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New Gene Map Reveals Cancer’s Achilles Heel
Scientists have mapped out the genes that keep our cells alive, creating a long-awaited foothold for understanding how our genome works...
Nov 25, 20153 min read


Nanocarriers May Carry New Hope for Brain Cancer Therapy
Berkeley Lab Researchers Develop Nanoparticles That Can Carry Therapeutics Across the Brain Blood Barrier Glioblastoma multiforme, a...
Nov 20, 20154 min read


Search-and-rescue proteins find, fix DNA mutations linked to cancer
Proteins inside bacteria cells engage in "search-and-rescue"-type behavior to ferret out mismatched DNA and fix it to thwart dangerous...
Nov 10, 20153 min read


Nanoscale Autonomous Walking Machine from DNA
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a nanoscale machine made of DNA that can randomly walk in any direction...
Nov 3, 20152 min read


Molecular "brake" stifles human lung cancer
By testing over 4,000 genes in human tumors, a Salk team uncovered an enzyme responsible for suppressing a common and deadly lung cancer...
Nov 3, 20153 min read


Nuclear membrane repairs the ‘dark matter’ of DNA
Scientists have found a new function of the nuclear membrane, the envelope that encases and protects DNA in the nucleus of a cell — it...
Nov 2, 20153 min read
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