Archive: 03/11/2015

Simple test predicts response to chemotherapy in lung cancer patients

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, highlighting the number one cause of cancer-related death in North America. While prognosis for the most common form, adenocarcinoma, has remained poor, new research has shown a link ...

Nov 3, 2015

Cancer-associated mutations are common in patients with unexplained low blood counts

Patients with unexplained low blood counts and abnormally mutated cells who do not fit the diagnostic criteria for recognized blood cancers should be described as having clonal cytopenias of undetermined significance (CCUS), ...

Nov 3, 2015

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Righting a wrong? Right side of brain can compensate for post-stroke loss of speech

After a debate that has lasted more than 130 years, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found that loss of speech from a stroke in the left hemisphere of the brain can be recovered on the back, right ...

Nov 3, 2015

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Uptake mechanisms of cytostatics discovered

Scientists at the MaxDelbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC) and the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) in Berlin, in cooperation with a Dutch group, have now succeeded ...

Nov 3, 2015

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New study reveals how specialized cells help each other survive during times of stress

Nov. 3, 2015 - A team led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the University of Pittsburgh has shown for the first time how one set of specialized cells survives under stress ...

Nov 3, 2015

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Blood stem cell self-renewal dependent on surroundings

Stem cells have two important capabilities: they can develop into a wide range of cell types and simultaneously renew themselves, creating fresh stem cells. Using a model of the blood forming (hematopoietic) system, researchers ...

Nov 3, 2015

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Video: The science of the perfect grilled cheese sandwich

There's nothing like a gooey, melty, delicious grilled cheese sandwich. But with hundreds of varieties of cheese, how can you make the perfect one? Chemistry to the rescue! This week's Reactions looks at the chemistry of ...

Nov 3, 2015

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Eleven body fluids we couldn't live without

How is a human being like a fish?

Nov 3, 2015

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Scientists say Alzheimer's is probably a collection of diseases that should be classified and treated separately

Deciphering the mechanism that underlies the development of Alzheimer's disease in certain families but not in others, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Medicine have proposed that the malady ...

Nov 3, 2015

Study results suggest genetics play a role in later life cerebral cortex thickness

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Norway and the U.S. has found that genetics appears to play a role in how thick the cerebral cortex is for people as they grow older. In their paper published ...

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