Researchers conducting a preclinical study in mice successfully used targeted molecular therapy to block mostly…
Month: December 2012
From fish to man: Research reveals how fins became legs
Vertebrates’ transition to living on land, instead of only in water, represented a major event…
To fight incurable metastatic breast cancer, resistance must be broken
One of the most frustrating truths about cancer is that even when a treatment works,…
Antibody orientation matters
The orientation of antibody binding to bacteria can mean life or death to the bug,…
Brown adipose tissue has beneficial effects on metabolism and glucose tolerance
Joslin Diabetes Center scientists have demonstrated that brown adipose tissue (BAT) has beneficial effects on…
New multiple myeloma drug shows promise in treating people with advanced disease
A new oral agent is safe and effective in treating relapsed and treatment-resistant multiple myeloma,…
New biomaterial gets ‘sticky’ with stem cells
Just like the bones that hold up your body, your cells have their own scaffolding…
Smuggler’s tunnels: Detecting tunnels using seismic waves not as simple as it sounds
You’d think it would be easy to use seismic waves to find tunnels dug by…
Can your smartphone see through walls? Engineers make tiny, low-cost, terahertz imager chip
Researchers have created tiny silicon microchips that could help people see through walls, luggage, sealed…
Tracking gene flow in marine plant evolution
A new method that could give a deeper insight into evolutionary biology. Biologists identified the…