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Gene signature may improve colon cancer treatment
The findings, published in the March issue of Gastroenterology, could help personalize treatments for colon cancer — the second leading cause of cancer-related…
MSU scientists unlock key enzyme using ‘cool’ method
Taurine/alpha-ketoglutarate dioxygenase, known as TauD, is a bacterial enzyme that is important in metabolism. Enzymes in this family repair DNA, sense oxygen…
Climate may keep beautiful killer plant in check
The flowering plant – purple loosestrife – has been heading north since it was first introduced from Europe to the eastern seaboard 150 years ago. This exotic…
Novel Antitoxin Strategy Developed Using “Tagged Binding Agents”
A Tufts-led team developed the new strategy to deliver small binding agents that seek out Botulinum toxin molecules and bind to them at several points. The…
Exposing How Sea Turtle Hatchlings Move Quickly on Sand
While these turtles’ limbs are adapted for a life at sea, their flippers enable excellent mobility over dune grass, rigid obstacles and sand of varying…
CT45, an Unexpected Link Between Hodgkin Lymphoma and Reproductive Germ Cells
The origin of these neoplastic giant cells, called Reed-Sternberg cells, and how they have attracted their accompanying benign lymphocytes, have baffled…