Bacteria that cause tuberculosis trick immune cells meant to destroy them into hiding and feeding…
Month: April 2016
A space ‘spider’ watches over young stars
A nebula known as “the Spider” glows fluorescent green in an infrared image from NASA’s…
Cellular trojan horse yields potential cancer treatment
A collaborative study has found proof-of-concept evidence for a potential cancer treatment that leverages microparticles…
Vegetables irrigated with treated wastewater expose consumers to drugs
A new study shows that eating vegetables and fruits grown in soils irrigated with reclaimed…
Immune study offers treatment hope for arthritis patients
Arthritis and other inflammatory conditions could be helped by new insights into how the immune…
Reader of epigenetic marks could be ‘game changer’ for certain cancers
A new article outlines the essential role of YEATS domain proteins in reading epigenetic marks…
Technique could help identify patients who would suffer chemo-induced heart damage
Doxorubicin is a chemotherapy drug used to treat many cancers, but it causes serious heart…
Protein found to play key role in the spread of pancreatic cancer
An explanation for how pancreatic cancer spreads to the liver has been revealed by researchers….
Could global warming’s top culprit help crops?
A new study tries to disentangle the complex question of whether rising amounts of carbon…
Brain caught ‘filing’ memories during rest
Memories formed in one part of the brain are replayed and transferred to a different…