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Scientists identify NSD2 gene responsible for spread of prostate cancer
A Rutgers study has found that a specific gene in cancerous prostate tumors indicates when patients are at high-risk for the cancer to spread,...
Immune cells engineered to attack childhood cancers were able to eradicate different types of...
Immune cells engineered to attack childhood cancers were able to eradicate different types of pediatric tumors in mice, according to a new study from...
Scientists have developed a gene therapy that blocks peripheral nerve damage
Nerve axons serve as the wiring of the nervous system, sending electrical signals that control movement and sense of touch.
When axons are damaged,...
Engineered Bacteria Improves Hyperammonemia and Survival
Synlogic, Inc., a clinical stage company applying synthetic biology to beneficial microbes to develop novel, living medicines, today announced the publication in Science Translational Medicine of...
Both genes and the environment shape a person’s risk of disease
Both genes and the environment shape a person's risk of disease, but while genes are frequently cataloged, perturbed, activated, turned off and systematically tested...
Nobel-winning research : Findings on eye-signal blending re-examines
Look at an object, cover one eye at a time, and the object appears to jump back and forth.
Stare at it with both...
Treating diabetes : New hope from stem cell
Scientists working to develop more effective treatments for diabetes are turning to stem cells.
Such cells can be transformed into cells that produce insulin,...
Researchers have developed a chemical process to convert infrared energy into visible light
Columbia University scientists, in collaboration with researchers from Harvard, have succeeded in developing a chemical process to convert infrared energy into visible light, allowing...
The spray from showers, sinks and toilets can expose us to the bacteria and...
"Don't drink the water" might be good enough advice to keep you from getting sick in some places, but according to researchers from Arizona...
Smartphone users are putting their necks at risk
A large majority of the world's 3.4 billion smartphone users are putting their necks at risk every time they send a text, according to...
Chaos in bodily regulation can optimize our immune system
Chaos in bodily regulation can optimize our immune system according to a recent discovery made by researchers at the University of Copenhagen's Niels Bohr...
Novel noninvasive imaging technique could help radiologists differentiate cancer from benign tumors
In American women, breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death.
While routine screening helps to detect breast...
New tests for early identification of dyslexia
A University at Buffalo psychologist has published a neuroimaging study that could help develop tests for early identification of dyslexia, a disorder that effects...
A type of mosquito that transmits malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the...
A type of mosquito that transmits malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time, and the discovery has implications for putting more...
Lifestyle and health factors that are good for your heart can also prevent diabetes
Lifestyle and health factors that are good for your heart can also prevent diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at The Ohio...
