Cas9 machinery in live cells

New study finds contamination events near fracking gas drilling sites result of operational inefficiencies

Researchers find new way for early prediction of leukemic relapse

Curbing immune system infighting could make treatment more effective for pancreatic cancer

Melatonin appears to suppress growth of breast cancer stem cells

New MRI method detects low zinc levels to help identify healthy prostate tissue from cancer

Tel Aviv University researchers unravel how melanoma spreads to distant organs

Low selenium levels linked to liver cancer risk? An interview with Dr David Hughes

Research shines more light on role of proteins in maintaining synaptic transmission

BUSM researchers reveal why obese people develop insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes

Newfound role for PARP proteins could lead to therapeutic opportunities for cancer

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