July 30, 2024 by Katharine Gammon, University of Southern California Credit: CC0 Public DomainA new paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows how an amino acid may hold the secrets of oral cancers. Upper aerodigestive squamous cell carcinoma is a common and aggressive malignancy—it attacks more than half a...
by University of Michigan If cancer is a series of puzzles, a new study pieces together how several of those puzzles connect to form a bigger picture. One major piece is the immune system and the question of why certain immune cells stop doing their job. Another piece involves how histones are altered within immune...
A recent study from the Laxman lab at inStem, Bangalore, elucidates how a small metabolite and amino acid, methionine, acts as a growth signal for cells, by setting into motion a metabolic program for cell proliferation NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES IMAGE: A RECENT STUDY FROM THE LAXMAN LAB ELUCIDATES HOW A SMALL METABOLITE AND AMINO ACID, METHIONINE, ACTS AS A GROWTH SIGNAL FOR CELLS, BY SETTING INTO...
