by Bill Bangert, University of Cincinnati Tasnim Olatoke, graduate student in the UC College of Medicine. Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Marketing + Brand A treatment for a rare cancer-like lung disease found in women of childbearing age may have been discovered by University of Cincinnati researchers. The rare lung disease is called lymphangioleiomyomatosis or LAM, and the cause of it...
by Weill Cornell Medical College Multiplex immunofluorescence image of hyaluronan-rich human colorectal cancer. Highly aggressive tumoral cells (turquoise and magenta) are negative for both aPKCs (yellow). The hyaluronan deposition in the stroma is labeled in green, and nuclei in blue. Credit: Moscat and Diaz-Meco labs. An experimental therapy has shown promise in preclinical models as...
GLADSTONE INSTITUTES SAN FRANCISCO, CA–December 10, 2020–Calcific aortic valve disease is not only the most common valve disease in the elderly, it’s also the third leading cause of heart disease overall. For those affected, calcium starts to accumulate in their heart valves and vessels over time, until they harden like bone. As a result, blood...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Three-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained green. Image created in 2014 by Tom Misteli, Ph.D., and Karen Meaburn, Ph.D. at the NIH IRP. Mount Sinai researchers have designed an innovative experimental therapy that may be able...
