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Chickens and Pigs with Integrated Genetic Scissors

April 21, 2021
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Munich, Germany — Researchers at the TUM have demonstrated a way to efficiently study molecular mechanisms of disease resistance or biomedical issues in farm animals. Researchers are now able to introduce...

‘Information Theory’ Recruited to Help Scientists Find Cancer Genes

April 21, 2021
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Baltimore, MD — Using a widely known field of mathematics designed mainly to study how digital and other forms of information are measured, stored and shared, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine and...

Scientists Identify Protein that could Serve as Therapeutic Target in Lung Cancer

April 20, 2021
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Richmond, VA — Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have identified a protein that operates in tandem with a specific genetic mutation to spur lung cancer growth and could serve as a therapeutic...

Understanding How DNA Repairs Itself may Lead to Better Cancer Treatment

April 16, 2021
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Evanston, IL — From cancer treatment to sunlight, radiation and toxins can severely damage DNA in both harmful and healthy cells. While the body has evolved to efficiently treat and restore damaged...

DNA Structure Itself is Involved in Genome Regulation

April 15, 2021
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Madrid, Spain — The (when stretched) two-metre-long DNA molecule in each human cell is continuously being unpacked and packed again to enable the expression of genetic information. When genes must...

Aged Bone Marrow Niche Impedes Function of Rejuvenated Hematopoietic Stem Cells

April 15, 2021
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Durham, NC — When leukaemia strikes an older person, it is in part due to the aging of his or her hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). These immature cells can develop into all types of blood cells, including...

Researchers Establish Intracellular Interaction Network in Breast Cancer

April 15, 2021
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Moscow, Russia — Researchers at HSE University have identified the genes that play a crucial role in breast cancer metastasis. The results of the study were published in the journal PLOS ONE. Every...

Protein can Release Trapped Histones in the Cell

April 15, 2021
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Copenhagen, Denmark — In the cell nucleus histones play a crucial role packaging DNA into chromatin. Histones are however very sticky to both DNA and RNA, so to ensure they are transported to the cell...

Researchers Discover New Way to Starve Brain Tumours

April 14, 2021
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London, UK — Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, funded by the charity Brain Tumour Research, have found a new way to starve cancerous brain tumour cells of energy in order to prevent...

Cancer DNA Blood Tests Validated by International Research Team

April 14, 2021
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Darlinghurst, Australia — An international team today reports the findings of an independent assessment of five commercially-available assays for tumour DNA sequencing – a fast, cheap and less...

More than the Sum of Mutations

April 13, 2021
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Halle (Saale), Germany — A new algorithm can predict which genes cause cancer, even if their DNA sequence is not changed. A team of researchers in Berlin combined a wide variety of data, analyzed it...

Activating the Brain’s Immune System Against Cancer Prevents It from Spreading

April 13, 2021
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Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel — Groundbreaking research from Tel Aviv University may lead to a significant breakthrough in the battle against deadly brain cancer. To begin with, the researchers identified...

Scientists Discover ‘Jumping’ Genes that can Protect Against Blood Cancers

April 12, 2021
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Dallas, TX — New research has uncovered a surprising role for so-called “jumping” genes that are a source of genetic mutations responsible for a number of human diseases. In the new study...

Mutations in Overlooked DNA could have Profound Impact on Survival for Bowel Cancer Patients

April 12, 2021
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Glasgow, UK — Mutations in the DNA of the cell’s energy ‘factories’ increases the chances of survival for people with bowel cancer, according to a study published today (Thursday)...

Artificial Intelligence could ‘Crack the Language of Cancer and Alzheimer’s’

April 12, 2021
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Cambridge, UK — Powerful algorithms used by Netflix, Amazon and Facebook can ‘predict’ the biological language of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, scientists...

Scientists Identify a Potential Target to Treat Lung Cancer

April 9, 2021
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Barcelona, Spain — In cancer, personalised medicine takes advantage of the unique genetic changes in an individual tumour to find its vulnerabilities and fight it. Many tumours have a higher number...

Novel “Hydrogel” Carriers for Anti-Cancer Drugs Offer New Hope for Cancer Treatment

April 8, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Cancer therapy in recent times relies on the use of several drugs derived from biological sources including different bacteria and viruses, among others. However, these bio-based drugs...

A Drug that can Stop Tumours from Growing

April 8, 2021
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Aurora, CO — Cancer doctors may soon have a new tool for treating melanoma and other types of cancer, thanks to work being done by researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center. In a paper...

Small Cell Lung Cancer: Scientists Identify Two New Approaches for Therapy

April 8, 2021
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Köln, Germany — Using samples of small cell lung tumours, a research team led by biologist Dr. Silvia von Karstedt has discovered two new ways to induce tumour cell death. One of two subsets of tumour...

First Non-Invasive Biomarker to Track and Verify Efficacy of Senolytic Drugs

April 7, 2021
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Novato, CA — Buck Institute researchers have discovered and are developing a novel, non-invasive biomarker test that can be used to measure and track performance of senolytics: a class of drugs that...

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