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Researchers identify gene that spurs deadly brain cancer
HHMI investigator Huda Y. Zoghbi and colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine prevented medulloblastoma from developing in mice by shutting down production of…
Green tea chemical combined with another may hold promise for treatment of brain disorders
Amyloids are the primary culprits in fatal brain disorders such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases. Their study, published in the current…
Grooving Down the Helix
A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Harvard University, and the Indian Institute of Science has…
Papillomavirus silences innate immune response
Professor Dr. Frank Rösl and his co-workers at DKFZ have now discovered another mechanism by which the E6 oncoprotein of high-risk HPV16 promotes…
A Cell’s ‘Cap’ of Bundled Fibers Could Yield Clues to Disease
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Engineering in Oncology Center have shown that in healthy cells, a bundled “cap” of thread-like fibers holds the cell’s…
Learning About High Cholesterol, Obesity From Fruit Flies
More importantly, according to two new studies led by a University of Utah human geneticist, fruit flies use the same molecular mechanisms as humans to help…