Mechanism identified to be responsible for the growth of epithelial tumours
Researchers reveal the capacity of epithelial-derived tumours to grow in the absence of a microenvironment...
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Biomarkers as effective at predicting sepsis as patient monitoring
Researchers have identified five key sepsis biomarkers and looked at whether they had the same or better predictive power as traditional methods...
Researchers develop 3-D-printed biomaterials that degrade on demand
Engineers have demonstrated a technique for making 3-D-printed biomaterials that can degrade on demand, which can be useful in making intricately patterned microfluidic devices...
DNA sequencing could open up new drug indications for rare cancers
A network of hospitals have systematically collected biopsies from metastatic cancer patients in order to create a global database...
Blood tumour markers warn against the progression of lung cancer
Cancers can secrete complex molecules into the blood, researchers have now begun to further define their potential...
A bioactive molecule may protect against congestive heart failure
Scientists have shown that the bioactive molecule lipoxin improved heart function after a heart attack...
New mindset in the search for stroke therapies
Researchers have identified a promising new avenue to explore in the search for stroke treatments...
How receptors for medicines work inside cells
G protein-coupled receptors are the key target of a large number of drugs, scientists have now been able to show more precisely how these receptors act in the cell interior...
New method developed for 3-D imaging
Scientists have developed a microscopy method that generates fast and reliable 3D images of curvilinear structures...
PerkinElmer launches new IVIS® Lumina™ S5 and Lumina X5 systems for high throughput in vivo imaging
Advanced 2D imaging and analysis help scientists rapidly trace anatomical and molecular aspects of diseases to advance drug discovery...
New metabolic target in quest to control immune response
Immune cells could help to increase immune activity in vaccines or suppress immune reactions in autoimmune diseases...
Zika virus kills brain cancer stem cells
New research shows that the Zika virus kills brain cancer stem cells...
Anti-hormone therapy reduces recurrence of prostate cancer
British scientists have investigated the impact of anti-hormone therapy on patients with prostate cancer...
New fluorescent dyes could advance biological imaging
With a new technique swapping out specific chemical building blocks in rhodamines researchers have generated a fluorescent dye for biological imaging...
Drug may curb female infertility from cancer treatments
An existing drug may protect premenopausal women from life-altering infertility that commonly follows cancer treatments...