UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI Cancer and development are two different processes that surprisingly involve similar processes and regulatory circuits. With this premise, Silvia Gramolelli, a post-doctoral researcher in Professor Päivi Ojala´s group, University of Helsinki, uncovered a new regulatory axis for the membrane-associated metalloprotease, MMP14 (also named MT1-MMP). IMAGE: THIS IS A CONFOCAL IMAGE OF A KAPOSI´S...
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Mechanism uncovered explaining how coffee could help protect your heart
A new study from a team of scientists in Germany has revealed a previously undiscovered mechanism showing how caffeine can trigger the repair of heart muscles. The research, at this stage only involving mouse experiments, lends a newfound causal weight to the growing body of observational evidence suggesting caffeine has beneficial health effects. New research offers up a...
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Scientists solve the case of the missing subplate, with wide implications for brain science
Date: June 21, 2018 Source: Rockefeller University Summary: A new study shows that a group of neurons, previously thought to die in the course of development, in fact, become incorporated into the brain’s cortex. This research has implications for understanding — and possibly treating –several brain disorders. The subplate (green) sits directly below the developing cortex, the...
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Drug compound stops cancer cells from spreading in mice
Fighting cancer means killing cancer cells. However, oncologists know that it’s also important to halt the movement of cancer cells before they spread throughout the body. New research, published today in the journal Nature Communications, shows that it may be possible to freeze cancer cells and kill them where they stand. Raymond Bergan, M.D., Division Chief...
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Intense Stress And Autoimmune Diseases: Trauma May Raise Risk Of Immune System Disorders
People who experienced trauma or intense stress could be at higher risk of developing an autoimmune disease, findings of a new study suggest. Trauma may increase a person’s risk of developing autoimmune diseases by 36 percent. People who experienced severe emotional reaction as a result of stress can reduce their risk of developing immune system...
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Tuberculosis Vaccine Permanently Lowers Blood Sugar And Reverses Advanced Type 1 Diabetes: Study
A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital have announced groundbreaking new findings that could help individuals with type 1 diabetes. Could a tuberculosis vaccine really help lower blood sugar levels? This study says yes. Participants who were given two shots of BCG showed receded blood sugar levels after five to eight years. ( Tesa Robbins |...
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Lipid-based nanoparticles enable improved therapy for cystic fibrosis patients
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY PORTLAND, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University are working on a treatment that holds great promise for improving the lives of cystic fibrosis patients. Cystic fibrosis is a progressive genetic disorder that results in persistent lung infection and afflicts 30,000 people in the U.S., with about 1,000...
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Lethal prostate cancer treatment may benefit from combination immunotherapy
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy (BKI) released a study investigating the use of combination checkpoint immunotherapy in the treatment of a lethal form of advanced prostate cancer. The study suggested a genetic subset of prostate cancer may benefit from this form of immunotherapy....
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Nano Scale Matrix Promotes Neural Stem Cell Growth Without Risk of Cancer
Growing neural stem cells is a complicated process that has the potential to result in the unintended production of cancer cells. In large part this is due to the addition of growth factors to the culture mix, which can result in indiscriminate cellular multiplication. Now researchers from the Hong Kong Baptist University have developed a way of...
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Scientists discover how antiviral gene works
Finding could form the basis for potent new drugs ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE BRONX, NY–(June 20, 2018)–It’s been known for years that humans and other mammals possess an antiviral gene called RSAD2 that prevents a remarkable range of viruses from multiplying. Now, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, have discovered the secret to the...