TSRI scientists discover key molecular player in inherited disorder and...
In a remarkable "two for one" discovery, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have illuminated a key molecular player in the addictive effects of morphine in animal models.
View ArticleGenetic differences between brain cancer cells and normal tissues could offer...
Two recently discovered genetic differences between brain cancer cells and normal tissue cells -- an altered gene and a snippet of noncoding genetic material -- could offer clues to tumor behavior and...
View ArticlePhase I study of selumetinib drug shows partial response in pediatric neural...
In an early-phase clinical trial of a new oral drug, selumetinib, children with the common genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas, tumors of the peripheral nerves,...
View ArticleUT Southwestern researchers uncover mechanism linked to balding and hair graying
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified the cells that directly give rise to hair as well as the mechanism that causes hair to turn gray - findings that could one day help identify...
View ArticleStudy findings could help identify treatments for balding and hair graying
Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered the cells that are directly responsible for hair growth and the mechanism that causes gray hair. The study results could help in...
View ArticleTSRI professor receives $2 million grant to study neurofibromatosis type I
Assistant Professor Seth Tomchik of the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has received $2 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of...
View ArticleScientists reveal role of cellular prion protein in development of...
New research published today, 10th July 2017, online in the journal Oncogene could offer hope to the thousands of, mainly young, people affected by the hereditary condition Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2).
View ArticleSouthern Society bestows 2016 Clinical Science Young Investigator Award to...
Dr. Brian K. Stansfield, neonatologist at Children's Hospital of Georgia and a 2004 graduate of the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has received the 2016 Clinical Science Young...
View ArticleCommon pain and anti-inflammation drugs may slow cancer growth
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have found that one of the most widely prescribed pain and anti-inflammation drugs slows the growth rate of a specific kind of...
View ArticleNeurofibromatosis causes benign tumor formation in normal nervous tissue
Although neurofibromatosis (NF) is not commonly discussed, it affects more than 2 million people worldwide.
View ArticleTSRI scientists discover key molecular player in inherited disorder and...
In a remarkable "two for one" discovery, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have illuminated a key molecular player in the addictive effects of morphine in animal models.
View ArticleGenetic differences between brain cancer cells and normal tissues could offer...
Two recently discovered genetic differences between brain cancer cells and normal tissue cells -- an altered gene and a snippet of noncoding genetic material -- could offer clues to tumor behavior and...
View ArticlePhase I study of selumetinib drug shows partial response in pediatric neural...
In an early-phase clinical trial of a new oral drug, selumetinib, children with the common genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and plexiform neurofibromas, tumors of the peripheral nerves,...
View ArticleUT Southwestern researchers uncover mechanism linked to balding and hair graying
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified the cells that directly give rise to hair as well as the mechanism that causes hair to turn gray - findings that could one day help identify...
View ArticleStudy findings could help identify treatments for balding and hair graying
Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered the cells that are directly responsible for hair growth and the mechanism that causes gray hair. The study results could help in...
View ArticleTSRI professor receives $2 million grant to study neurofibromatosis type I
Assistant Professor Seth Tomchik of the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has received $2 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of...
View ArticleScientists reveal role of cellular prion protein in development of...
New research published today, 10th July 2017, online in the journal Oncogene could offer hope to the thousands of, mainly young, people affected by the hereditary condition Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2).
View ArticleResearch identifies new gene fusions and mutations linked to GIST tumors
Researchers at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, with colleagues from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Fox Chase Cancer Center, have determined that a specific region of the small bowel,...
View ArticleUAB study shows missense mutations as key risk factor for severe symptoms of...
Research led by Ludwine Messiaen, Ph.D., professor of genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, shows that missense mutations in a cluster of just five codons in the NF1 gene are an...
View ArticleExploring the Future of Breast Cancer Risk Assessment
An interview with Dr Gareth Evans about the future of breast cancer screening and the implementation of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) profiling.
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