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More than 90 per cent of human tumors are carcinomas, arising from epithelial cells that are present as continuous sheet of cells lining the cavities and...

According to a team of researchers from the United States, Russia and Spain, the discovery of a new protein, named ceramide-1 phosphate transport protein,...

Scientists from the United States and China have identified stem cells in urine that can be directed to become multiple cell types. This image shows immunofluorescent...

Scientists led by Prof Mark Anderson from the University of Iowa have found that the enzyme CaMKII (Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase II), known for...

Rapamycin – an immunosuppressant drug reported to extend the lives of mice by up to 14 per cent – has limited anti-aging effects, according...

Herpes simplex virus 1 has an internal pressure eight times higher than a car tire, and uses it to literally blast its DNA into human cells, according...

Superresolution single-molecule fluorescence microscopy has given researchers their clearest pictures yet of how white blood immune cells, known as natural...

Researchers from Canada, France, Germany and the United States reporting in the journal Cell have found a new ground-breaking way of killing cancer cells. Scientists...

Scientists have discovered a marine microbe-derived antibiotic that has the ability to kill the deadly Anthrax bacterium Bacillus anthracis and other pathogens...

A team of researchers at Indiana University, using a three-dimensional cell culture method, has successfully transformed mouse embryonic stem cells into...

Often considered ‘one of the greatest of all men of science,’ Claude Bernard (July 12, 1813 – February 10, 1878) is the father of experimental medicine. Claude...

A multinational team of scientists led by Prof Benjamin Blencowe from the University of Toronto has identified proteins that play a key role in controlling...

An international team of scientists reporting in the journal Nature has discovered a biochemical pathway that links nail growth to fingertip regeneration. Digit...

Scientists have demonstrated that a novel, drug-like molecule called ISRIB (integrated stress response inhibitor) can improve cognitive memory in mice. ISRIB-treated...

A new study reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has revealed that dietary fructose (fruit sugar) rapidly causes liver damage in an animal...

According to new research led by Dr Ravishankar Telgi from the Kothiwal Dental College and Research Center, India, consuming cheese and other dairy products...

A new study led by Dr Yannan Qin from the Northwest University in China provides insights into why older people were better able to fight off the new strains...

Researchers have engineered a new adeno-associated virus that could greatly expand gene therapy to help restore sight to patients with blinding diseases...

Dr Bhuminder Singh from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and his colleagues have announced the discovery of a new mechanism for the development of...