Study locates brain areas for understanding metaphors in healthy and schizophrenic people
Scientists have used MRI scanners to discover the parts of the brain which understand metaphors, in both healthy volunteers and …
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Properties of cells that affect how tissue structures form
Researchers have found that changing the mechanical properties of individual cells disrupts their ability to remain stable, profoundly affecting their …
A novel method to characterize genes with high-precision in single cells
The analysis of gene products in cells is an important tool for diagnosing disease and the design of new active …
Study links progenitor cells to age-related prostate growth: As the organ enlarges, the risk for cancer and other diseases increases
The prostates of older mice contain more luminal progenitor cells — cells capable of generating new prostate tissue — than …
Immune therapy takes a ‘BiTE’ out of brain cancer
Building on their research showing that an exciting new form of immunotherapy for cancer has activity in patients with glioblastoma, …
Motorized prosthetic arm can sense touch, move with your thoughts
Keven Walgamott had a good “feeling” about picking up the egg without crushing it. What seems simple for nearly everyone …
Transfer of oncogene in colon cancer cells demonstrated
For years, doctors and scientists have known very little about why patients can receive drugs successfully for months, or even …
New way to make cancer self-destruct: Penn study finds blocking the ATF4 gene causes tumors to die from too much stress
For years, researchers have been trying to target a gene called MYC that is known to drive tumor growth in …
Researchers discriminate between mutations that promote cancer growth and those that don’t
Until now, researchers believed recurrent mutations (hotspot mutations) in cancer tumors were the important mutations (driver mutations) that promoted cancer …
Cascade exacerbates storage diseases: Researchers show that a defective degradation enzyme triggers a series of consequential damages
In rare, hereditary storage diseases such as Sandhoff’s disease or Tay-Sachs syndrome, the metabolic waste from accumulating gangliosides cannot be …
Scientists recreate blood-brain barrier defect outside the body
Scientists can’t make a living copy of your brain outside your body. That’s the stuff of science fiction. But in …
Spatial DNA organization forms first, then the rest
The fundamental organization of the DNA in active and inactive compartments arises immediately after fertilization of the oocyte, even before …
Potential breakthrough in understanding tumor dormancy
Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center may have uncovered a primary method through which cancer cells exist undetected in an …
More evidence that blood tests can detect the risk of Alzheimer’s
A new study confirms that a simple blood test can reveal whether there is accelerating nerve cell damage in the …
A specific gene could play a major role in reducing brain swelling after stroke: Study suggests a dose of the TRIM9 gene could decrease damage in stroke, concussion, encephalitis
Could a medication someday help the brain heal itself after a stroke, or even prevent damage following a blow to …
Drug takes aim at cancer metastasis
Many cancers are relatively harmless at their site of origin, and it is only when they metastasize to sites like …
Introducing a kinder, gentler way to blow holes in cells: For injecting CRISPR-Cas9 into cells, new technique is more efficient, simpler and cheaper
When scientists attempt to slip big molecules, like the Cas9 enzyme that is key to CRISPR gene editing, into cells, …
How blood vessels protect the brain during inflammation: Findings could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have discovered how blood vessels protect the brain during inflammation — a finding …