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Researchers transform skin puncture cells from diabetes patients into insulin

Norwegian researches are one step closer to cure diabetes by making insulin-producing cells from skin cells.

9 Aug 2017

Researchers identify new regulators of brain metastases in lung cancer patients

Research from McMaster University has identified new regulators of brain metastases in patients with lung cancer.

9 Aug 2017

NYITCOM research could potentially lead to more effective, less toxic cancer treatment

Patients undergoing conventional chemotherapy for certain cancers could potentially receive more effective and less toxic drug treatment.

9 Aug 2017

Researchers develop new ultrafast antibiotic resistance test

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new method for very rapidly determining whether infection-causing bacteria are resistant or susceptible to antibiotics.

8 Aug 2017

Clinical trial shows safety, effectiveness of pre-prepared cells to treat drug-resistant viral infections

Patients who receive a hematopoietic stem cell transplant are at risk of developing potentially lethal viral infections. Some of the infections can be treated with available drugs, but they are not always effective and side effects can be significant.

8 Aug 2017

Prostate cancer cells gain unnatural ability to change shape and spread

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists report they have discovered a biochemical process that gives prostate cancer cells the almost unnatural ability to change their shape, squeeze into other organs and take root in other parts of the body.

8 Aug 2017

Human gut microbe may help treat autoimmune diseases, say researchers

Mayo Clinic researchers, along with colleagues at the University of Iowa, report that a human gut microbe discovered at Mayo Clinic may help treat autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. The findings appear in Cell Reports.

8 Aug 2017

TMDU-led researchers identify protein critical to early stages of cellular HIV infection

When a virus enters a cell, one of the first steps in the process of infecting that cell is removal of the protein coat that surrounds the virus's genetic material.

8 Aug 2017

Scientists stop formation of protein clumps linked to ALS and frontotemporal dementia

Scientists report in a new study that by imitating a natural process of cells, they prevented the formation of protein clumps associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia.

8 Aug 2017

Tiny lab-grown structures that resemble amniotic sac may help in infertility research

The first few weeks after sperm meets egg still hold many mysteries. Among them: what causes the process to fail, leading to many cases of infertility.

8 Aug 2017

Promising brain cancer vaccine developed at Roswell Park receives orphan drug status from FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded orphan drug status to a promising immunotherapy vaccine developed at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

8 Aug 2017

Researchers find clues to how chemotherapy drug fuels cancer spread from the breast to lungs

The very same treatment that thwarts breast cancer has a dark side – it can fuel the spread of the disease to the lungs.

8 Aug 2017

Nanotechnology wonders: Organ healing with a single touch!

Scientists from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre have come up with what sounds like a science fiction - a nanotechnology device that can switch the cell functions in such a way that the failing organs are revived using a single touch.

7 Aug 2017

Some people better than others at recovering from wounded heart, says USC study

Some people are better than others at recovering from a wounded heart, according to a new USC Stem Cell study published in Nature Genetics.

7 Aug 2017

Newly discovered biomarker linked to rare metabolic disorders may facilitate better diagnosis

A newly discovered biomarker associated with a rare metabolic disorder may facilitate better diagnosis and identification of new drugs for clinical trials for the disease, according to researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

7 Aug 2017

Researchers demonstrate potential of new PET tracer for imaging prostate cancer

In the featured translational article in the August issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers at the University of Michigan demonstrate the potential of a new PET tracer, Carbon-11 labeled sarcosine (11C-sarcosine), for imaging prostate cancer, and set the stage for its possible use in monitoring other cancers.

7 Aug 2017

B Cell News and Research

Researchers transform skin puncture cells from diabetes patients into insulin

Researchers identify new regulators of brain metastases in lung cancer patients

NYITCOM research could potentially lead to more effective, less toxic cancer treatment

Researchers develop new ultrafast antibiotic resistance test

Clinical trial shows safety, effectiveness of pre-prepared cells to treat drug-resistant viral infections

Prostate cancer cells gain unnatural ability to change shape and spread

Human gut microbe may help treat autoimmune diseases, say researchers

TMDU-led researchers identify protein critical to early stages of cellular HIV infection

Scientists stop formation of protein clumps linked to ALS and frontotemporal dementia

Tiny lab-grown structures that resemble amniotic sac may help in infertility research

Promising brain cancer vaccine developed at Roswell Park receives orphan drug status from FDA

Researchers find clues to how chemotherapy drug fuels cancer spread from the breast to lungs

Nanotechnology wonders: Organ healing with a single touch!

Some people better than others at recovering from wounded heart, says USC study

Newly discovered biomarker linked to rare metabolic disorders may facilitate better diagnosis

Researchers demonstrate potential of new PET tracer for imaging prostate cancer

Salivary peptide promotes wound healing, research reveals

New clinical trial examines potential role of drug combination therapy to eliminate LAM cells

Bioactive 'tissue papers' show potential for regenerative medicine

Congress revamps housing program to benefit areas where HIV is spreading

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