Developing a vaccine is difficult at the best of times, but rarely have we been in a situation where basic
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Preventing pancreatic cancer metastasis by keeping cells ‘sheltered in place’
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that pancreatic cancer metastasis—when tumor cells gain the deadly ability
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Researchers determine how the p53 protein can lead cancer cells to their death
There is an ongoing battle between cancer cells and p53, the protein known as “the guardian of the genome,” and
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Pneumonia recovery reprograms immune cells of the lung
Researchers have determined that after lungs recover from infection, alveolar macrophages (immune cells that live in the lungs and help
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Researchers discover new stem cells that can generate new bone
A population of stem cells with the ability to generate new bone has been newly discovered by a group of
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Technique shows how individual cancer cells react to drugs
A new technique reported in Science this week overcomes several limitations of typical high-throughput chemical screens conducted on cell samples.
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Mutations in donors’ stem cells may cause problems for cancer patients
A stem cell transplant—also called a bone marrow transplant—is a common treatment for blood cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia
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A way in which some connections between brain cells can resist degeneration—a hallmark of traumatic brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases—has
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Vicious circles: Ring-shaped DNA provides cancer cells with a malignant twist
Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA encodes information, not only in its sequence but also in its shape. Building upon previous revelatory
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