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U-M researchers discover gene switched off in cancer can be turned on

... Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The finding could lead to a new class of targeted cancer therapies w...chers are excited about the potential this finding could have in leading to new targets for cancer treatment. “This is a targetable target. We can detect ...

Now, self-healing materials can mimic human skin, healing again and again

...ontinuous supply of healing agent, so the material could heal itself indefinitely.” To create their self-... such as two-part epoxies – to be exploited, which could ultimately lead to unlimited healing capability. “Currently, the material can heal cracks in the e...

Migration alert -- How tumor cells home in on the lymphatic system

...ction of functional lymphatics. This research could open new avenues for combating metastasis, says Sw...cates that a drug target for lymph node metastases could be blocking the signaling molecule or its receptor on the tumor cell.”...

Researchers examine carbon capture and storage to combat global warming

... The gas never enters the atmosphere. The practice could transform heavy carbon spewers, such as coal power...lopment, Benson believes that carbon sequestration could be ripe for industry in the next 20 years. 'A family of solutions' Critics of carbon sequest...

Undergraduate research shows leaderless honeybee organizing

...e constructed a special observation stand where we could actually see how workers were interacting with queens inside a swarm cluster, where they are hanging in a tree. That was really interesting, because nobody had ever really been able to look at that before,” he noted. “What was interesting was how ...

Newly discovered antibody may be body's natural defense against Alzheimer's

...tes to be a particularly noxious threat. "This could be part of an innate defense mechanism against Alzheimer's and other age-related neurodegenerative disorders," comments Dr. Marc Weksler, The Irving Wright Sherwood Professor of Geriatrics and professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, a...

Researchers shed light on mechanism of action used by anti-cancer drug

...of action of the anti-cancer drug sorafenib, which could stimulate the development of novel regimens in which it is combined with other molecularly targeted agents for patients with blood cancers and solid tumors. In the new study, led by Steven Grant, M.D., Massey’s associate director for translational ...

ASU research shows connection between testosterone, dietary antioxidants and bird coloration

...uppressive effects in human men, perhaps they too could benefit from increased carotenoid intake, say, by eating more corn,” he said. “This study certainly opens the door for future work on nutritional/antioxidant therapy for the hormonally immunocompromised,” McGraw added. “The interface between die...

Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan

...mass migrations of the Serengeti,” said Fay. “This could represent the biggest migration of large mammals o... considerable numbers. At the time, aerial surveys could not be conducted due to the ongoing war. “We were amazed to see these large numbers of white-eared k...

Study shows lizard moms dress their children for success

...avior and back pattern are not linked, so a lizard could end up with a mismatch that would leave it highly ...h genes they inherit for throat color. So a female could make some progeny barred and others from the same clutch striped, depending on what's best for each ...

Progress toward an antitumor vaccine

...hion. The largely nonimmunogenic thioether bridges could clear the way for the development of vaccines for immunization against tumor cells.”...

CT scan reveals ancient long-necked gliding reptile

...an see inside the bones," says Ryan. "However, we could not determine the exact morphology of all the appe...ne tenth of a millimeter or less. The researchers could determine that the feet were curved, indicating that the reptiles probably lived in trees. The r...

Genetic factors are linked to fever following smallpox vaccination

...ng-term goal is to determine genetic features that could be determined prior to vaccination, allowing practitioners to modulate the vaccination plan according to risk. This type of practice, the goal of personalized predictive medicine, appears closer in feasibility than ever given the pace of genetic tes...

Could fungal collection hold the key to new life-saving drugs?

... identify pharmaceutically active compounds, which could potentially be developed into drugs. Joan Kelle...gical activity in samples of natural products that could lead to new medicinal products. Previous work at SIDR found activities from plant extracts against d...

Microbes at work cleaning up the environment

...own environments, and clean up crews of the future could potentially do the same thing on a larger scale. A team from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that bacteria from an abandoned mine excrete proteins that cause metal nanoparticles t...

New findings challenge established views on human genome

...he genome’s functional elements have evolved. This could have significant implications for efforts to identify the DNA sequences involved in many human diseases.” The completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 was a major achievement, but the sequencing of the genome marked just the first ste...

Penn researchers link cell's protein recycling systems

...was drawn to HDAC6 because we already knew that it could bind to ubiquitin-tagged proteins and transport them within the cell. So we wondered, could HDAC6 be the link"” Taylor’s group showed that if the HDAC6 gene is knocked out, inducing autopha...

Bacteria ferry nanoparticles into cells for early diagnosis, treatment

...vering cargo to the interiors of cells, where they could be used as an alterative technology for gene thera...rescent protein that glowed green. The same method could be used to deliver drugs, genes or other cargo into cells. "The released cargo is designed to be ...

Study finds mix of disease processes at work in brains of most people with dementia

...alth efforts to prevent and treat vascular disease could potentially reduce the occurrence of dementia, the researchers say in the paper. The researchers used data from the Rush Memory and Aging Project—an ongoing study of 1,200 elderly volunteers who have agreed to be evaluated every year and to donate...

In nature, proteins sweep up nanoparticles

...g remains a mystery, but it suggests that proteins could play a key role in bioremediation strategies desig...egates, which reduces the nanoparticles’ mobility, could have significant implications for bioremediation.” Moreau conducted the research under the guidan...

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