Science Writing
Experimental RNA-Based Drug Kills Prostate Cancer Cells Effectively and Safely
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DURHAM, N.C. – Acting as a genetic Trojan horse, an experimental RNA-based drug - the first of its kind - tricks its way into prostate cancer cells and then springs into action to destroy them, while leaving normal cells unharmed.
Duke Scientists Discover Key to Growing New Stem Cells
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DURHAM, N.C. – Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have demonstrated they can grow human stem cells in the laboratory by blocking an enzyme that naturally triggers stem cells to mature and differentiate into specialized cells.
Newly Discovered Behavior in Cancer Cells Signals Dangerous Metastasis
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DURHAM, N.C. – The most aggressively malignant cancer cells have a "toggle switch" that enables them to morph into highly mobile cells that invade other tissues and then nest comfortably in their new surroundings, a new study in rats suggests.
Common Nutrients Fed to Pregnant Mice Altered Their Offspring’s Coat Color and Disease Susceptibility
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DURHAM, N.C. – A startling scientific discovery about nutrition demonstrates that we are more than what we eat: we are likely what our mothers ate, too, according to scientists at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Mix of Chemicals Plus Stress Damages Brain, Liver in Animals and Likely in Humans
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DURHAM, N.C. – Stress is a well known culprit in disease, but now researchers have shown that stress can intensify the effects of relatively safe chemicals, making them very harmful to the brain and liver in animals and likely in humans, as well.