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Surprising similarities found in the way immune system defenders bind to disease-causing invaders
May 28, 2014
A study led by researchers at Stanford's School of Medicine reveals how T cells, the immune system's foot soldiers, respond to an enormous number of potential health threats. Read More
Distribution of cancer types may be affected by an area's level of poverty or wealth
May 28, 2014
A new analysis has found that certain cancers are more concentrated in areas with high poverty, while other cancers arise more often in wealthy regions. Read More
Changing diet to fight breast cancer
May 28, 2014
Calorie restriction, a kind of dieting in which food intake is decreased by a certain percentage, has been touted as way to help people live longer. Read More
Immunotherapy for prostate cancer in sight
May 27, 2014
An international study carried out with involvement of the MedUni Vienna is giving hope to patients with advanced prostate cancer. Read More
New insight into inflammatory bowel diseases offered by wound-healing role of microRNAs in colon
May 27, 2014
A microRNA cluster believed to be important for suppressing colon cancer has been found to play a critical role in wound healing in the intestine, UT Southwestern cancer researchers have found. Read More
Clues about chronic fatigue syndrome revealed by brain imaging
May 27, 2014
A brain imaging study shows that patients with chronic fatigue syndrome may have reduced responses, compared with healthy controls, in a region of the brain connected with fatigue. Read More
Key mechanism identified in metabolic pathway that fuels cancers
May 27, 2014
In a breakthrough discovery at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI), a research team led by Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D. Read More
Promising results from clinical trials designed to block autophagy in multiple cancers
May 27, 2014
In the largest group of results to date, researchers from Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center and other institutions have shown in clinical trials that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)... Read More
Breast cancer metastasis enabled by signals that recruit host animals' cells
May 27, 2014
Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have identified chemical signals that certain breast cancers use to recruit two types of normal cells needed for the cancers' spread. Read More
New sensor could light the way forward in low-cost medical imaging
May 27, 2014
New research published in Nature's Scientific Reports, identifies a new type of light sensor that could allow medical and security imaging, via low cost cameras. Read More
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