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Cancer cells use secret tunnels to communicate and smuggle cancer signals to their neighbors
11/03/2015
New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that an in vitro co-culture system robustly quantifies the transfer of fluorescent proteins between cells and can also compare between various conditions.
New research opens door to understanding human tonsil cancer
11/03/2015
Researchers at Simon Fraser University and the BC Cancer Agency have developed a groundbreaking method to identify and separate stem cells that reside in the tonsils.
Breast cancer adjuvant therapy benefit can wax and wane over time, study finds
11/03/2015
Therapies completed years ago may not keep covering survivors.After breast cancer surgery, women are prescribed adjuvant (or follow-up) therapies such as chemotherapy and endocrine drugs to reduce...
Breast cancer: Research IDs obstacles to care in Appalachia
11/03/2015
Demographic tool produces surprising insights into health-care disparities.Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have taken a new approach to understanding why so many...
Study: Blood vessels store, secrete key blood-clotting protein
11/03/2015
Rice University researchers solve long-standing mystery about hemophilia protein.
Blood stem cell self-renewal dependent on surroundings
11/03/2015
Blood formation: bone marrow and blood stem cells work in close harmonyStem cells have two important capabilities: they can develop into a wide range of cell types and simultaneously renew...
A newly discovered tumor suppressor gene affects melanoma survival
11/03/2015
Restoring the function of this gene in melanoma cells caused them to stop growing and dieOf the hundreds of genes that can be mutated in a single case of melanoma, only a handful may be true...
Griffith University reveals world-first 3-D image of a protein involved in cancer spread
11/03/2015
Institute for Glycomics uses X-ray crystallography for breakthrough on enzyme structure and analysis.
Studying cancer DNA in blood may help personalize treatment in liver cancer
11/03/2015
Fragments of cancer DNA circulating in a patient's bloodstream could help doctors deliver more personalized treatment for liver cancer, Japanese researchers report.
Scientists identify 'checkpoint' to prevent birth defects and spontaneous miscarriage
11/03/2015
Researchers from the University of Southampton have established that eggs have a protective 'checkpoint' that helps to prevent DNA damaged eggs being fertilised.