Researchers have identified a new genetic mutation at the heart of a severe and potentially…
Month: April 2015
Body’s cancer defenses hijacked to make pancreatic, lung cancers more aggressive
A vital self-destruct switch in cells can be hijacked, making some pancreatic and non small…
Dual therapy’s 1-2 punch knocks out drug-resistant lung cancer
Capitalizing on a rare opportunity to thoroughly analyze a tumor from a lung cancer patient…
‘Open’ stem cell chromosomes reveal new possibilities for diabetes
Cells of the intestine, liver and pancreas are difficult to produce from stem cells. Scientists…
iPSC model helps to better understand genetic lung/liver disease
Using patient-derived stem cells known as induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) to study the genetic…
Scientists create artificial link between unrelated memories
The ability to learn associations between events is critical for survival, but it has not…
With geomagnetic compass hooked to the brain, blind rats act like they can see
By attaching a microstimulator and geomagnetic compass to the brains of blind rats, researchers have…
Mitochondria altered in human cell model of Parkinson’s disease
Based on research in fruit flies, it has long been suspected that the most common…
Sounds from helmets colliding explored as alternative to understanding football collisions
When football helmets collide, they produce an unmistakable sound. New research of those sound waves…
Black holes don’t erase information, scientists say
Shred a document, and you can piece it back together. But send information into a…