How prostate cancer cells evolve
(Medical Xpress)—UCLA researchers have discovered how prostate cancer stem cells evolve as the disease progresses, a finding that could help point the way to more highly targeted therapies.
View ArticleOmega-3 dietary supplements pass the blood-brain barrier
(Medical Xpress)—New research from Karolinska Institutet shows that omega-3 fatty acids in dietary supplements can cross the blood brain barrier in people with Alzheimer's disease, affecting known...
View ArticleResearchers develop new hearing test technology
Much of what is known about sensory touch and hearing cells is based on indirect observation. Scientists know that these exceptionally tiny cells are sensitive to changes in force and pressure. But to...
View ArticleIdentifying the pathway that leads to cells forming into an individual body
All organisms begin life as a microscopic cluster of cells. What happens next, as they develop, is a source of endless fascination for scientists.
View ArticleResearch highlights the value of fathers in both neurobiology and behavior of...
Even with today's technology, it still takes both a male and a female to make a baby. But is it important for both parents to raise that child? Many studies have outlined the value of a mother, but few...
View ArticleMedial prefrontal cortex linked to fear response
(Medical Xpress)—In a new paper published in the current issue of Neuron, Harvard Medical School researchers at McLean Hospital report that increased activity in the medial prefrontal cortex of the...
View ArticleNew startup looking to cure genetic diseases by editing genes in new way
(Medical Xpress)—A new startup company called Editas Medicine (with $43 million in funding) is looking to expand on research that has already led to a system called Clustered Regularly Interspaced...
View ArticleResearchers discover protein's PC7 critical role in the brain
A team of Montréal researchers at the IRCM led by Dr. Nabil G. Seidah, in collaboration with Dr. William C. Wetsel's team at Duke University, discovered that the protein PC7 plays a critical role in...
View ArticleCarbon monoxide can help shrink tumors and amplify effectiveness of chemotherapy
In recent years, research has suggested that carbon monoxide, the highly toxic gas emitted from auto exhausts and faulty heating systems, can be used to treat certain inflammatory medical conditions....
View ArticleHow our nerves keep firing: Biologists see ultrafast recycling of...
University of Utah and German biologists discovered how nerve cells recycle tiny bubbles or "vesicles" that send chemical nerve signals from one cell to the next. The process is much faster and...
View ArticleTripped tongues teach speech secrets
Tongue twisters are not just fun to say; it turns out that these sound-related slip-ups can also open windows into the brain's speech-planning processes. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of...
View ArticleNew target identified for preventing bone destruction in diseases such as...
The skeleton is constantly being remodelled by the breakdown of old bone by cells called osteoclasts and the formation of new bone by cells called osteoblasts. This coordinated activity is essential...
View ArticleDeath of an adult son increases depressive symptoms in mothers, but not fathers
Mothers – but not fathers – exhibited symptoms of depression and experienced declines in overall health after the death of an adult son, while the death of a daughter had no such effect on either...
View ArticlePredicting ovarian cancer survival through tumor-attacking immune cells
One way to predict survival of many types of cancer is by counting the number of tumor-attacking immune cells that have migrated into the tumor in an effort to eradicate it – a sign of the body's...
View ArticleDeciphering the DNA of Alzheimer's patients
(HealthDay)—Data that details every gene in the DNA of 410 people with Alzheimer's disease can now be studied by researchers, the U.S. National Institutes of Health announced this week.
View ArticleStudy finds origin of inherited gene mutation causing early-onset Alzheimer's
The age and origin of the E280A gene mutation responsible for early-onset Alzheimer's in a Colombian family with an unusually high incidence of the disease has been traced to a single founder dating...
View ArticleActive component of grape seed extract effective against cancer cells
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published online ahead of print in the journal Nutrition and Cancer describes the laboratory synthesis of the most active component of grape seed extract,...
View ArticleEstrogen: Not just produced by the ovaries
A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team reports today that the brain can produce and release estrogen—a discovery that may lead to a better understanding of hormonal changes observed from...
View ArticleCould a vaccine help ward off multiple sclerosis?
A vaccine used to prevent tuberculosis in other parts of the world may help prevent multiple sclerosis (MS) in people who show the beginning signs of the disease, according to a new study published in...
View ArticleShape-shifting stops migrating cancer cells
Like a car with a front and back end, a steering mechanism and an engine to push it forward, cancer cells propel themselves through normal tissues and organs to spread cancer throughout the body....
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