by Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute Credit: Cancer Research Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0389Alterations in the chemical modifications that control gene expression, known as epigenetics, have proven to be one of the most characteristic properties of all human tumors. This realization has generated the development of intense pharmacological research to find drugs that act at this level...
by University of Texas at Arlington Linda Perrotti, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at UTA and senior author of the study. Credit: University of Texas at ArlingtonPrevious studies focused on cocaine use have found that women are more likely than men to develop an addiction, try cocaine at a younger age, use larger...
by Ashley WennersHerron, Pennsylvania State University Schematic representation of two approaches based on changes in absorbance and lateral flow methods, utilizing novel oligonucleotide probes targeted toward Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, for the clinical determination of chlamydia and gonorrhea. The addition of genetic material (bacterial DNA from either Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae) will result in...
by Laurie Fickman, University of Houston Dr. Shaun Zhang, M.D. Anderson Professor of biology and biochemistry and director of the Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling, invented the UniPro which finds rare circulating tumor cells. Credit: University of Houston The Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling at the University of Houston has developed...
by University of Birmingham Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., have confirmed the speed, accuracy and simplicity of a novel, highly sensitive testing method for COVID-19 that can be deployed at entertainment venues, airport arrival terminals, and in remote settings where clinical testing laboratories are not available. The scientists used a...
