Engineering CAR T cells to deliver endogenous RNA wakes solid tumors to respond to therapy
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, which uses engineered T cells to treat certain types of cancers, has often ...
Month: September 2021
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher receives prestigious national award
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher and tobacco control expert Michael Cummings, Ph.D., is one of two scientists to win the annual ...
New discovery made by MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers enhances understanding of colorectal cancer
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers discovered a novel mechanism showing how a certain gene mutation can allow tumors to evade detection ...
Avocados change belly fat distribution in women, controlled study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An avocado a day could help redistribute belly fat in women toward a healthier profile, according to ...
New insights about melanocytes could lead to more targeted melanoma treatments
SALT LAKE CITY – Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) have generated ...
Beckman neuroscientists define safe protocol for EEG-fMRI imaging
A team of psychologists and neuroscientists at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology led by assistant professor of ...
Oncotarget: Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by association with NEAT1 lncRNA
Oncotarget published "JunD accentuates arecoline-induced disruption of tight junctions and promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by association with NEAT1 lncRNA" which reported that ...
Biomedical sciences researcher gets $270,000 grant to study environmental influences on gut microbiota, immunity and inflammation
ATLANTA—Dr. Michal Kuczma, a research assistant professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a three-year, $270,000 ...
Actuator discovery outperforms existing technology
University of Houston researchers are reporting a breakthrough in the field of materials science and engineering with the development of ...
Modest differences in lung function could help spot people at risk of sudden cardiac death
People who have modestly but measurably worse lung function are more likely to suffer sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to ...
Dual grants totaling $2.25 million help students take a byte out of data science
All of the data produced or used in 2020 was estimated to be about 59 zettabytes, each of which equals ...
University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher to lead four-year project to revolutionize seismology
A project to unite seismic data analysis and modeling with supercomputing power may help answer some of the biggest questions ...
Researchers use gold film to enhance quantum sensing with qubits in a 2D material
Key research findingCredit: Cheryl Pierce, Purdue University Key research finding As recently as 2019, spin defects known as qubits were ...
How birds, mammals and children learn sounds
Alex the grey parrot, who famously asked “what color?” when looking in the mirror, had astonishing abilities to mimic human ...
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Healthy men who have vaginal sex have a distinct urethral microbiome
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The “Stonehenge calendar” shown to be a modern construct
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Researchers discover a way to fight the aging process and cancer development
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Can artificial intelligence predict spatiotemporal distribution of dengue fever outbreaks with remote sensing data? New study finds answers
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Promoting healthy longevity should start young: pregnancy complications lift women’s risk of mortality in the next 50 years
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Astrophysicists show how to “weigh” galaxy clusters with artificial intelligence