Could gout reduce the risk of Alzheimer's?
3/05/2015
Patients with gout may have a 24% lower risk of Alzheimer's, according to new research, and it may be down to a neuroprotective effect of uric acid accumulation in the blood.
MD Anderson study shows why some brain cancers resist treatment
3/05/2015
Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center may have discovered why some brain cancer patients develop resistance to standard treatments including radiation and the chemotherapy...
Sizing up cells: Study finds possible regulator of growth
3/05/2015
Modern biology has attained deep knowledge of how cells work, but the mechanisms by which cellular structures assemble and grow to the right size largely remain a mystery.
US spends more on cancer care, saves fewer lives than Western Europe
3/05/2015
Dartmouth study finds costly US cancer care may provide less value than previously thoughtDespite sharp increases in spending on cancer treatment, cancer mortality rates in the United States have...
Sall4 is required for DNA repair in stem cells
3/05/2015
A protein that helps embryonic stem cells (ESCs) retain their identity also promotes DNA repair, according to a study in The Journal of Cell Biology.
New nanodevice defeats drug resistance
3/05/2015
Chemotherapy often shrinks tumors at first, but as cancer cells become resistant to drug treatment, tumors can grow back.
MD Anderson study shows why some brain cancers resist treatment
3/05/2015
Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center may have discovered why some brain cancer patients develop resistance to standard treatments including radiation and the chemotherapy...
Sizing up cells: Study finds possible regulator of growth
3/05/2015
Modern biology has attained deep knowledge of how cells work, but the mechanisms by which cellular structures assemble and grow to the right size largely remain a mystery.
US spends more on cancer care, saves fewer lives than Western Europe
3/05/2015
Dartmouth study finds costly US cancer care may provide less value than previously thoughtDespite sharp increases in spending on cancer treatment, cancer mortality rates in the United States have...
Sall4 is required for DNA repair in stem cells
3/05/2015
A protein that helps embryonic stem cells (ESCs) retain their identity also promotes DNA repair, according to a study in The Journal of Cell Biology.