Study uncovers mechanism behind nutrient scavenging in pancreatic cancer
Cancer cells are like booming cities without urban planners. They expand quickly, and in doing so, the resulting tumors consume ...
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Discovery of a novel therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer
A recent Scientific Reports study identified a novel amino acid transporter-based therapeutic target for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Study: Amino acid transporter SLC38A5 ...
What is the effect of maternal circulating amino acids on offspring birthweight?
In a recent study published in the eBioMedicine, researchers examined the effect of serum levels of 20 amino acids in ...
New guidelines for designing synthetic molecules that block interaction between two proteins
Inside cells, proteins constantly interact with each other to carry out different functions. For some diseases in which these functions ...
Gut microbiome in mice gets stressed within 24 hours on a high-fat diet
In a recent study published in the journal Cell Reports, researchers in Cincinnati, USA, assessed the impact of dietary alteration ...
Augmented drug preferentially eliminates cancer cells but does not harm healthy cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have revamped an anti-cancer drug to better target cancer cells and leave healthy tissues unharmed. Scientists ...
The potential of NMR-based blood profiling as a single-domain assay to simultaneously predict multidisease onset
In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, researchers explored the potential of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy-based metabolomic ...
Here's why thinking hard exhausts you
In a recent Current Biology journal study, researchers elucidate the neuro-metabolic mechanisms responsible for cognitive fatigue that occurs following extended ...
TRIM7 inhibits coxsackievirus and norovirus infection
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers elucidated the underlying mechanisms of tripartite motif containing 7 ...
