Cell recycling protects tumor cells from anti-cancer therapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Cells have their own recycling system: Discarded cellular components, from individual proteins through to whole cellular organs, are degraded and the building blocks re-used in a different place. The scientific term for this ...


Leicester scientists seek to disarm TB's 'molecular weapon'

Scientists seek to disarm TB's 'molecular weapon'

Medicine & Health / Research

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Scientists at the University of Leicester are claiming a new advance in their fight against the resurgence of TB in Britain.


High levels of estrogen associated with breast cancer recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Women whose breast cancer came back after treatment had almost twice as much estrogen in their blood than did women who remained cancer-free – despite treatment with anti-estrogen drugs in a majority of the women –according ...


Breakthrough in birth-defect research

Medicine & Health / Research

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Scientists have discovered how to prevent certain craniofacial disorders in what could ultimately lead to at-risk babies being treated in the womb.


Intensive interventions boost at-risk first-graders' reading development

Medicine & Health / Other

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First-graders in Oregon and Texas, identified as at-risk because of a lack of early literacy skills, showed dramatic improvements across a range of reading measures after receiving extra instructional time systematically ...


Function of molecular switch pinpointed in severe congenital neutropenia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Researchers have for the first time cleared an important hurdle to clarifying the molecular mechanics behind Severe Congenital Neutropenia (SCN), a deadly disease characterized by a deficiency of neutrophils – a type of mature ...




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