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Cancer in a COVID-19 World
As the world’s attention is focused on COVID-19, what effect is this having on cancer research and clinical activity?
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What Is Philadelphia Positive Leukemia?
When a cell divides to make new cells, the chromosomes normally stay the same. But sometimes mistakes happen. With Philadelphia positive leukemia, a gene called the ABL1 gene on chromosome 9 breaks off and sticks to a gene called the BCR gene on chromosome 22. It produces a new gene called BCR-ABL1 which causes the cell to make too much of a protein called tyrosine kinase. This protein encourages leukemia cells to grow and multiply.
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Happiness: What Your Mother Didn't Tell You
Our cultures give us a lot of advice about how to find happiness. Science, however, suggests that much of that advice just isn‘t right...
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The Surprising Science of Happiness
Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don't go as planned.
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Why Blue Whales Don't Get Cancer – Peto's Paradox
Cancer is a creepy and mysterious thing. While we tried to understand it, to get better at killing it, we discovered a biological paradox that remains unsolved to this day: large animals seem to be immune to cancer. Which doesn’t make any sense – the bigger a being, the more cancer it should have. To understand why, we first need to take a look at the nature of cancer itself.
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Nuclear Science From Quarks to Cancer
Nuclear physicist and cancer researcher, Cynthia Keppel, explains why physicists are interested in the tiniest particles known to humankind, and how an understanding of these particles advances science.
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The Secret Powers of Jellyfish
Some are longer than a blue whale. Others are barely larger than a grain of sand. One species unleashes one of the most deadly venoms on earth; another holds a secret that’s behind some of the greatest breakthroughs in biology. They’ve inhabited the ocean for at least half a billion years, and they’re still flourishing.
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How Bones Make Blood
Dig into the science of how bone marrow transplants work.
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Could a Breathalyzer Detect Cancer?
Discover how scientists are analyzing compounds in the breath to create a versatile breathalyzer capable of detecting disease.
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Hacking Bacteria To Fight Disease
Explore how synthetic biologists are programming bacteria to fight cancer by manipulating their DNA.
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