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Flies Model a Potential Sweet Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
April 7, 2013 Researchers describe experiments that could lead to a new approach for treating Parkinson’s disease using a common sweetener, ... > full story -
Flies Reveal Kidney Stones in-the-Making
April 7, 2013 Kidney stones usually make their presence known suddenly, often sending a person to the hospital in excruciating pain. New research identifies an important role zinc plays in the disease ... > full story -
Screening Blood Samples for Cancer-Driving Mutations More Comprehensive Than Analyzing Traditional Tumor Biopsy
April 7, 2013 Researchers using a tool called BEAMing technology, which can detect cancer-driving gene mutations in patients' blood samples, were able to identify oncogenic mutations associated with distinct ... > full story -
Comprehensive Genomic Analysis Identified Alterations in Head and Neck Cancer That Could Lead to Targeted Therapy
April 7, 2013 Not all head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) have the same pattern of genomic alterations, but those cancers with certain distinctive patterns could be amenable to specific targeted ... > full story -
Researchers Help Unlock Pine Beetle's Pandora's Box
April 5, 2013 A paper detailing the newly created sequencing of the mountain pine beetle's genome will be gold in the hands of scientists trying to stem the beetle's invasion into eastern ... > full storyMore: -
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Liver Transplantation for Patients With Genetic Liver Conditions Has High Survival Rate, Study Finds
April 5, 2013 Patients faced with the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease have to consider the seriousness of having a liver transplant, which can be a definitive cure for many acquired and genetic liver ... > full story -
Penn Medicine's New Center for Personalized Diagnostics Unlocks Cancer's Secrets
April 5, 2013 Penn Medicine’s new Center for Personalized Diagnostics, a joint initiative of the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Cancer ... > full story -
Cancer Checkpoint: Mitochondrial Metabolic Regulator SIRT4 Guards Against DNA Damage
April 5, 2013 Healthy cells don't just happen. As they grow and divide, they need checks and balances to ensure they function properly while adapting to changing conditions around them. Researchers studying a set ... > full story -
Skin Deep: Fruit Flies Reveal Clues to Wound Healing in Humans
April 5, 2013 A new way to study wound healing in flies suggests new targets for wound-healing ... > full story -
The Snakelocks Anemone, a Marine Species Prized in Cooking, Has Been Bred for the First Time in Captivity
April 5, 2013 Researchers have managed to breed for the first time in captivity a marine animal known as the snakelocks anemone and have also begun breeding a species of sea cucumber although this process is still ... > full story
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