High cholesterol fuels the growth and spread of breast cancer
A byproduct of cholesterol functions like the hormone estrogen to fuel the growth and spread of the most common types of breast cancers, researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute report.
View ArticleNewlyweds know on subconscious level whether marriage will be unhappy, new...
Although newlyweds may not be completely aware of it, they may know whether their march down the aisle will result in wedded bliss or an unhappy marriage, according to new study led by a Florida State...
View ArticleMemories are 'geotagged' with spatial information, study finds
Using a video game in which people navigate through a virtual town delivering objects to specific locations, a team of neuroscientists from the University of Pennsylvania and Freiburg University has...
View ArticleUN finds mother-to-child HIV infections decreasing
The U.N. Children's Fund says it is alarmed about increasing HIV and AIDS rates among adolescents over the last seven years and is advocating an aggressive program that includes condom distribution and...
View ArticleCyclin D1 governs microRNA processing in breast cancer
Cyclin D1, a protein that helps push a replicating cell through the cell cycle also mediates the processing and generation of mature microRNA (miRNA), according to new research publishing November 29...
View ArticleMalaria vaccine offers new mode of protection against disease
(Medical Xpress)—A novel malaria vaccine developed at Oxford University has shown promising results in the first clinical trial to test whether it can protect people against the mosquito-borne disease.
View ArticleThe heart's own stem cells play their part in regeneration
(Medical Xpress)—Up until a few years ago, the common school of thought held that the mammalian heart had very little regenerative capacity. However, scientists now know that heart muscle cells...
View ArticleUrine test could help detect aggressive bladder cancer
A simple urine test could distinguish between aggressive and less aggressive bladder cancers according to a new Cancer Research UK study published in the British Journal of Cancer.
View ArticleScientists explore memories, true and false
(Medical Xpress)—Not all memories are good and some might be so bad that they are debilitating; successful ways of coping with bad memories are to transform them into learning experiences and to derive...
View ArticleVisualize this: Automated UV laser microsurgery simplifies microscopy and...
(Medical Xpress)—Although in vivo microscopy is a vital tool for monitoring cellular and neurophysiological processes, preparing live animals for microsurgery has traditionally had several significant...
View ArticleJournal retracts controversial GMO cancer study
The journal Food and Chemical Toxicology is retracting a highly controversial French study it published last year linking genetically modified maize to cancerous tumors in rats.
View ArticleColon cancer researchers target stem cells, discover viable new therapeutic path
Scientists and surgeons at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered a promising new approach to treating colorectal cancer by disarming the gene that drives self-renewal in stem cells that are...
View ArticleNew family of proteins linked to major role in cancer
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have described a new family of proteins that appear to play a key role in cancer and might be targets for future cancer drugs. A major new study in the journal Nature sets...
View ArticleMice can 'warn' sons, grandsons of dangers via sperm
Lab mice trained to fear a particular smell can transfer the impulse to their unborn sons and grandsons through a mechanism in their sperm, a study said Sunday.
View ArticleMessy children make better learners
Attention, parents: The messier your child gets while playing with food in the high chair, the more he or she is learning.
View ArticleThe Affordable Care Act: Translational research experiment to improve health
An editorial by Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH, William H. Frist, MD, and Stuart Altman, PhD, published in the November 27 issue of Science Translational Medicine says the Patient Protection and Affordable...
View ArticleAir pollution and genetics combine to increase risk for autism
Exposure to air pollution appears to increase the risk for autism among people who carry a genetic disposition for the neurodevelopmental disorder, according to newly published research led by...
View ArticleResearchers block HIV replication
A multidisciplinary team of scientists from Spanish universities and research centres, among which is the University of Valencia, has managed to design small synthetic molecules capable of joining to...
View ArticleScientist develop gilded flu test
Researchers on the Norwich Research Park have patented a quick, simple dipstick flu test using sugar labelled with gold.
View ArticleGoals affect feelings of pride and shame
When the St. Louis Cardinals lost the World Series, just how much shame did the players feel? According to researchers at Penn State and Australia's Central Queensland University, a person's goals at...
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