Ibrutinib, a newly approved drug for Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia, continues to control the rare blood cancer,…
Month: April 2015
Review highlights potential of cancer immunotherapy plus targeted therapy
The prospect of combining genomically targeted therapies with drugs that free the immune system to…
Gene loss creates eating disorder-related behaviors in mice
Building on their discovery of a gene linked to eating disorders in humans, a team…
Study revises theory of how PTEN, a critical tumor suppressor, shuts off growth signals
New evidence contradicts prior beliefs about how the protein PTEN — one of the most…
Pluck hair in a specific pattern to grow new hair: Hair six times thicker in mice
If there’s a cure for male pattern baldness, it might hurt a little. Scientists have…
Spontaneous formation of biomimetic, nanoporous membrane channels
For the first time, carbon nanotubes were spontaneously inserted into natural and synthetic cell membranes…
New Ebola study points to potential drug target
Interfering with the replication of the Ebola virus can stop the virus in its tracks,…
How the brain balances risk-taking and learning: Learning circuit in worms gives clues to human behavior
If you had 10 chances to roll a die, would you rather be guaranteed to…
Holometer extends limit on knowable universe
The Holometer experiment is sensitive to gravitational waves at frequencies in the range of a…
Choice of protein- and carbohydrate-rich foods may have big effects on long-term weight gain
Small changes to the types of protein- and carbohydrate-rich foods that we eat may have…