Oncology & Cancer
Two drugs are better than one in fight against leukaemia
Adelaide scientists have devised a way to enhance the effectiveness of a patient's leukaemia treatment by using a combination of drugs.
Mar 8, 2018
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News tagged with outer membrane
Surgery
Durotomy: A common complication of spinal surgery—and an important factor in some malpractice cases
Incidental durotomy—small tears of the outer membrane of the spinal cord—are a common occurrence in spinal surgery, and may lead to litigation. Most malpractice cases associated with dural tear end in a ruling in favor ...
Dec 4, 2017
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Medical research
Cholesterol may help proteins pair up to transmit signals across cell membranes
Cholesterol may act as a selective glue that binds proteins into paired structures that enable human cells to respond to outside signals, according to a new study in PLOS Computational Biology.
Nov 3, 2016
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Neuroscience
Uncovering a key relationship in ALS
A University of Toronto research team has discovered new details about a key gene involved in ALS, perhaps humanity's most puzzling, intractable disease.
Jul 15, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
To stop cancer: Block its messages
The average living cell needs communication skills: It must transmit a constant stream of messages quickly and efficiently from its outer walls to the inner nucleus, where most of the day-to-day decisions are made. But this ...
Mar 30, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
MRI based on a sugar molecule can tell cancerous from noncancerous cells
Imaging tests like mammograms or CT scans can detect tumors, but figuring out whether a growth is or isn't cancer usually requires a biopsy to study cells directly. Now results of a Johns Hopkins study suggest that MRI could ...
Mar 27, 2015
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Medical research
Live coverage of the immune system at work
To better understand what happens during immune reactions in the body, researchers at Tübingen University have developed a new way of labeling T-cells, allowing them to track the T-cell movement in mice using non-invasive ...
Jan 22, 2015
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Medical research
Advance in the development of the first reversible male contraceptive
The outer membrane of sperm cells was first described as a result of the work by a Mexican biotechnologist.
Jan 14, 2015
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Immunology
Watching assassin cells at work
L'Oréal Fellow Misty Jenkins and her colleagues at the Peter Mac have a paper published on Sunday that reveals how our immune cells kill damaged damaged, virus-infected or cancerous cells taking between one and two minutes ...
Sep 2, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers offer new insights on cancer cell signaling
(Medical Xpress)—A pair of studies by a team of University of Notre Dame researchers led by Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey, professor of biological sciences, sheds light on a biological process that is activated across a vast ...
Jul 12, 2013
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