Akt May Mean Better Cancer Treatments Using Sugar

Akt May Mean Better Cancer Treatments Using Sugar

Researchers at the Duke School of Medicine apparently have solved the riddle of why cancer cells like sugar so much, and it may be a mechanism that could lead to better cancer treatments. Jonathan…
Exercise Leads To Faster Prostate Tumor Growth

Exercise Leads To Faster Prostate Tumor Growth

Prostate tumors grew more quickly in mice who exercised than in those who did not, leading to speculation that exercise may increase blood flow to tumors, according to a new study by researchers in…
A diaphanous control during embryo formation

A diaphanous control during embryo formation

A gene called Diaphanous (or Dia) has just been uncovered as a major regulator during embryo formation. The research now published in the journal Development shows how Dia mutations in fruit flies…
Hepatitis B Virus Triggers Cell ‘Suicide’

Hepatitis B Virus Triggers Cell ‘Suicide’

Scientists from UCL (University College London) have identified a key difference between people who can fight the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) off successfully and those who fail to do so – that a group…