Monthly Archives: Gennaio 2019
New MS Word macros virus campaign : GandCrab ransomware and Ursnif virus
Security researchers have discovered two separate malware campaigns, one of which is distributing the Ursnif data-stealing trojan and the GandCrab ransomware in the wild, whereas the second...
Surgery to remove the thymus gland in patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) provides significant...
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease, meaning that it affects the muscles and the nerves that control them.
It is caused by a disorder...
Glioblastoma : FGL2 protein can eliminate tumor progression
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered an immune regulator that appears to dictate glioblastoma (GBM) progression by shutting...
Researchers have designed new anti-influenza drugs which could help combat any potential new pandemic
Researchers at LSTM and Imperial College London have designed drugs which could help combat any potential new flu pandemic, by targeting the receptors of...
The identification of severe anxiety in pregnant women
A landmark study by experts at the University of Stirling will help health professionals improve the identification of severe and problematic anxiety in pregnant...
Syncytium : nuclei gained during training persist even when muscle cells shrink due to...
The old adage "use it or lose it" tells us: if you stop using your muscles, they'll shrink.
Until recently, scientists thought this meant...
Common pain reliever, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, can improve survival in head and...
Regular use of a common type of medication, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, significantly improves survival for a third or more patients with head...
Researchers have discovered that antibodies that may form the basis of a universal flu...
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered that antibodies that may form the basis of a universal flu vaccine inhibit a second...
Scientists have successfully constructed a three-dimensional human epidermis
Scientists have successfully constructed a three-dimensional human epidermis based on predictions made by their mathematical model of epidermal homeostasis, providing a new tool for...
Defeating glioblastoma : microRNAs play an important role in cancer
In cancer therapeutics research, microRNAs—tiny strings of nucleotides that get churned out inside cells—have been a source of both excitement and disappointment.
While preclinical...
A particular signaling pathway in breast cancer tumors causes cancer cells to divide symmetrically
Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that a particular signaling pathway in breast cancer tumors causes cancer cells...
New hope for Chordoma cancer
Chordoma is literally a one in a million cancer, with few effective treatment options.
A new understanding of the biology behind this tumor type is...
Heart muscle cells need exercise – even when they grow outside the human body
Heart muscle cells need exercise—even when they grow outside the human body.
A new device designed by U of T Engineering researchers uses a...
Retinoblastoma : Genetically modified virus is able to kill tumor
An international team of researchers reports that modifying an adenovirus a certain way made it an effective tumor killer in mice with retinoblastoma.
In...
Researchers have found protein that promotes small artery growth in damaged heart tissue
A collaboration between basic and clinical scientists at Stanford University has revealed a protein that promotes the growth of small arteries leading into oxygen-starved...
