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Mind Over Fatter
Nov 8 2009 | Articles
New, improved models of human obesity aim to improve understanding of leptin’s impact on CNS regulation of metabolism.
Preventing gastric cancer with antibiotics
8 hours ago | News
(Faculty of 1000: Biology and Medicine) Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium found in about 50 percent of humans worldwide, can cause stomach ulcers and, in extreme cases, gastric cancer. In an article for F1000 Medicine Reports, Seiji Shiota and Yoshio Yamaoka discuss the possible...
Molecule Tells Brain Cells to Grow Up, Get to Work
Mar 11 | News
Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have now identified a molecular master switch that catalyzes precursor cells’ transition to mature, myelin-making mavens. The results may have implications for medical treatment, as defects in this maturation process have been observed in both multiple sclerosis and the most common kind of brain cancers in adults, known as gliomas.
Exploiting the architecture of cancers may lead to their destruction
Mar 10 | News
(The Company of Biologists) To grow larger, solid tumors require a network of blood vessels to nourish them. Chemotherapy exploits these vessels to deliver toxic drugs, but is inefficient if the drugs cannot pass quickly enough from the bloodstream into the tumor. A new study in...
Genomatix gives a hand in the analysis of Wayne State's sequencing projects
Mar 10 | News
(Genomatix Software GmbH) The C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development at the Wayne State University School of Medicine installed a Genomatix Mining Station and a Genomatix Genome Analyzer last year at their labs in order to support the analysis of NextGen Sequencing data....