The spread of tumor from the primary cancer site to distant organs, called metastasis, has puzzled scientists for many years—they are only now beginning to pinpoint triggers and mechanisms that drive this process.This article was […]
Just as crop-devouring insects evolve to resist pesticides, cancer cells can increase their lethality by developing resistance to treatment. In fact, most deaths from cancer are caused by the evolution of therapeutic resistance.This article was […]
A new “toolkit” to repair damaged DNA that can lead to aging, cancer and motor neuron disease (MND) has been discovered by scientists at the Universities of Sheffield and Oxford.This article was originally published on […]
Mitochondria possess their own DNA (mtDNA), which plays important roles in cellular respiration and energy consumption. Mutations in mtDNA can lead to severe human diseases. To advance our understanding of mitochondrial genetic disorders, there is […]
Patients seeking treatment in hospital or other health care facilities can be particularly vulnerable to infections they acquire during their stay, especially if the infections are difficult to treat because they are resistant to commonly […]
Viruses have thrived in humans for tens of thousands of years, evolving to take advantage of the machinery of cells to replicate and survive inside us. Some can slip past our defenses and invade without […]
Gliomas are the most common brain tumors, and many start off growing slowly as “low-grade” tumors before inevitably becoming aggressive, lethal, and “high grade.” New research offers an explanation for this deadly transformation.This article was […]
They show up as bright white spots when you get a brain MRI: lesions called white matter hyperintensities, or WMH. And their presence suggests something may be wrong with your brain’s white matter—there could be […]
Rutgers researchers at the Brain Health Institute (BHI) and Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR) have uncovered how different types of brain cells work together to form large-scale functional networks in the human […]
In what could be a major advance in understanding the genetic causes underlying human infertility, scientists led by researchers from Rutgers University-New Brunswick have identified a gene variant directly tied to early miscarriages in women.This […]
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