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Apoptosis
Apoptosis: a genetically directed process of cell self-destruction that is marked by the fragmentation of nuclear DNA, is activated either by the presence of a stimulus or removal of a suppressing agent or stimulus, is a normal physiological process eliminating DNA-damaged, superfluous, or unwanted cells, and when halted (as by genetic mutation) may result in uncontrolled cell growth and tumor formation.
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JUL 23, 2018Cancer
A new study in July's JAMA Oncology outlines the results of a 4-year study in New Zealand focused on vitamin D and if it ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 17, 2018Cancer
CRISPR can be used to dupe circulating tumor cells into killing their own main tumor after "re-homing" back with a death ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 10, 2018Cancer
A new small molecule inhibitor, called PTC596, initiated apoptosis in MCL cells according to a study published this mont ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 06, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis compounds have biphasic properties, which means that low and high doses of the same substance can produce oppos ...Written By: Melissa MooreJUN 30, 2018Immunology
A specific subset of immune cells could be targeted to better treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A new University o ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 13, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Hailed as a revolutionary technique that had many potential applications, two new studies show that we should proceed wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 30, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Researchers investigated the potential connections between the endocannabinoid system and tumor cell growth inhibition i ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 26, 2018Cannabis Sciences
The endocannabinoid system is the body’s system that regulates an array of other systems in the body. It wor ...Written By: Melissa MooreAPR 25, 2018Cancer
Researchers are looking to biotechnology to enhance the detection of diseases including cancer. A group utilized the co ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 24, 2018Cancer
Researchers studied the potential use of a synthetic retinoid, WYC-209, as an inhibitor of cancer cell growth and metast ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 14, 2018Immunology
A vaccine to prevent leukemia and other diseases of the immune system caused by a specific viral infection is now a very ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 08, 2018Immunology
One of the most lethal forms of brain cancer owes most of its deadliness to its evasion of the immune system - a nasty t ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 08, 2018Cardiology
There needs to be just the right amount of fats in the heart for optimal function - not too much and not too little. In ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 02, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Any accident in the history of science should serve as a reminder that safety should always remain the most importa ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 26, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Mature cells that suddenly start dividing rapidly can lead to cancer, and this occurs in many different types of the dis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 08, 2018Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that a type of bacterium that lives in soil produces a molecule that actually induces the de ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2017Cardiology
So-called “death receptors” found in the blood are predictive of an individual’s risk of heart disease ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 10, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k ...OCT 07, 2017Immunology
Cells that are infected with a virus sacrifice themselves, dying before the virus has a chance to use the cell’s o ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 01, 2017Microbiology
Research has found a backup plan that cells use when the immune response is being evaded by pathogenic bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2017Microbiology
Our innate immune system has a lot of ways to deal with invading pathogens - macrophages gobble up bacteria, for one. Bu ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 05, 2017Immunology
There are key differences between the two parts of the immune system - innate and adaptive - and a new study adds one mo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 15, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A common vascular disorder among male at or over 50, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized blood filled bulge o ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 08, 2017Cancer
Chemotherapy that’s intended to kill cancer could, in some disturbing twists of fate, help cancer metastasize. Ala ...
JUL 23, 2018
Cancer
A new study in July's JAMA Oncology outlines the results of a 4-year study in New Zealand focused on vitamin D and if it
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 17, 2018
Cancer
CRISPR can be used to dupe circulating tumor cells into killing their own main tumor after "re-homing" back with a death
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 10, 2018
Cancer
A new small molecule inhibitor, called PTC596, initiated apoptosis in MCL cells according to a study published this mont
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 06, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Cannabis compounds have biphasic properties, which means that low and high doses of the same substance can produce oppos
...
Written By:
Melissa Moore
JUN 30, 2018
Immunology
A specific subset of immune cells could be targeted to better treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A new University o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 13, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Hailed as a revolutionary technique that had many potential applications, two new studies show that we should proceed wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers investigated the potential connections between the endocannabinoid system and tumor cell growth inhibition i
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 26, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
The endocannabinoid system is the body’s system that regulates an array of other systems in the body. It wor
...
Written By:
Melissa Moore
APR 25, 2018
Cancer
Researchers are looking to biotechnology to enhance the detection of diseases including cancer. A group utilized the co
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 24, 2018
Cancer
Researchers studied the potential use of a synthetic retinoid, WYC-209, as an inhibitor of cancer cell growth and metast
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 14, 2018
Immunology
A vaccine to prevent leukemia and other diseases of the immune system caused by a specific viral infection is now a very
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2018
Immunology
One of the most lethal forms of brain cancer owes most of its deadliness to its evasion of the immune system - a nasty t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2018
Cardiology
There needs to be just the right amount of fats in the heart for optimal function - not too much and not too little. In
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 02, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Any accident in the history of science should serve as a reminder that safety should always remain the most importa
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 26, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Mature cells that suddenly start dividing rapidly can lead to cancer, and this occurs in many different types of the dis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 08, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that a type of bacterium that lives in soil produces a molecule that actually induces the de
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2017
Cardiology
So-called “death receptors” found in the blood are predictive of an individual’s risk of heart disease
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 10, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k
...
OCT 07, 2017
Immunology
Cells that are infected with a virus sacrifice themselves, dying before the virus has a chance to use the cell’s o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 01, 2017
Microbiology
Research has found a backup plan that cells use when the immune response is being evaded by pathogenic bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2017
Microbiology
Our innate immune system has a lot of ways to deal with invading pathogens - macrophages gobble up bacteria, for one. Bu
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 05, 2017
Immunology
There are key differences between the two parts of the immune system - innate and adaptive - and a new study adds one mo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 15, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A common vascular disorder among male at or over 50, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized blood filled bulge o
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 08, 2017
Cancer
Chemotherapy that’s intended to kill cancer could, in some disturbing twists of fate, help cancer metastasize. Ala
...