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Type 2 diabetes drug may someday help combat breast and ovarian cancers

A drug used now to treat Type 2 diabetes may someday help beat breast and ovarian cancers, but not until researchers decode the complex interactions that in some cases help promote tumors, according to Rice University scientists.

30 Nov 2016

Scientists synthesize antitumor compound to combat chemoresistant cancer

A team of scientists from N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, N. K. Kol'tsov Institute of Developmental Biology of the RAS, and Immune Pharmaceuticals LLC led by MIPT's Prof. Alexander Kiselyov has synthesized an antitumor compound that could be used to fight chemoresistant cancer.

30 Nov 2016

Biomedical scientist develops new way to create micro muscles for testing muscle efficiency

A biomedical research scientist is taking the lead in the creation of muscle cells and micro muscles to test muscle efficiency in the laboratory - and he is able to carry out this new and innovative work thanks to the support he has received to get him back into science after a career break.

30 Nov 2016

Allen Institute for Cell Science releases gene edited, fluorescently tagged human iPS cells

The Allen Institute for Cell Science has released the Allen Cell Collection: the first publicly available collection of gene edited, fluorescently tagged human induced pluripotent stem cells that target key cellular structures with unprecedented clarity.

30 Nov 2016

Scientists identify cell-surface receptor for progranulin

Progranulin is produced and secreted by most cells in the body. From skin to immune cells, brain to bone marrow cells, progranulin plays a key role in maintaining normal cellular function.

30 Nov 2016

NUS study offers new hope for treating aggressive ovarian cancer subtype

A recent discovery by researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore may lead to a new treatment strategy for an aggressive ovarian cancer subtype.

30 Nov 2016

New insights into epidermal cells could explain how skin maintains barrier when shedding

The discovery of the shape and binding capability of epidermal cells could explain how skin maintains a barrier even when it is shedding.

30 Nov 2016

Iron deficiency: an interview with Dr Thierry Teil

Iron deficiency is, in fact, one of the most common nutritional disorders. It affects between three and five billion people, which is between half and two-thirds of the world population (about seven billion). Iron deficiency anemia is a subset of iron deficiency, that is about two billion people according to the WHO...

From CSL Ltd 30 Nov 2016

Okayama University researchers find way to prevent replication of influenza viral RNA

Researchers at Okayama University have successfully cleaved influenza viral RNA to prevent its replication using novel artificial RNA restriction enzymes in laboratory cell cultures.

30 Nov 2016

Particle Works develops hydrogel beads to enable 3D cell culture growth

Particle Works – the nano- and microstructured material specialist – has developed a range of alginate and agarose hydrogel beads designed to enable three dimensional cell culture growth.

30 Nov 2016

Mildly elevated body iron contributes to prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes

Even mildly elevated body iron contributes to the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes, according to research from the University of Eastern Finland.

30 Nov 2016

HD is myopathy as well as neurodegenerative disease, study suggests

Researchers have discovered that mice with Huntington's disease (HD) suffer defects in muscle maturation that may explain some symptoms of the disorder.

29 Nov 2016

New green nanotechnology approach targets, destroys precancerous tumor cells in livers of mice

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 700,000 new cases of liver cancer are diagnosed worldwide each year.

29 Nov 2016

Researchers develop virtual liver model to better understand metabolism of non-prescription painkiller

Researchers at Indiana University's Biocomplexity Institute have developed a virtual model of the human liver to better understand how the organ metabolizes acetaminophen, a common non-prescription painkiller and fever-reducer used in over-the-counter drugs such as Tylenol.

29 Nov 2016

Study highlights need to increase handwashing compliance among child care workers

Child care personnel properly clean their hands less than a quarter of the times they are supposed to, according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

29 Nov 2016

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Latest T Cell News and Research

Type 2 diabetes drug may someday help combat breast and ovarian cancers

Scientists synthesize antitumor compound to combat chemoresistant cancer

Biomedical scientist develops new way to create micro muscles for testing muscle efficiency

Allen Institute for Cell Science releases gene edited, fluorescently tagged human iPS cells

Scientists identify cell-surface receptor for progranulin

NUS study offers new hope for treating aggressive ovarian cancer subtype

New insights into epidermal cells could explain how skin maintains barrier when shedding

Iron deficiency: an interview with Dr Thierry Teil

Okayama University researchers find way to prevent replication of influenza viral RNA

Particle Works develops hydrogel beads to enable 3D cell culture growth

Mildly elevated body iron contributes to prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes

HD is myopathy as well as neurodegenerative disease, study suggests

New green nanotechnology approach targets, destroys precancerous tumor cells in livers of mice

Researchers develop virtual liver model to better understand metabolism of non-prescription painkiller

Study highlights need to increase handwashing compliance among child care workers

Specific milk protein may help strengthen the body's disease-fighting power, research reveals

Study sheds light on why new drug is effective in combating leukaemia

WSU researchers develop novel technology to treat chronic wound infections

Scientists develop safe, highly efficient method to improve searching of new germicides

Study compares cardiac repair potential of three types of stem cells

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