Medical Wellness

Ancient Gene Gives Planarians a Heads-Up in Regeneration

RELEVANCE: Like the Wnt signaling pathway, notum is highly conserved throughout species, from sea anenomes to fruit flies to humans, but little is known about…

Pluripotent Adult Stem Cells Power Planarian Regeneration

RELEVANCE: Planarians are animal models of regeneration, and for the scientists that study them, the developmental potential of individual neoblasts has long…

Increase in Internet access parallels growth in prescription drug abuse

Increasing access to rogue online pharmacies – those which dispense medications without a doctor's prescription – may be an important factor behind the rapid…

UT Southwestern researchers find protein that might be key to cutting cancer cells' blood supply

The researchers showed in mice that the Ras interacting protein 1 (Rasip1) is so specific and central to so many cellular processes that without it new blood…

Drug-Resistance Fears for Deadly Fungal Disease

The investigators have used a new ultra-sensitive test that employs technology developed at UMDNJ that not only can better diagnose Aspergillus infections, but…

Scientists Reveal Nerve Cells’ Navigation System

Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered how two closely related proteins guide projections from nerve cells with exquisite accuracy, alternately attracting…

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