More articles about: Lab Report

Health Lab

‘Double Up’ Helps Low-Income Families Shop at Farmers Markets

A new study shows initial success for a healthy food incentive program for low-income Detroiters — as well as ample room to grow.
Health Lab

How Defeating THOR Could Bring a Hammer Down on Cancer

Researchers have identified and characterized a new type of RNA protein called THOR that plays a role in cancer development — and could serve as a target for drug development.
Health Lab

1 in 5 Young Colon Cancer Patients Have Genetic Link

A new study indicates a benefit for all young colon cancer patients to undergo genetic testing. But with more than half of them exhibiting no family history, will insurers cover the tests?
Health Lab

Form Reveals Function in New Study of HIV-Fighting Protein

How a visualization — and a new understanding — of a class of “defender proteins” may help scientists fight HIV infection.
Health Lab

New Approach to Studying Centromeres May Reveal Link to Down Syndrome and More

A PCR-based approach to a frontier of the human genome could speed discovery in chromosome-based diseases and birth defects.
Health Lab

How a Poorly Explored Immune Cell May Impact Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy

Cancer can damage undifferentiated naive T cells, which keeps the fighter cells from doing their job.
Health Lab

How Synthetic Hydrogels Stimulate Real-Life Intestinal Healing

Engineered polymeric materials known as hydrogels represent a new way to heal intestinal damage — a process that one day might be applied to other injured organs.
Health Lab

Fish Oil Reduces Cancer-Causing Compounds, but One-Size Doses Don’t Fit All

Personalized dosing of omega-3 fatty acids decreases prostaglandin E2 in the colon, but the beneficial effects are smaller in overweight people, research finds.
Health Lab

Bacteria May Help Babies’ Digestive Tracts More Than Suspected, Scientists Find

Helpful forms of E. coli may trigger steps that keep infections out, new experiments in dish-grown gut organoids show.
Health Lab

Scientists Discover Surprising Immune Cell Activity That May Limit Immunotherapy

Suppressive Treg cells become even more suppressive when they die, a new study finds.
Health Lab

Tiny Model Organisms Offer Big Insight for Researching Disease

Fruit flies are far more than a kitchen nuisance. Learn how the pests and other tiny critters are helping researchers find major clues to human disease.
Health Lab

Turn a Cell into Any Other Kind of Cell, No Magic Wand Required

By harnessing massive amounts of data on activity within and between snippets of DNA, researchers aim to one day reprogram both healthy and diseased cells.
Health Lab

Powerful Drug Combo Gangs Up to Tackle Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Learn how a powerful combination of a new protein inhibitor and a chemotherapy drug lead to triple negative breast cancer cell death in mice.
Health Lab

From Urine Output to Disease, Study Shows the Importance of Hormone Quality Control

A discovery in hormone-producing cells could lead to a better understanding of diseases related to misfolded proteins.
Health Lab

Chad Carr’s Tumor Offers Genetic Clues for DIPG Research

Donated tumor tissue from a 5-year-old brain cancer patient uncovers the key and early role of a less-understood genetic mutation in the cancer’s fatal course.