Follow
Cancer Cell
Cancer Cell: is a cell that can divide relentlessly, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood with abnormal cells. Cell division is a normal process used by the body for growth and repair.
-
FEB 27, 2017Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a ...FEB 24, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A modification to DNA called methylation has been connected to obesity. It is known that many changes are made to genes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2017Cancer
Scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center recently report cancer’s corruption of a protein ...FEB 24, 2017Immunology
An unexpected interaction between regulatory immune cells and antibody-producing plasma cells surprised scientists, but ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 24, 2017Cancer
For years, pancreatic cancer has bested even the most aggressive therapy. But now, Australian researchers report the dis ...FEB 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Using cells in culture for biomedical research usually involves taking an entire population, rather than i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2017Immunology
Scientists keep chipping away at the mysteries of the immune system, and this time in a new study published in Nature Co ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 21, 2017Cancer
Cancer took an estimated 600,000 lives in the United States alone in 2016–costing Americans and their families rou ...Written By: Brook SpencerFEB 20, 2017Cancer
Researchers have captured how a new organo-metal compound infiltrates cancer cells and destroys its most vulnerable orga ...FEB 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Although the scalp-cooling cap has been available in Europe for a number of years, the device was only approved in the U ...FEB 18, 2017Cancer
Using small-molecule sugars, scientists successfully made artificial tags for cancer cells that otherwise blended in wit ...FEB 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 17, 2017Immunology
Castleman disease was discovered in the 1950s, but until this year doctors had no reliable sources to consistentl ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 16, 2017Microbiology
Spoiler alert, you’re infected with Epstein-Barr virus. Well, you’re probably infected - nearly 98% of peopl ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 15, 2017Neuroscience
Head injuries are always dangerous, even if they first appear to be minor. From just a small bump to a full on Trau ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work has demonstrated that bone injuries can be repaired using a sheet of a carbon compound that has photocatalytic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Scientists have identified a substance in oil that’s to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in fish exposed to crude ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 13, 2017Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists has discovered a gene involved in DNA replication that when mutated has profound eff ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 12, 2017Videos
In this recently released video from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can get a look at the winners from 2 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2017Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f ...FEB 11, 2017Cancer
Many adults are plagued with hardened skin – calluses – on the soles of their feet and on the palms of their ...FEB 10, 2017Microbiology
Bacteriophages are everywhere. By everywhere, I mean there are about 10^31 of them on our planet - and that’s a lo ...Written By: Kerry EvansFEB 09, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Some malignant tumors found in brain cancer patients or in some types of leukemia have specific mutations in the IDH1 or ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 09, 2017Cancer
Aspirin, the ultra-cheap drug that’s ubiquitous in nearly everyone’s medicine cabinet, has a long been impli ...
FEB 27, 2017
Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a
...
FEB 24, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A modification to DNA called methylation has been connected to obesity. It is known that many changes are made to genes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2017
Cancer
Scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center recently report cancer’s corruption of a protein
...
FEB 24, 2017
Immunology
An unexpected interaction between regulatory immune cells and antibody-producing plasma cells surprised scientists, but
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 24, 2017
Cancer
For years, pancreatic cancer has bested even the most aggressive therapy. But now, Australian researchers report the dis
...
FEB 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Using cells in culture for biomedical research usually involves taking an entire population, rather than i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2017
Immunology
Scientists keep chipping away at the mysteries of the immune system, and this time in a new study published in Nature Co
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 21, 2017
Cancer
Cancer took an estimated 600,000 lives in the United States alone in 2016–costing Americans and their families rou
...
Written By:
Brook Spencer
FEB 20, 2017
Cancer
Researchers have captured how a new organo-metal compound infiltrates cancer cells and destroys its most vulnerable orga
...
FEB 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Although the scalp-cooling cap has been available in Europe for a number of years, the device was only approved in the U
...
FEB 18, 2017
Cancer
Using small-molecule sugars, scientists successfully made artificial tags for cancer cells that otherwise blended in wit
...
FEB 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Brain tumors are difficult to detect, often only becoming apparent long after symptoms like seizures have begun. New wor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 17, 2017
Immunology
Castleman disease was discovered in the 1950s, but until this year doctors had no reliable sources to consistentl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 16, 2017
Microbiology
Spoiler alert, you’re infected with Epstein-Barr virus. Well, you’re probably infected - nearly 98% of peopl
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 15, 2017
Neuroscience
Head injuries are always dangerous, even if they first appear to be minor. From just a small bump to a full on Trau
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work has demonstrated that bone injuries can be repaired using a sheet of a carbon compound that has photocatalytic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Scientists have identified a substance in oil that’s to blame for the cardiotoxicity seen in fish exposed to crude
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 13, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists has discovered a gene involved in DNA replication that when mutated has profound eff
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 12, 2017
Videos
In this recently released video from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can get a look at the winners from 2
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2017
Cancer
It’s tragically ironic that in medicine, sometimes the cure is almost as harmful as the poison. This is the case f
...
FEB 11, 2017
Cancer
Many adults are plagued with hardened skin – calluses – on the soles of their feet and on the palms of their
...
FEB 10, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteriophages are everywhere. By everywhere, I mean there are about 10^31 of them on our planet - and that’s a lo
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
FEB 09, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Some malignant tumors found in brain cancer patients or in some types of leukemia have specific mutations in the IDH1 or
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 09, 2017
Cancer
Aspirin, the ultra-cheap drug that’s ubiquitous in nearly everyone’s medicine cabinet, has a long been impli
...