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Anti-cancer medicine could improve current therapy for ER+ breast cancer

The anti-cancer medicine venetoclax could improve the current therapy for estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer - the most common form of breast cancer in Australia - according to preclinical studies led by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers.

7 May 2020

How Small Chromosomes Compete With Big Ones For A Cell's Attention

From avocado plants to yeast, sexually reproducing organisms must create germ cells that contain half the number of chromosomes found in a typical body cell.

7 May 2020

Impaired cell division is linked to cancer

The body replaces aging and damaged cells by mainly using a process known as mitosis, wherein a single cell splits into two cells.

30 Apr 2020

A Cellular Mechanism Protecting Against Cancer

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have discovered a natural protective mechanism that leads to the programmed death of potentially diseased cells.

24 Apr 2020

Reference genes could lead to genetic improvement in wheat

Wheat sustains the world. The FAO has stated that wheat is one of the main crops in the world, both in terms of scope and production, and it is also one of the rich sources of vegetable protein and carbohydrates in the human diet.

23 Apr 2020

A ‘virtual embryo’ for unprecedented single-cell studies

Researchers from EMBL Heidelberg and from the University of Padua School of Medicine have created the first complete description of early embryo development, accounting for every single cell in the embryo.

21 Apr 2020

Study shows how human embryonic stem cells commit to early specialization

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have identified the point when stem cells in human embryos irreversibly commit to specialization.

20 Apr 2020

Stem Cells In Embryos Commit To Specialization Surprisingly Early

The point when human embryonic stem cells irreversibly commit to becoming specialized has been identified by researchers at the Francis Crick Institute.

20 Apr 2020

Cancer Drug Resistance Study Raises Immune Red Flags

Sooner or later, most cancer patients develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs designed to kill their cancer, forcing oncologists to seek alternatives.

20 Apr 2020

Study reveals new mechanism that controls chromosome inheritance

During the process of each single cell division, the chromosomal genetic data should be uniformly distributed between the freshly developing daughter cells.

13 Apr 2020

Study sheds light on the mechanism of cell division

There is no clear consensus on when exactly cells decide to divide. For four decades, the answer provided in the textbook was that this decision takes place in the initial phase of the existence of a cell—that is, soon after a mother cell divides into daughter cells.

7 Apr 2020