Protein mTOR regulated by Src in cancer growth
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have identified a connection between cancer proteins mTORC1 and Src...
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Better drug delivery through the blood-brain barrier
Drug delivery through the blood-brain barrier has shown to be difficult to overcome, but researchers may have discovered a method to overcome this issue...
Novel DNA vaccine offers broad protection against Influenza-A H3N
Researchers developed a novel DNA influenza vaccine based on four micro-consensus antigenic regions selected to represent the diversity of seasonal H3N2 viruses...
Disrupting serotonin receptors to control spread of dengue and Zika
Researchers are developing methos to decrease the body size and weight of mosquitoes in order to control the spread of dengue and Zika...
Clearest image of Ebola virus protein gained by researchers
Researchers collaborated to identify the clearest image of the Ebola virus protein ever obtained using a cryo-electron microscope...
Study uses brain cells in a dish to understand polygenic origins of schizophrenia
Using a unique in vitro method, scientists in California have made inroads into understanding the mechanics of the polygenic origins of schizophrenia...
Investigating tumour microenvironments for more effective treatments
Tumour microenvironments give insights into more effective therapies against lung cancer, a bigger killer than colon, prostrate and breast cancers combined...
Key genomic differences in breast cancers of women of different ethnicity
Study of genomic data from breast cancers of Nigerian women, compared with American women, highlights significant differences that may help targeted treatment for the epidemic across Sub-Saharan Africa.
RNA circuits making gene therapy more effective
Circuits consisting of single-stranded RNA have been shown to be make gene therapy more effective, and allows precise control over the therapy...
Therapy for hearing loss using sensory hair cells
Sensory hair cells could be regenerated using a therapy developed from the action of the cells in animals such as birds, fish and frogs...
Immunotherapy targeting blood protein fibrin
Targeting the fibrin protein could ensure that fibrin leaking through the blood-brain barrier does not cause inflammation or disease in the brain...
miR-31 may help target treatments for Crohn’s patients
Researchers have pinpointed a single molecule - microRNA-31 (miR-31) - the levels of which predict whether a patient has subtype 1 or subtype 2 of Crohn's disease...
Lassa fever vaccine reveals new test for immunity
A Lassa fever vaccine offers researchers a different way to test for protection, which could aid the development of more potent vaccines...
RNA molecule nc886 could unlock innate immunity
Researchers have identified that the RNA molecule nc886 begins a series of events that leads to the destruction of viruses...
Cancer stem cells use normal genes in abnormal ways
Researchers have identified that MHC Class I-high, CDK1 high molecules may be at the heart of conditions including melanoma, pancreatic and colon cancers...