Blind to the Burn: Misconceptions About Skin Cancer Risk in the U.S.
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and a significant health issue, with millions of non-melanoma cases and tens of thousan......
Wild fish can recognize individual divers
For years, scientific divers at a research station in the Mediterranean Sea had a problem: at some point in every field season, local fish would......
Switching between defense and attack – immune cells with dual role
As part of the innate immune system, dendritic cells are in the body’s first line of defense against infections. They detect pathogens and......
Why brain cancer is often resistant to immunotherapy
Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of many cancers, but brain tumors such as gliomas remain particularly difficult to treat, in part......
Treatment strategy reprograms brain cancer cells, halting tumor growth
UCLA scientists have identified a potential new strategy for treating glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer, by reprogramming aggressiv......
Lowering Bioenergetic Age May Help Fend Off Alzheimer’s
A person’s bioenergetic clock ticks forward based on genetics, but having a healthy lifestyle—such as eating a plant-based diet and exercising......
Predator robots help researchers uncover how larval zebrafish rapidly learn
A novel system developed by Janelia researchers that chases larval zebrafish around an arena with predator robots is enabling scientists to unders......
What makes cancer cells weak: a new approach in the fight against therapy resistance
In the treatment of cancer with chemotherapy, natural substances, such as those from the Chinese “happy tree”, play an important role. They......