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Extra DNA acts as a 'spare tire' for our genomes
7/07/2015
Carrying around a spare tire is a good thing -- you never know when you'll get a flat. Turns out we're all carrying around "spare tires" in our genomes, too.
Cellular sentinel prevents cell division when the right machinery is not in place
7/07/2015
Machinery helps guide chromosomes during divisionFor cell division to be successful, pairs of chromosomes have to line up just right before being swept into their new cells, like the opening of a...
Nanomedicine in the fight against thrombotic diseases
7/07/2015
Future Science OA article examines current research into thrombus treatmentFuture Science Group (FSG) has announced the publication of a new article in Future Science OA, covering the use of...
New paradigm for treating 'inflammaging' and cancer
7/07/2015
Intermittent dosing with rapamycin breaks inflammatory loop that fuels tumor relapse and age-related diseasesIntermittent dosing with rapamycin selectively breaks the cascade of inflammatory...
Boehringer Ingelheim has announced The Lancet Oncology has published results from the LUX-Lung 8 trial (NCT01523587).
Detecting more small cancers in screening mammography suggests overdiagnosis
7/06/2015
Screening mammography was associated with increased diagnosis of small cancers in a study across U.S.
How cancer cells avoid shutdown
7/06/2015
A mechanism beyond the level of gene regulation, which is often the underlying reason for changes in protein levels, does enable the strong accumulation of a tumour promoting protease in stressed...
Public expectations about screening still don't match what screening programmes can deliver
7/06/2015
Misconceptions about how screening works, its limitations and possible harms are still being perpetuated by media stories and high profile cases, such as Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy and...
Singapore scientists from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), together with colleagues from the National University Health System (NUHS)...
Public expectations about screening still don't match what screening programmes can deliver
7/06/2015
Misconceptions about how screening works, its limitations and possible harms are still being perpetuated by media stories and high profile cases, such as Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy and...