Approximately 200,000 cancer patients are diagnosed with brain metastases each year, yet few treatment options exist because the mechanisms that
Month: December 2020
Uniquely human gene may drive numerous cancers
Humans are more prone to develop carcinomas compared with our closest evolutionary cousins, the great apes. These cancers begin in
Damage to brain cells reverberates to “bystander” cells, study finds
Injury or disease that afflicts a relatively small number of brain cells causes a chain reaction that stops activity across
Smartphone data shows real-time impact on health
Researchers at Cornell University are using smartphones to capture location and real-time survey data to examine how social environments encountered
Research sheds new light on cause of deadly lung disease
New research could shed light on the mystery cause of a lung disease that is a major killer, and potentially
COVID-19 survivors may develop some immunity, but still should get the vaccine. Here’s why
It has been more than 11 months since we learned that a new and deadly virus was attacking the people
Researchers identify critical molecules that coronaviruses hijack to infect human cells
When a coronavirus—including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19—infects someone, it hijacks the person’s cells, co-opting their molecular machinery for its own
How poor oral hygiene may result in metabolic syndrome
Periodontal or gum disease is known to be a significant risk factor of metabolic syndrome, a group of conditions increasing
How mathematics can help us understand tumor growth
In daily life, we unfortunately have become used to seeing images of tumors and melanomas. You may have noticed that
France ‘far’ off target for lifting Covid lockdown
France is ‘far’ from its goal of reducing the number of new COVID-19 infections to under 5,000 a day, the
