Archive: 10/08/2016

Blocking a protein in a critical signaling pathway could offer a new way to combat tumors

Cancer drugs that block a cell-signaling pathway called Hedgehog have shown promise in recent years in treating patients with skin cancer, leukemia and other types of tumors. But the available treatments mostly target the ...

Aug 10, 2016

Effective antiviral drugs for multiple influenza A strains could work by attacking combined RNA targets

Influenza A is one of the most prolific and diverse viruses on Earth; its ability to rapidly mutate to resist treatment challenges the management of future pandemics. Now, A*STAR researchers have identified thousands of segments ...

Aug 10, 2016

The key to effectively treating mental illness—eliminate the stigma

In the 1940s, it was cancer. In the '80s, it was HIV. Today, the condition that's battling pervasive social stigma is mental illness.

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Physical aggression tendencies, aggressive foreign policy positions linked, study says

Can individual tendencies toward physical aggression lead someone to support aggressive foreign policy interventions? The answer may be yes, a new study says.

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Stress hormones in breast milk linked to c-section and support for mum

New research from the Liggins Institute sheds light on what affects stress hormone levels in breast milk.

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Researchers use imaging technique to predict dementia status in adults with down syndrome

Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging found that magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), a noninvasive imaging technique, might help distinguish between people with Down syndrome who have ...

Aug 10, 2016

Right or left? Study shows how zebrafish answer key question

A small fish swims in a stream, when suddenly it sees a larger fish flashing toward it, mouth open, from the left. The little fish instantly makes a hard right turn and darts away.

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Bacteria's own genome becomes food safety tool

Bacillus cereus – a common food bacterium – can no longer hide. The food industry has a new tool for identifying specific isolates behind foodborne illness that utilizes the bacteria's own genomes, reports Cornell food ...

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How a particular gene protects against aggressive breast cancer

Women with an inactive Wnt5a gene run a higher risk of aggressive breast cancer. In a transatlantic collaboration between Karolinska Institutet and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York scientists have discovered how Wnt5a prevents ...

Aug 10, 2016

Treatment options for opioid addiction are expanding

In the past two decades, the devastation associated with opioid addiction has escaped the relative confines of the inner city and extended to suburban and rural America. Due in large part to the proliferation of prescription ...

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Archive: 10/08/2016

Blocking a protein in a critical signaling pathway could offer a new way to combat tumors

Effective antiviral drugs for multiple influenza A strains could work by attacking combined RNA targets

The key to effectively treating mental illness—eliminate the stigma

Physical aggression tendencies, aggressive foreign policy positions linked, study says

Stress hormones in breast milk linked to c-section and support for mum

Researchers use imaging technique to predict dementia status in adults with down syndrome

Right or left? Study shows how zebrafish answer key question

Bacteria's own genome becomes food safety tool

How a particular gene protects against aggressive breast cancer

Treatment options for opioid addiction are expanding

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