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Vitamin D insufficiency, low rate of DNA methylation in black teens may increase disease risk
4/26/2016
Low levels of vitamin D in black teens correlates with low activity of a major mechanism for controlling gene expression that may increase their risk of cancer and other disease, researchers report.
Risk factors identified for acute pancreatitis that can disrupt leukemia treatment
4/26/2016
Researchers have identified a rare genetic variation associated with a dramatically increased risk of severe acute pancreatitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients treated with the...
Chernobyl, three decades on
4/26/2016
It was 30 years ago that a meltdown at the V. I. Lenin Nuclear Power Station in the former Soviet Union released radioactive contaminants into the surroundings in northern Ukraine.
Blocking protein in blood may prevent sepsis in premature infants
4/26/2016
UF Health researchers have found that blocking a certain protein in the blood with medication could help protect premature infants from sepsis, a common and sometimes deadly infection, according to a...
For some cancers, risk lower among kids of non-U.S.-born Hispanic mothers
4/26/2016
The children of Hispanic mothers not born in the United States appeared to have a lower risk for some types of childhood cancers, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.
New knowledge about the mechanism of specific protein complexes in the body could help in the development of better drugs for the treatment of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's, according to...
Key mechanism identified in brain tumor growth
4/25/2016
A gene known as OSMR plays a key role in driving the growth of glioblastoma tumors, according to a new study led by a McGill University researcher and published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Researchers uncover 'local heroes' of immune system
4/25/2016
Melbourne researchers have uncovered the genes responsible for the way the body fights infection at the point of 'invasion'.
Gateway to the brain - Scientists harness nature's transport system to the brain
4/25/2016
Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) have derived a structural model of a transporter at the blood-brain barrier called Mfsd2a.
Successful laboratory test of photoswitchable anti-tumor agent
4/25/2016
KIT researchers develop oxygen-independent, photoswitchable molecule and test it successfully in the lab for its effect against tumors.