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Study proposes new way of concentrating radiotherapy dose in tumors

A new way of concentrating radiotherapy dose in tumours, while minimising damage to healthy cells, has been proposed in research led by scientists at the University of Strathclyde.

26 Jul 2019

IDT chosen as primary supplier of NGS oligo products for Clear Labs’ NGS-based food safety platform

As part of its ongoing mission to break down the barriers in genomics research, Integrated DNA Technologies is extending its network of collaborations into food quality and safety.

From Integrated DNA Technologies 26 Jul 2019

Researchers demonstrate positive and negative role of LRH-1 during inflammation

Immune cells prevent bacteria, parasites or viruses from entering the body when, for example, the intestinal epithelium is injured.

26 Jul 2019

Limiting UV exposure is the number one way to reduce rising female skin cancer rates

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S., affecting one in five Americans in their lifetime. Limiting exposure to ultraviolet radiation is the number one way individuals can reduce their risk of skin cancer, though new data suggests that UV exposure is on the rise, particularly among Caucasian girls and young women.

25 Jul 2019

Genetic mutations link rare skin disorder and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Fatty liver disease is often associated with alcoholism, but more than a third of Americans have fatty livers despite moderate or absent alcohol consumption.

25 Jul 2019

Antibiotic treatment can slow down skin lymphoma

New research from the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center at the University of Copenhagen shows, surprisingly, that antibiotics inhibit cancer in the skin in patients with rare type of lymphoma.

25 Jul 2019

New breast cancer drug identified as a potential therapy for glioblastoma

The Ivy Brain Tumor Center at the Barrow Neurological Institute, has released the results of its recent Phase 0 clinical trial of the breast cancer drug ribociclib (Kisqali) for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma.

25 Jul 2019

Research links inherited BRCA2 mutations with increased risk of childhood lymphoma

A report from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital links inherited mutations in the BRCA2 gene with an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children and adolescents.

25 Jul 2019

New study reveals the world's top genomic rearrangement detection tools

Published in Nature Communications, the study is the largest of its kind and was led by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute computational biologists Professor Tony Papenfuss, Dr Daniel Cameron and Mr Leon Di Stefano.

25 Jul 2019

Why cilantro (coriander) is good for your health

Scientists have uncovered the molecular action through which the herb cilantro delays the onset of certain seizures in epilepsy and other diseases.

25 Jul 2019

McMaster researchers develop new gel composed of bacteria-killing viruses

McMaster researchers have developed a novel new gel made entirely from bacteria-killing viruses.

25 Jul 2019

Study identifies new mechanism that impacts HIV infection

A team of scientists led by Texas Biomed's Assistant Professor Smita Kulkarni, Ph.D. and Mary Carrington, Ph.D., at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, published results of a study that pinpointed a long noncoding RNA molecule which influences a key receptor involved in HIV infection and progression of the disease.

25 Jul 2019

Researchers aim to develop a plaster for detecting skin cancer

Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer and, in Sweden, malignant melanoma is the most increasing of all cancer types.

25 Jul 2019

Scientists develop 3D printed pill that samples bacteria found in the gut

The gut microbiome is made up of trillions of living microbes, and more than a thousand species of bacteria. It has been known that the gut plays major roles in the body’s health. A team of university engineers may have developed a way to study and collect samples of microbes living in the gut.

25 Jul 2019

Researchers turn to single-cell analysis to understand a pediatric brain tumor

Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, alongside others, have revealed the cells of origin for specific subtypes of medulloblastoma, the most common malignant pediatric brain tumor.

25 Jul 2019

Salk study unlocks new way to target hard-to-treat cancers

Now, a new Salk Institute study, published on July 24, 2019, in the journal Science Advances, shows that researchers could target these hard-to-treat cancers by pursuing drugs that keep a cellular "switch," called CREB, from triggering tumor growth.

25 Jul 2019

Using laser-activated microrobots to deliver drug therapy

Targeting medical treatment to an ailing body part is a practice as old as medicine itself. A Band-Aid is placed on a skinned knee. Drops go into itchy eyes. A broken arm goes into a cast.

25 Jul 2019

CAR-T cells used to target glioblastoma

Immunotherapy is the new weapon against cancers and building upon existing research, a team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital have devised a way to make immunotherapy more effective in a deadly and common form of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

24 Jul 2019

Fat cells may be egging on melanoma cells to become more aggressive

A new study has shown that fat cells could be implicated in the transformation of the melanoma cells in the skin into highly malignant cells that spread to the different organs of the body. A team from the Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Carmit Levy and Dr. Tamar Golan of the Department of Human Genetics and Biochemistry at TAU's Sackler School of Medicine published their findings in the journal Science Signaling this week.

24 Jul 2019