What if cancer cells could be re-engineered to turn against their own kind? A new study led by researchers at
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Drug’s impact on amino acid transporter may offer non-small cell lung cancer patients new hope
An amino acid transporter named xCT may affect the growth and progression of non-small cell lung cancer, a discovery that
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New regulator of neuron formation identified
The protein NEK7 regulates neuron formation, as it is required for dendrite growth and branching, as well as the formation
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A first look at interstitial fluid flow in the brain
Interstitial fluid transports nutrients and removes waste between the organs and tissues in our body. In the brain, interstitial fluid
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Consciousness is partly preserved during general anesthesia
When people are administered an anaesthetic, they seem to lose consciousness — or at least they stop reacting to their
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Loss of cilia leads to melanoma
Melanomas are one of the most aggressive types of tumors in humans. Despite remarkable success with new forms of treatment
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A new tactic for starving tumors
A tumor’s goal is simple: to grow, grow, grow, by making more cancer cells. But that often means growing so
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Freedom from fear: Dopamine’s role in unlearning fearful associations
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science have discovered a circuit in the brain that is necessary for unlearning
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CRISPR editing reduces repetitive behavior in mice with a form of autism: Gold nanoparticles carried Cas9 enzyme into brain, editing receptor and lessening burying behavior
Scientists have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to lessen some autism symptoms in mice with a form of fragile X syndrome,
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New target to stop cancer growth uncovered
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that a protein called Munc13-4 helps cancer cells secrete large numbers of
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