New Hope For Blood Disorders Provided By Cell Signaling Discovery
2/20/2012
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have revealed new details about how cell signalling is controlled in the immune system, identifying in the process potential new therapeutic targets for treating severe blood disorders...
Potential Treatment Target Identified For KRAS-Mutated Colon Cancer
2/20/2012
Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center have identified a new potential strategy for treating colon tumors driven by mutations in the KRAS gene, which usually resist both conventional and targeted treatments...
New Hope For Blood Disorders Provided By Cell Signaling Discovery
2/20/2012
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have revealed new details about how cell signalling is controlled in the immune system, identifying in the process potential new therapeutic targets for treating severe blood disorders...
What is Deep Vein Thrombosis? What Is DVT?
2/20/2012
Deep vein thrombosis, also known as DVT refers to the formation of a thrombus in a deep vein in the leg. A thrombus is a blood clot. Deep vein thrombosis tends to occur in leg veins, such as the popliteal or femoral veins, as well as deep veins within the pelvis. In some cases, as with Paget-Schrötter disease, they may form in the veins of the arm...
Molecular Basis For The Development Of New Drugs Against Autoimmune Diseases
2/19/2012
Like a shredder, the immunoproteasome cuts down proteins into peptides that are subsequently presented on the cellular surface. The immune system can distinguish between self and nonself peptides and selectively kills cells that due to a viral infection present non-self peptides at their surface...
Scientists Reveal The Secret Of Sperm Quality Control
2/19/2012
Yale researchers have discovered how the "guardian of the genome'' oversees quality control in the production of sperm - and perhaps in many other cells as well. The research published online in the journal Current Biology opens up the potential of developing new forms of birth control and fertility treatment - and even new ways to combat many forms of cancer...
Novel Technology Could Potentially Seek Out Cancer Cells And Cause Them To Self-Destruct
2/19/2012
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a robotic device made from DNA that could potentially seek out specific cell targets within a complex mixture of cell types and deliver important molecular instructions, such as telling cancer cells to self-destruct...
Novel Technology Could Potentially Seek Out Cancer Cells And Cause Them To Self-Destruct
2/19/2012
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a robotic device made from DNA that could potentially seek out specific cell targets within a complex mixture of cell types and deliver important molecular instructions, such as telling cancer cells to self-destruct...
"DNA Origami" Robots Target Cancer Cells
2/18/2012
Using a technique called "DNA origami", US scientists have made programmable molecule-transporting nanorobots that can seek out particular cell targets and deliver specific instructions for them to follow. One example of such use could be to tell cancer cells to destroy themselves. The researchers write about their findings in Friday's online issue of Science...
Statement On Critical Methotrexate Drug Shortage By American Society Of Hematology
2/18/2012
As the world's largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders, many of ASH's more than 16,000 members are on the front lines of dealing with the country's severe shortage of methotrexate, a drug critical in the treatment of children with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)...