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Pathway to colon cancer progression
Molecular players involved in colon cancer progression could provide new biomarkers to indicate invasiveness and prognosis. Read MoreDec 1, 2011
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Exercise fights fatty liver
(iStock) Fatty liver, a reversible condition of fat accumulation in liver cells, can result from excessive alcohol consumption, obesity, type 2 diabetes, or metabolic disorders. Exercise can reverse this process, but the mechanisms underlying this effect are not clear. Because exercise is known to stimulate the action of glucagon (a… Read MoreNov 18, 2011
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Skeletal defects in genetic disorder
A new mouse model provides a tool for testing novel therapeutic approaches for neurofibromatosis. Read MoreNov 18, 2011
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Averting a future oncologist shortage
Providing increased mentorship, research opportunities and a nurturing, intellectual environment during fellowship training may help reduce a projected shortage of academic hematologists and oncologists. Read MoreNov 11, 2011
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Balancing act in the gut
Vanderbilt researchers have identified an antigen important to balancing the immune response to bacteria in the gut. Read MoreNov 11, 2011
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Let there be light and melatonin
Light and the hormone melatonin may play important roles in the developing brain. Read MoreNov 4, 2011
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Stopping colitis, STAT
Study suggests a new therapeutic target in ulcerative colitis. Read MoreOct 27, 2011
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Growth factor boosts beta cells
A growth factor may help grow transplantation-quality pancreas cells for treating diabetes. Read MoreOct 21, 2011
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Information flow reduced in psychosis
Bipolar depression and schizophrenia share patterns of changes in neurons that regulate information flow, new research shows. Read MoreOct 21, 2011
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Diversity key in antibody repertoire
Antibodies to the 2009 H1N1 influenza strain reveal new insights into how antibody diversity forms and functions, with possible implications for designing flu vaccines. Read MoreOct 7, 2011
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Fungus toxin gets in the way in DNA
Structural studies are providing insight to how aflatoxin – a toxin produced by fungi – contributes to cancer development. Read MoreOct 7, 2011
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Parkinson’s deep brain target fired up
Neuronal activity in a deep brain region increases as Parkinson’s disease advances, a new study suggests. Read MoreOct 5, 2011
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Host countermeasure hinders HIV
New details about a host mechanism that fights off HIV may reveal strategies for therapies to treat or prevent HIV infection. Read MoreSep 8, 2011
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Starvation diet kills staph bacteria
The antibiotics of the future could take a page from the immune system’s playbook – and “starve” bacteria of the nutrients they need. Read MoreAug 26, 2011
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Keep left, protein says
A regulatory loop in zebrafish may explain how the right and left sides of our brains take on different functions. Read MoreAug 26, 2011
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Heart attack repair kit
A certain signaling pathway could be key to improving cardiac repair after a heart attack. Read MoreAug 16, 2011
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Focus of fear in Williams syndrome
Brain imaging reveals clues about fear in Williams syndrome. Read MoreAug 11, 2011
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Depressed brains more stressed
Patients with major depression may have altered gene expression associated with stressful conditions in certain brain areas. Read MoreAug 11, 2011
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Clear vision of protein interactions
Researchers identify protein partners that may keep the lens of the eye transparent – and free from cataracts. Read MoreAug 5, 2011
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Deciding who’s who in heart valves
Identification of a gene that is involved in the development of heart valves offers new insights into congenital heart valve disease. Read MoreJul 29, 2011