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The movement of genetic materials, such as RNA and ribosomes, from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is a critical component in a cell's ability to make the proteins... Read More »
University of Guelph researchers have determined the location and molecular action of abnormal heart proteins that can cause cardiac failure, a discovery that points... Read More »
Organisms are adapted to their environment through their individual characteristics, like body size and body weight. Such complex traits are usually controlled by... Read More »
RAND researchers conducted an extensive review of the medical literature to find studies that examined whether probiotic use can prevent and treat... Read More »
Scientists have discovered an Achilles heel within our cells that bacteria are able to exploit to cause and spread infection. The researchers say their findings could ... Read More »
A new systematic assessment of malnutrition, created by researchers at Penn State, will aid dietitians and other health care providers in diagnosis and treatment... Read More »
Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have created a crowd-sourced online... Read More »
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and Rockefeller University have identified the first gene to be linked to a rare condition in which babies are born... Read More »
In a newly published report, researchers at Loyola University Medical Center tackle the complexities of diagnosing and managing depression before and after... Read More »
University of California, Los Angeles bioengineering researchers have taken advantage of cells' physical properties to develop a new instrument that slams... Read More »
Researchers at McLean Hospital have shown a new category of "green" nanoparticles, non-toxic, protein-based particles that can non-invasively cross the... Read More »
In testing older patients' blood vitamin D levels, there's uncertainty about where the dividing line falls between enough and not enough. To help resolve this ... Read More »
National Institutes of Health researchers have reversed behaviors in mice resembling two of the three core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders. An experimental... Read More »
A new University of Southern California study outlines a specific mechanism for controlling autoimmune disorders with infusions of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)... Read More »
Scientists from the Danish Stem Cell Center at the University of Copenhagen and Hagedorn Research Institute have gained new insight into the signaling paths that... Read More »
Once considered unimportant "junk DNA," scientists have learned that non-coding RNA (ncRNA) -- RNA molecules that do not translate into proteins -- play a... Read More »
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Yale University have developed a new technique for use in a high-speed genomic sequencing device that may have ... Read More »
How do the various cancers arise and what factors determine their progression? Clues to these two issues, at least for leukemia, have now been provided by Boris... Read More »
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Sirah ManzoorAbout 1 person out of 3 with AML has a mutation in the FLT3 gene. Several new drugs, called FLT3 inhibitors, target this gene. They have shown activity against AML in early studies, especially when combined with chemotherapy. So far, they are only available in clinical trials.
Apr 25, 2012
Commonly prescribed antidepressants appear to be doing patients more harm than good, according to researchers who have published a paper examining the impact of the... Read More »
A new brain-machine developed at Northwestern Medicine delivers messages from the brain directly to the muscles -- bypassing the spinal cord -- to enable voluntary... Read More »