Monthly Archives: Febbraio 2019
Researchers have used human embryonic stem cells to study the initiation and progression...
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have used human embryonic stem cells to create a new model system that allows them to study the initiation...
When metastatic cancer cells need to avoid a threat, they simply reprogram themselves
Members of Rice's Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP) and cancer metabolism researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have created a basic framework of...
Recession associated with greater decline in mortality
In recent decades, Europe has experienced a downward trend in the annual number of deaths.
Not only was this trend not arrested by the...
Fight against infection HIV infection – cofilin dysfunction is a key factor in helper...
George Mason University's Yuntao Wu is the lead scientist on a research team that has identified a measurable indicator that could prove instrumental in...
Age-old aphorism : Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine; wine before beer and...
"Beer before wine and you'll feel fine; wine before beer and you'll feel queer" goes the age-old aphorism.
But scientists have now shown that...
Type 2 diabetes : Capsule that releases insulin in the stomach could replace injections
An MIT-led research team has developed a drug capsule that could be used to deliver oral doses of insulin, potentially replacing the injections that...
Mayaro virus : engineered DNA vaccine protects against the disease
Infections by the mosquito-borne Mayaro virus (MAYV) have largely been restricted to people who ventured into the heavily forested areas of Trinidad and Tobago...
Researchers have revealed a mechanism to suppress the growth and spread of cancer cells...
The spread of cancer to a new part of the body accounts for about 90 percent of cancer deaths.
Cancer cells can spread from...
The higher a person’s immunity to dengue virus, the lower their risk of Zika...
The higher a person's immunity to dengue virus, the lower their risk of Zika infection, an international team of scientists led by the University...
Prostate cancer : starving out those hostile cancer cells is proving effective
An old military tactic, widely used in Roman and medieval times, is now being put to good use in cancer research.
The idea is that...
New type of cancer drug that acts as a Trojan horse
A brand new type of cancer drug that acts as a 'Trojan horse' to get inside tumour cells has shown promise in patients with...
Circular RNA could serve as cancer biomarker in blood or urine
As new technology allows researchers to plunge deeper into the genome and exome, a new class of RNA called circular RNA may play an...
Neuroscientists have identified the processes which occur in our brains before an action
Neuroscientists at Bangor University and University College London have for the first time, identified the processes which occur in our brains milliseconds before we...
New Iranian precision missile factory in northwest Syria
Tehran reportedly rebuilds facility previously bombed by IAF in different location, bypassing international sanctions with help from Syrian government and terror group Hezbollah
Israel has...
Cold temperatures can sap electric car batteries and cut the range over 40 percent
Cold temperatures can sap electric car batteries, temporarily reducing their range by more than 40 percent when interior heaters are used, a new study...
