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Research shows cell's inactive state is critical for effectiveness of cancer treatment

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created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study sheds light on a little understood biological process called quiescence, which enables blood-forming stem cells to exist in a dormant or inactive state in which they are not growing or dividing. According to the ...





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Study shows neural stem cells in mice affected by gene associated with longevity

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A gene associated with longevity in roundworms and humans has been shown to affect the function of stem cells that generate new neurons in the adult brain, according to researchers at the Stanford University ...


Heart protein regulates blood vessel maintenance

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers identify a protein that regulates the physical state of blood vessels. The biochemical processes involved in this regulation are important in the study of cardiovascular health.


Snoozing worms help researchers explain the evolution of sleep

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 11, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 0

The roundworm C. elegans, a staple of laboratory research, may be key in unlocking one of the central biological mysteries: why we sleep. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine report in this week’s ...


Process controlling T cell growth and production identified

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Identifying one of the processes that plays a role in naďve and memory T-cells' growth and production could one day lead to better vaccines and possibly more effective cancer immunotherapy, said researchers at Baylor ...


Consumer behavior linked with emotions

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created Nov 15, 2005 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists at Pennsylvania State University and at Tilburg University in the Netherlands say extraneous emotions can affect consumer purchases.


'Shock and kill' research gives new hope for HIV-1 eradication

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Latent HIV genes can be 'smoked out' of human cells. The so-called 'shock and kill' technique, described in a preclinical study in BioMed Central's open access journal Retrovirology, might represent a new milestone along ...


Integral sees the Galactic centre playing hide and seek

Integral sees the Galactic centre playing hide and seek

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 18, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0

ESA's gamma ray observatory Integral has caught the centre of our galaxy in a moment of rare quiet. A handful of the most energetic high-energy sources surrounding the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy ...


Drug has ability to cure type of leukemia

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 03, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In people with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), the drug Imatinib has been shown to drive cancer into remission, but the disease often returns when treatment is stopped. New research by UC Irvine scientists indicates that ...


Study supports DNA repair-blocker research in cancer therapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have uncovered the mechanism behind a promising new approach to cancer treatment: damaging cancer cells' DNA with potent drugs while simultaneously preventing the cells from repairing ...


Initial trigger is not enough to determine a stem cell’s fate

Initial trigger is not enough to determine a stem cell’s fate

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created Aug 03, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disturbing a stem cell from its initial quiescent state was once thought to taint its gold-standard properties. However, research uncovering how a signaling pathway regulates stem cell behavior reveals that ...



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