Cancer is a broad group of various diseases involving unregulated cell growth. It is medically known as a malignant neoplasm. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the body through the lymphatic system or bloodstream, it is called […]
Steinman’s research at Stanford University has found a physiological basis for amyloid, leading many to ask if amyloid riddles brains of AD patients because it is trying to halt AD—not cause it. Loma Linda University neurologist Salvador Soriano agrees, “The amyloid hypothesis just assumes amyloid is a toxic byproduct…and assumes getting rid of it will solve […]
Researchers at Stanford University have discovered how the immune system can be restored by using CD47-blocking antibody to trick-back invaders and allow the macrophages engulf and destroy cancer cells from all tumor types. CD47 is a marker that blocks the immune system from destroying them as they circulate. Cancers take advantage of this flag to […]
New research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may allow scientists to develop a test that can predict the severity of side effects of some common chemotherapy agents in individual patients. The new paper, which appears in PLoS Genetics, reveals that the amount of cellular damage that alkylating agents produce in healthy tissues can depend on how […]
Postmenopausal Women and Calcium and Vitamin D Intake Postmenopausal women should not take supplementary calcium (1000 mg or less) and vitamin D (400 IU or less) to prevent fractures, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says in a new recommendation published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Vitamin D and Older Women’s bones Older women shouldn’t […]
The Obama administration announced a new open-access plan on Friday, calling for the public to be able to freely access the results of federally funded research. A memo from John Holdren, who heads the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, directs federal agencies that spend more than $100 million a year on research and […]
Scientific research positions are experiencing a renaissance in the U.S., after decades of declining math scores and outsourcing. One of the biggest sources of research scientist jobs continues to be the federal government, as stories involving science and public policy grab the headlines. Medical research scientists will also be in high demand as the U.S. population ages over the next few […]
Quest Diagnostics is to offer soon a non-invasive prenatal test developed by Natera. The Panorama test uses cell-free fetal DNA in circulating maternal blood to screen for trisomy 21, 18, and 13, as well as monosomy X. It can be used as early as the ninth week of pregnancy, the firms said. Read […]
Top 25 Universities in Innovation …based on Forbes list of Innovative Companies as of January 2013 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and University of Delhi are in the top 16. follow the link below to view the entire list http://www.tgleaders.com/albums/photo/view/album_id/411/photo_id/719
The number of advertised biotech and pharma sector jobs remained stable through the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with the previous quarter (Nat. Biotechnol. 30, 1149, 2012). There was a noticeable increase in LinkedIn’s total job listings for the top 25 biotech companies (568 up from 351) and top 10 pharma companies (586 up from 468), whereas the […]
POLICY Stem cell fight over The US Supreme Court rejected a request to hear a case about the legality of federal funding for research involving human embryonic stem cells. The high court’s decision, announced on 7 January, puts an end to an almost four-year legal challenge that has threatened to derail such work in the country. […]
