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New Research Reveals Cancers Need A 'Perfect Storm' of Conditions to Develop
28 Aug 2016
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time the 'perfect storm' of conditions that cells need to start forming cancer, helping to explain why... +more
Forms of HIV can cross from chimps to humans, study confirms
24 Jul 2016
No one knows exactly how it happened. It may have entered through a cut or bite wound, the blood of a chimpanzee seeping into an exposed fingertip or... +more
Research may point to new ways to deliver drugs into bacteria
20 Jun 2016
An exhaustive look at how bacteria hold their ground and avoid getting pushed around by their environment shows how dozens of genes aid the essential... +more
Vitamin nicotinamide riboside protects mice from diabetes complications
28 May 2016
A naturally occurring vitamin, nicotinamide riboside (NR), can lower blood sugar levels, reduce fatty liver, and prevent peripheral nerve damage in... +more
Why Cancer Drugs Can't Take the Pressure
15 May 2016
A major reason why cancer drugs fail is that they cannot penetrate the high-pressure environment of solid tumors. A study published May 10th in... +more
Insulin-producing cells created in dish for the first time could transform diabetes treatments
02 May 2016
Fully functioning pancreatic cells that produce insulin have been created in the laboratory from human stem cells for the first time. The research... +more
Are Lab Mice Too Cold?
22 Apr 2016
A typical mouse laboratory is kept between 20 and 26 degrees C, but if the mice had it their way, it would be a warm 30 degrees C. While the mice are... +more
Scientists Discover How Chinese Medicinal Plant Makes Anti-Cancer Compound
11 Apr 2016
The Chinese skullcap, Scutellaria baicalensis -- otherwise known in Chinese medicine as Huang-Qin -- is traditionally used as a treatment for... +more
Newly Found Genomic Causes of sSvere Compulsiveness in Dogs Could Aid Study of Human OCD
29 Feb 2016
"Dogs naturally suffer complex diseases, including mental disorders that are similar to those in humans. Among those is canine compulsive... +more
Enzymes With Potential to Increase Wheat Yields
02 Feb 2016
Wheat yields could be significantly increased thanks to varieties with a superior form of a common enzyme, according to new research. Plant... +more

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