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Cultured colorectal cancer cells. Top: Cells that have become resistant to certain forms of chemotherapy and continue to thrive. Bottom: The same cells, which have had the LIP gene inserted and are then treated with chemotherapy drugs

Opposite Effects

02.07.2015

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

What makes cancer cells survive chemotherapy?

The olfactory fingerprint of the person in the middle remains consistent, even after 30 days (right), but is very different from that of another person (left)

Fingerprinting Our Sense of Smell

29.06.2015

Brain & Behavior

Weizmann Institute Scientists develop an “olfactory fingerprint” test that may do more than just identify individuals

Supernova 3C58, first observed in the year 1181 AD by Chinese and Japanese astronomers, imaged by the Chandra telescope in X-ray emissions. NASA/CXC/SAO

Seeing a Supernova in a New Light

29.06.2015

Astrophysics, Particle Physics

Ultraviolet observations may shed new light on exploding stars

Normal human colonic crypts. SMOC-2 expression (red) in the colonic stem cells demonstrates that these cells are localized in the bottoms of the crypts. Bars represent 100 micrometers (left) and 50 micrometers (right)

Colon Cancer: Taking a Step Back to Move Forward

29.06.2015

Cancer, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology

Some tumor cells in the advanced stages of colorectal cancer adopt a less mature, more stem-like, state that assists metastasis

AIRE infographic

Rare Disorder Found to Have a Common Form

16.06.2015

The findings could help diagnose and treat a number of autoimmune syndromes

A melanoma cancer cell is labeled with invadopodia markers in fluorescence microscopy

Support for an Invasion

14.06.2015

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

How does a cancer cell push its way out of the surrounding tissue?

The nucleus (red) in the cell center is surrounded by the disorganized actin network in the cytoplasm, on which the myosin-v motors move the vesicles around in the "active random motion"

Getting to the Center

14.06.2015

Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Chemistry, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

How does random motion create directed movement in the cell?

Triple Treatment Keeps Cancer from Coming Back

Triple Treatment Keeps Cancer from Coming Back

02.06.2015

he treatment stopped lung cancer cells from developing resistance to chemotherapy in mice

SuperPaths: A map of human biological pathways. Each node represents a biological pathway and every line shows a connection between pathways. Every connected set is a SuperPath containing several related pathways.

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27.05.2015

Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

SuperPaths provide a global online resource of genetic interactions

Inclusion bodies (red) are surrounded by lipid droplets (green)

A Cellular “Detergent” Cleans Unsightly Clumps

27.05.2015

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology

Drops of fat could be key to keeping nerve cells healthy

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