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Notch activity of cells in tumor microenvironment can influence cancer metastases, study shows

Blood vessels play a critical role in the growth and spread of cancer. The cells lining the inner wall of blood vessels (endothelial cells) and cancer cells are in close contact to each other and mutually influence each other.

3 Mar 2017

Research provides insights on how pathogens escape process of autophagy

Our immune system has various ways to deal with threats from the outside like pathogens. One of the defence mechanisms is a process called autophagy.

3 Mar 2017

Study describes method to engineer brown adipose tissue from white fat-derived stem cells

Researchers have demonstrated the potential to engineer brown adipose tissue, which has therapeutic promise to treat metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, from white adipose-derived stem cells.

3 Mar 2017

Study finds link between vitamin D levels and severity of malabsorption issues

Natural health experts BetterYou have welcomed a recommendation by leading gastroenterology expert Isobel Mason, to take a vitamin D supplement to reduce Crohn’s flare-ups.

From BetterYou Ltd 3 Mar 2017

Researchers discover 'Developmental Split-Brain syndrome' caused by biallelic mutations in DCC gene

In a study published in Nature Genetics, Dr Saumya Jamuar, co-founder of Global Gene Corp and a visiting scientist at Harvard Medical School, under the supervision of Prof Christopher Walsh and A/Prof Timothy Yu of Harvard Medical School, reports on a new disease entity that they discovered in their quest to map novel human disorders related to brain development.

3 Mar 2017

NovAliX's new laboratory to use cryo-TEM for facilitating small molecule and biologic drug discovery

A new contract research laboratory operated by France-based NovAliX will provide pharmaceutical companies with access to high-resolution cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) by Thermo Fisher Scientific for facilitating small molecule and biologic drug discovery.

3 Mar 2017

Rheumatoid arthritis drug blocks metabolic pathway, reduces breast cancer tumors in mice

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that a rheumatoid arthritis drug can block a metabolic pathway that occurs in tumors with a common cancer-causing gene mutation, offering a new possible therapy for aggressive cancers with few therapeutic options, according to a study to be published in Cancer Discovery.

3 Mar 2017

Blocking protein found on surface of ovarian cancer cells could prevent metastasis, research suggests

Blocking a protein found on the surface of ovarian cancer cells could prevent or reduce the spread of the disease to other organs, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

3 Mar 2017

New absorption technique helps improve quality of life for people with allergic asthma

Allergies are the commonest cause of asthma. The immune system over-reacts to harmless substances such as birch or grass pollen, for example, forming immunoglobulin E antibodies (IgE).

3 Mar 2017

Scientists propose rejuvenating bone marrow stem cell niche to boost immunity, fend off cancers

As people get older so do the hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that form their blood, creating an increased risk for compromised immunity and certain blood cancers. Now researchers are reporting in the scientific journal that the bone marrow niche where HSC's form also ages, contributing to the problem.

3 Mar 2017

Research provides insights on antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplant patients

New research provides insights on transplant recipients' antibody responses against donor kidneys and how the timing of those responses can have important implications. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

3 Mar 2017

Specialized nerve cells play key role in controlling information flow in the brain, study finds

Specialized nerve cells, known as somatostatin-expressing (Sst) interneurons, in the outer part of the mammalian brain (or cerebral cortex) — play a key role in controlling how information flows in the brain when it is awake and alert.

3 Mar 2017

MSU researcher to study effect of hormones on ovulation and reproduction in cows

A Michigan State University researcher has received a $1.65 million grant that looks to bring a better understanding about fertility treatments in women by studying the effect of hormones on ovulation and reproduction in cows.

2 Mar 2017

Researchers discover groundbreaking process to rewarm large-scale preserved tissues

A research team, led by the University of Minnesota, has discovered a groundbreaking process to successfully rewarm large-scale animal heart valves and blood vessels preserved at very low temperatures.

2 Mar 2017

Scientists reveal new ‘threshold theory’ of how Parkinson's disease spreads

The toxic protein behind Parkinson's disease may not spread like an infection from nerve cell to nerve, according to a new theory by Technion and Harvard University scientists.

2 Mar 2017

Sex differences in microglia activity affect pain treatment, study finds

A female brain's resident immune cells are more active in regions involved in pain processing relative to males, according to a recent study by Georgia State University researchers.

2 Mar 2017

Neuroprotective compound could save brain cells during stroke, rat study shows

Researchers from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have shown that a neuroprotective compound tested in rats provides two-pronged protection for brain cells during stroke and improves physical and cognitive outcomes in the treated animals.

2 Mar 2017

Metabolic vulnerability in triple-negative breast cancer cells may help quell chemotherapy resistance

A team of researchers led by Alex Toker of the Ludwig Center at Harvard has discovered a metabolic weakness in triple-negative breast cancer cells that may be exploited to quell their resistance to chemotherapy.

2 Mar 2017

Researchers discover CTE in deceased patient's brain with no known history of head trauma

Researchers at Toronto Western Hospital's Canadian Concussion Centre have discovered the presence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain of a deceased patient with no known history of traumatic brain injury or concussion, the first known case of its kind.

2 Mar 2017

City of Hope researchers find how HER2-positive breast cancer patients develop brain metastases

Ninety percent of cancer deaths are from cancer spread. Breast cancer patients, for example, typically do not die because cancer returns in their breast, they die because it spreads to other parts of their body. The most dangerous of which is the brain.

2 Mar 2017

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Notch activity of cells in tumor microenvironment can influence cancer metastases, study shows

Research provides insights on how pathogens escape process of autophagy

Study describes method to engineer brown adipose tissue from white fat-derived stem cells

Study finds link between vitamin D levels and severity of malabsorption issues

Researchers discover 'Developmental Split-Brain syndrome' caused by biallelic mutations in DCC gene

NovAliX's new laboratory to use cryo-TEM for facilitating small molecule and biologic drug discovery

Rheumatoid arthritis drug blocks metabolic pathway, reduces breast cancer tumors in mice

Blocking protein found on surface of ovarian cancer cells could prevent metastasis, research suggests

New absorption technique helps improve quality of life for people with allergic asthma

Scientists propose rejuvenating bone marrow stem cell niche to boost immunity, fend off cancers

Research provides insights on antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplant patients

Specialized nerve cells play key role in controlling information flow in the brain, study finds

MSU researcher to study effect of hormones on ovulation and reproduction in cows

Researchers discover groundbreaking process to rewarm large-scale preserved tissues

Scientists reveal new ‘threshold theory’ of how Parkinson's disease spreads

Sex differences in microglia activity affect pain treatment, study finds

Neuroprotective compound could save brain cells during stroke, rat study shows

Metabolic vulnerability in triple-negative breast cancer cells may help quell chemotherapy resistance

Researchers discover CTE in deceased patient's brain with no known history of head trauma

City of Hope researchers find how HER2-positive breast cancer patients develop brain metastases

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