Killer T-cells are capable of destroying certain cancer cells
Did you know that scientists have actually found cells that can assassinate specific cancerous cells? Scientists have found many ways to…
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Creating a better algorithm to detect ovarian cancer
The studying of chromosome lengths could potentially act as a better algorithm for detecting probability of ovarian cancer in women.
What naked mole rats can teach us about tumors
Naked mole rats possess unique machinery that allows them avoid cancer and still live for up to 30 years.
Poor sleep found to predict depression symptoms in pre-teens
Can poor sleep predict depression symptoms up to a year later in pre-teens? New research supports this hypothesis.
Can parts of our immune system lead to a cure for cancer?
What if your own immune system cells could be genetically engineered to treat your cancer? The future is now!
How tumor cells control their environment to survive
Why are some cancers harder to fight than others? By analyzing the cells of one of the most difficult cancers to treat, liver cancer,…
What the velociraptor’s brain tells us about its diet
The brain of one of popular culture’s most infamous dinosaurs helps to clarify its diet and hearing range.
A new way to detect ET life using chemical profiles
Researchers found a new way to tell the difference between the chemicals of life and the chemicals of non-life...using machine learning!
For the first time, large self-replicating molecules win evolution
How can molecules evolve to become more complex, to the point that smaller ones might eventually become large, complex, biological…
More human stuff than all living biomass?
Humanity grows and nature gets smaller. Earth now has more human-made stuff than all living #biomass. But how do we even measure something…