Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

EGFR Mutations: Concordance in Circulating DNA and Tumor Tissue

EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy is approved for EGFR activating mutation positive patients with advanced NSCLC, but the standard for determining…

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New Oncogenic RET Mutation Discovered in Small Cell Lung Cancer

SCLC is a highly malignant form of lung cancer representing 15% of all lung cancers and is strongly associated with tobacco smoking.

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New Enzyme Targets Enhance Selective Cancer Therapies

Thanks to important discoveries in basic and clinical research and technological advances, the fight against cancer has mobilized into a complex offensive…

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Eye Changes May Indicate Early Brain Health Issues

Researchers at the Gladstone Institutes and University of California, San Francisco have shown that a loss of cells in the retina is one of the earliest signs…

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New Insights Into Core Mechanism of Root Growth

During plant growth, dividing cells in meristems must coordinate transitions from division to expansion and differentiation. Three distinct developmental zones…

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Why Cow Milk Allergen Affects Some: New Research Insights

Scientists at Messerli Research Institute at the Vetmeduni Vienna, the Medical University of Vienna, and the University of Vienna investigated what actually…

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Biologists Reprogram Skin Cells to Study Rare Disease

Johns Hopkins stem cell biologists have found a way to reprogram a patient’s skin cells into cells that mimic and display many biological features of a rare…

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Canola genome sequence reveals evolutionary ‘love triangle’

Canola is grown across much of Canada and its native Europe, but the winter crop is increasingly cultivated in Georgia. Canola oil used for cooking is prized…

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Fungal Threat to AIDS Patients Linked to California Trees

Researchers have pinpointed the environmental source of fungal infections that have been sickening HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California for decades. It…

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Restoring Dysferlin: Hope for Muscular Dystrophy Patients

When muscle cell membranes are damaged, the repair protein dysferlin is activated and reseals muscle membrane tears. If this repair protein is altered due to a…

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ADHD and Decision-Making: Insights on Learning Processes

Which shirt do we put on in the morning? Do we drive to work or take the train? From which takeaway joint do we want to buy lunch? We make hundreds of…

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Next-Gen Treatments for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Unveiled

Drugs already in use, called tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), target BCR-ABL and are effective at controlling the disease. They do not cure CML but control…

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Water’s Role in Biofuels: Uncovering Key Chemical Insights

Trying to understand the chemistry that turns plant material into the same energy-rich gasoline and diesel we put in our vehicles, researchers have discovered…

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Pitt Study Questions Effectiveness of Acute Hemodialysis Treatment

Their findings, published online in the journal PLOS One, suggest acute hemodialysis, an aggressive method that is standardly used for people with sudden…

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Maturing Brain Alters Amygdala’s Role in Stress Regulation

The amygdala is a region of the brain known to be important for responses to threatening situations and learning about threats. Alterations in the amygdala…

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University of Stuttgart Launches 11 Bio-Economy Projects

The use of sustainable raw materials is the focus of the new research programme bio-economy for which the Baden-Württemberg State Government is making 13…

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