IMAGE: Karin Sorenmo (left) and colleagues created a practical tool for assessing prognoses for dogs with mammary tumors. The research emerged from Penn Vet’s Shelter Canine Mammary Tumor Program, which assists… view more Credit: John Donges/School of Veterinary Medicine/University of Pennsylvania Mammary tumors in dogs are the equivalent of breast cancers in people, and, as in…
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IMAGE: Florida State researchers and their collaborators found that sarcospan can help stabilize cardiac cell membranes, which become fragile in patients with DMD. view more Credit: Parvatiyar A new multi-institution study spearheaded by researchers at Florida State University and the University of California, Los Angeles suggests a tiny protein could play a major role in combating…
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IMAGE: This is Geetu Tuteja. view more Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa — Geetu Tuteja, assistant professor in Iowa State University’s department of genetics, development and cell biology, has been selected to join the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. She is the first Iowa State researcher to receive this honor. Tuteja is…
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IMAGE: A glycerol droplet travels along with the wave. Small particles in the droplet visualize the internal fluid flow. view more Credit: De Jong et al., Sci. Adv. 2019;5: eaaw0914 Self-cleaning surfaces and laboratories on a chip become even more efficient if we are able to control individual droplets. University of Groningen professor Patrick Onck, together…
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IMAGE: According to the American Cancer Society, about 45,000 Americans will have died from pancreatic cancer by year’s end. That’s more than the number projected to die from breast cancer. Researchers… view more MORGANTOWN, W.Va.–If the American Cancer Society’s projections prove accurate, more people will die from pancreatic cancer than from breast, brain, ovarian or prostate…
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Integral Molecular, the industry leader in discovering antibodies against multipass membrane proteins, today announced that it has successfully reached the first milestone in its collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. to discover new immuno-oncology (I-O) therapeutic targets. Integral Molecular utilized its Membrane Proteome Array (MPA) platform to find novel protein targets that can regulate the…
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Using a new blood test that’s in development, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers identified characteristics that could be used to personalize treatment for patients with a type of head and neck cancer linked to HPV infection. Researchers believe the findings, published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research, could help identify those…
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VIDEO: Ultrasonic recordings reveal the ‘love song’ a male mouse produces when he is pitching woo to a female. view more DURHAM, N.C. — Researchers at Duke University have isolated a cluster of neurons in a mouse’s brain that are crucial to making the squeaky, ultrasonic ‘songs’ a male mouse produces when courting a potential mate.…
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From an athletic point of view, the stakes on Thursday night were clear. It was Game 6 of the N.B.A. Finals, and the Toronto Raptors had their second chance in four days to clinch the franchise’s first title. But there were greasier implications. In what has become something of a ritual, McDonald’s locations across Ontario…
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A half-century ago, when researchers said cancers were caused by exposure to toxins in the environment, Dr. Henry T. Lynch begged to differ. Many cancers, he said, were hereditary. To prove his point he traveled to gatherings of families that he suspected had histories of hereditary cancer. He arranged to meet family members and asked:…
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