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New evidence supports a cancer-promoting role for enzyme MAPK6

December 6, 2021 cancer growth, MAPK4, MAPK6, mTOR inhibitors, Research

The findings suggest that therapies that interfere with MAPK6 activity may offer an effective cancer treatment approach.

From The Labs

The Most Viewed Image of the Month in 2021

December 3, 2021 animal model, Brain, Huntington’s disease, Research

Brain of a mouse model of Huntington’s disease.

Policywise

Research staff 101: Fostering curiosity, creativity, and community

November 26, 2021 Academic Research, Career, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Community, Culture, jobs, Research, Research Assistant, Research team

Are you a recent college or master’s program graduate searching for a new professional experience? I remember all too well transitioning to a new career

From The Labs

New method allows for a closer look at the effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on gene expression

November 23, 2021 endocrine-disrupting chemicals, estrogen receptor, FRAP, gene transcription, method, Research

The new faster, more accurate method reveals chemicals that alter estrogen receptor–α activity.

From The Labs

Gene signature may give an upper hand in metastatic breast cancer

November 18, 2021 ER chimeric protein, ER gene translocations, estrogen receptor, Metastatic breast cancer, MOTERA, Research

A new strategy to refine breast cancer diagnosis could help guide a more precise selection of tumor-specific treatments.

From The Labs

The power of sleep in Alzheimer’s disease

November 16, 2021 Alzheimer's Disease, amyloid-beta, Research, sleep disturbance, slow wave sleep, TRN

Restoring normal sleep via the thalamic reticular nucleus reduced the A-beta plaque burden in an animal model of Alzheimer’s disease.

From The Labs

Researchers make strides identifying genetic causes of rare neurodevelopmental disorders in the Turkish and worldwide populations

November 11, 2021 genetic diagnosis, multilocus pathogenic variation, rare neurodevelopmental disorders, Research

A global team of researchers, including researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, worked to find genetic answers for Turkish families.

From The Labs

It takes a village (of cells) to heal the intestine

November 9, 2021 healing the intestine, intestinal epithelium, Research, rotavirus infection, stem cells, tuft cells

A rotavirus infection stimulates the coordinated activities of a variety of cell types that repair the damage to the intestinal epithelium.

From The Labs

A deeper understanding of urinary tract infections reveals opportunity to fight them back

November 4, 2021 DMF, NRF2 pathway, Rab27b, Research, Urinary tract infections, uropathogenic E. coli, urothelial cells, UTI

During UTI, the body strives to balance the responses against the bacteria and those minimizing tissue damage that may occur in the process.

From The Labs

Image of the Month: Visualization of an easier, more effective way to study gene function

November 2, 2021 fruit fly, gene function screening, Image of the month, Research

The image represents a visual perspective of a more efficient technology to study gene function in the laboratory fruit fly.