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Researchers identify a novel therapeutic approach for liver cancer
BOSTON — Cancer of the liver — rare in the United States but the third-leading cause of cancer death worldwide — can result from environmental exposures or infections like chronic hepatitis, but the link is poorly understood.
Now, researchers…
New target found for aggressive cancer gene
Researchers have found a way to kill human cells hijacked by a genetic accelerator that puts cancer cells into overdrive: the Myc oncogene. The discovery reveals new drug targets for Myc-driven cancers, which tend to be particularly aggress…
Evolution reveals missing link between DNA and protein shape
Fifty years after the pioneering discovery that a protein’s three-dimensional structure is determined solely by the sequence of its amino acids, an international team of researchers has taken a major step toward fulfilling the tantaliz…
Traumatic injury sets off a ‘genomic storm’ in immune system pathways
Serious traumatic injuries, including major burns, set off a “genomic storm” in human immune cells, altering around 80 percent of the cells’ normal gene expression patterns. In a report to appear in the December Journal of Experimental Medicine, membe…