Life Technologies Signs Licensing Agreement with Suzhou Ribo Life SciencesAgreement formed for the development of potent siRNA therapeutics in China.
Using Mathematical Modelling in the Fight Against CancerDifferent treatments and genetic modifications might allow cancer-killing, oncolytic viruses to overcome the natural defences that cancer cells use.
Developing Cancer DrugsResearchers find therapeutic potential in ‘undruggable’ target.
Aspirin May Fight Cancer by Slowing DNA DamageUCSF-led study of patients with pre-cancerous conditions probed NSAID effects on mutation rate.
Developmental Protein Plays Role in Spread of CancerA protein used by embryo cells during early development, and recently found in many different types of cancer, apparently serves as a switch regulating metastasis.
Bringing Out the Usual – and Unusual – Cancer Genomics SuspectsSeveral years ago, researchers sequencing lung cancer genomes encountered a number of red herrings.
Two Gene Variants May Predict Who Will Benefit from Breast Cancer Prevention DrugsNIH-supported discovery could advance individualized care of high-risk women.
Supreme Court Rules That Human Genes Can’t Be PatentedMost agree that the ruling reduces barriers to genetic testing and enables scientists to further genetic research and share data aimed ultimately at preventing and curing disease.
Researchers Find Unique Peptide with Therapeutic PotentialUTSW researchers identify Tat-beclin 1 against cancers, neurological disorders, and infectious diseases.
Genetic Switches Play Big Role in Human EvolutionStudy offers further proof that the divergence of humans from chimpanzees was profoundly influenced by mutations to DNA sequences.
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