New target for anticancer drugs: RNA
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Berkeley, California - Most of today’s anticancer drugs target the DNA or proteins in tumor cells, but a new discovery by University of California, Berkeley, scientists unveils a whole new set of potential targets: the RNA intermediaries between DNA and proteins.
Using sound waves to detect rare cancer cells
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- Written by Anne Trafton
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Cancer cells often break free from their original locations and circulate through the bloodstream, allowing them to form new tumors elsewhere in the body. Detecting these cells could give doctors a new way to predict whether patients’ tumors will metastasize, or monitor how they are responding to treatment, but finding these extremely rare cells has proven challenging because there might be only one to 10 such cells in a 1-milliliter sample of a patient’s blood.
Physically active middle-aged adults have low risk of sudden cardiac arrest
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Dallas, Texas - Sudden cardiac arrest during sports activities is relatively low among physically active middle-aged adults, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
Pulling the Strings of Our Genomic Puppetmasters
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- Written by Ken Kingery
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Durham, North Carolina - Duke researchers have developed a new method to precisely control when genes are turned on and active.
NIH funds nine antimicrobial resistance diagnostics projects
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Washington, DC - The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded more than $11 million in first-year funding for nine research projects supporting enhanced diagnostics to rapidly detect antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. The awardee institutions will develop tools to identify certain pathogens that frequently cause infections in health care settings and, specifically, those that are resistant to most antimicrobials.
‘Berry’ Healthy Way To Help Your Heart
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Imperial, California (NAPSI) - A little heart-shaped fruit can be a big help to your heart. According to research, strawberries may play an important role in helping to reduce the risk of heart disease.
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