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Study shows immune system can hurt as well as help fight cancer

Study shows immune system can hurt as well as help fight cancer

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that some proteins of the immune system can promote tumor growth. Investigators found that instead of fighting tumors, the protein ...


New study reveals structure of the HIV protein shell

New study reveals structure of the HIV protein shell

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

New research by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions provides a close-up look at the cone-shaped shell that is the hallmark of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), revealing how ...


Study finds how brain remembers single events

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Single events account for many of our most vivid memories - a marriage proposal, a wedding toast, a baby's birth. Until a recent UC Irvine discovery, however, scientists knew little about what happens inside the brain that ...


Researchers find link to severe Staph infections

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health recently described studies that support the link between the severity of community-acquired antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA) infections and th ...


Ovarian cancer screening not catching early disease

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The only available screening tests for ovarian cancer fail to catch early signs of the disease and often result in unnecessary surgery, said researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer ...