A closer look at how elephants fight herpesvirus
Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) affects elephants in the wild and in captivity. It can be latent in adults but in young elephants it can be
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Author: Ana Rodríguez
Researchers target what makes triple negative breast cancer grow
Scientists have been looking for receptors —molecules on cancer cells — that promote the growth of cancers. But the receptors driving some cancer types like
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From the labs to commercialization: Baylor College of Medicine graduate starts Speratum CR to bring his own discovery to cancer patients
Dr. Christian Marín-Muller’s grandmother died of cancer before he was born. It saddens him that he never had the chance to meet her, but thanks
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The humble fruit fly continues to boost biomedical discovery
For more than 100 years, the humble fruit fly has been used to understand fundamental biological processes and has been a crucial tool for rapid
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Image of the Month: Measuring the effects of microgravity on vision
Astronauts have developed ocular changes affecting vision in microgravity, associated with findings suggestive of elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). Currently, the ICP can only be
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Common altered pathways provide new cancer perspective
Studying cancer at the molecular level has revealed that there is not a single pathway or process that drives all the different types of cancer.
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What the first American astronauts taught us about living in space
NASA’s Project Mercury was the United States’ first human-in-space program. Between 1961 and 1963, six astronauts carried out successful one-person spaceflights that offered physicians and
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Mouse model helps solve 15q13.3 microdeletion puzzle
Individuals with a complex neurological condition called 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome are missing a small piece of chromosome 15 that usually contains six genes. Although this
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Type of injury matters, when healing the small intestine
New insights into how the small intestine, one of the fastest renewing tissues in the human body, repairs itself are prompting the re-evaluation of the
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Fighting back lymphoma resistance to treatment
T cell therapies have demonstrated encouraging results and benefits in patients with lymphoma resistant to chemotherapy, but, despite these advances, a large number of patients
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