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NEWS Mar 3 2008

Colon Cancer's Potential for Metastasis Determined Early

Some colon cancers are destined to spread to the liver and other parts of the body, whereas others are successfully treated by surgical removal of the tumor. Now, Howard Hughes Medical Institute...

NEWS Dec 26 2015

Made in the Shade: How Plants Can Beat the Competition

It’s a jungle out there for a plant. If its neighbors grow faster than it does, they will block the sunlight the plant needs to make food and produce seeds. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (...

NEWS Nov 23 2016

Bacteria Spread Infection in Plants by Manipulating Water Level in Leaves

Pathogenic bacteria can take advantage of environmental humidity levels and manipulate water content inside plant leaves to reproduce and spread infection, a new study shows. Normally, plants...

NEWS Feb 5 2006

Proteína esencial para el desarrollo de cáncer

Unos científicos han determinado la estructura detallada de una pieza esencial de la enzima telomerasa, importante contribuidora de la gran mayoría de los cánceres humanos. La comprensión de la forma...

NEWS Sep 13 2002

Gen relacionado con el cáncer de mama repara al ADN dañado

Estudios estructurales de la proteína producida por el gen BRCA2, que está implicado en el desarrollo de cánceres hereditarios de mama y ovario, revelan que la proteína está involucrada íntimamente...

NEWS Sep 4 2008

Estudios detectan numerosas alteraciones genéticas desconocidas en cánceres pancreáticos y cerebrales

Mediante el examen genético más detallado de cualquier tumor humano que se haya realizado hasta el momento, investigadores del HHMI han encontrado que en tumores pancreáticos y cerebrales una...

NEWS Feb 1 1999

Studies of Fly Tumor May Expand Understanding of Human Cancer

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers at Yale University have "rescued" fruit flies from cancerous tumors by inserting a cancer-suppressing human gene into the insects. The scientists...

NEWS Feb 1 2005

Effective Cancer Treatments Follow the Clock

Oncologists have long thought that cancer treatments tend to be more effective at certain times of day. But they have been unable to turn this knowledge into practice, because they did not understand...

NEWS Feb 12 2009

Survey of Metabolites Finds New Prostate Cancer Marker

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a new biological marker present in the urine of patients with prostate cancer that indicates whether the cancer is progressing and...

NEWS May 18 2007

Kidney Cancer Shuts Down Protein Destruction Complex

New evidence shows that Wilms tumor—a rare kidney cancer that affects children—promotes its own growth agenda by taking over a genetic program used by normal cells during development. The studies...

NEWS Oct 27 2010

Revising the Timeline for Deadly Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic tumors are one of the most lethal cancers, with fewer than five percent of patients surviving five years after diagnosis. But a new study that peers deeply into the genetics of pancreatic...

NEWS Jun 9 2005

MicroRNAs Intimately Involved in Cancer

In discoveries that may open a new chapter in understanding and diagnosing cancer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators and their colleagues have established that tiny microRNAs provide a...

NEWS Sep 16 2010

Yeast Studies Hint at New Ways to Exploit Cancer Cells’ Excess Genes

Genetic mutations that supercharge a cellular garbage disposal may explain why cancer cells can thrive even as their genetic material multiplies out of control, suggests new research by Howard Hughes...

NEWS Jan 13 2010

Mutations in Different Cells Cooperate to Set the Stage for Cancer

According to modern biology textbooks, a single genetic mutation is rarely enough to cause cancer. It is generally thought that cells must accumulate a series of mutations that work together to...

NEWS Sep 16 2002

Atomic Model Reveals New Details about the Virus that Causes Cervical Cancer

New studies reveal that papillomavirus—the major cause of cervical cancer—may look somewhat different to the immune system than researchers had previously thought. The researchers used a hybrid...

NEWS Dec 4 2009

Researchers Identify Gene that Spurs Deadly Brain Cancer

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) researchers have identified a new factor that is necessary for the development of many forms of medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant childhood...

NEWS Apr 30 2004

Un único gen cancerígeno tiene profundos efectos

Investigadores del Instituto Médico Howard Hughes han descubierto que un gen que comúnmente se encuentra mutado en una amplia variedad de cánceres puede activar por sí solo cambios precancerosos en...

NEWS Oct 5 2000

Células cancerígenas en la cuerda floja

Unos investigadores han demostrado que el conocido gen supresor tumoral p53 y su primo menos conocido, p73, están controlados por el mismo interruptor. La activación del interruptor inicia un...

NEWS May 9 2003

Nuevo estudio genético identifica nuevos genes de cáncer de colon

Investigadores del Instituto Médico Howard Hughes han realizado una búsqueda en un catálogo de todas las enzimas tirosinas quinasas conocidas para identificar nuevas mutaciones genéticas que se dan...

NEWS May 23 2008

New Finding Re-opens the Book on Colon Cancer Stem Cells

Not all cancer cells are equal. Over the past 10 years, researchers have come to believe that cancer stem cells are scattered thinly through tumors, and that they must be destroyed to halt tumor...

NEWS Nov 1 2008

Genomic Screen Captures Genes that Prevent Spread of Cancer

Cancer is deadliest when it metastasizes: spreads beyond its original site and invades distant organs. Just as cells are equipped with tumor suppressor genes to keep incipient cancers from growing,...

NEWS Feb 8 2005

Genetic Signature May Predict Breast Cancer Survival

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered that the activation of specific components of the genetic machinery used to close a wound may also be a powerful predictor of which breast...

NEWS Jan 13 2011

Protein May Unleash Macrophages Against Cancer Cells

One of the biggest hurdles in developing new cancer drugs comes from identifying extremely precise targets so the drugs kill only cancer cells and spare those that are healthy. Now, researchers at...

NEWS Apr 7 2010

Nationally Recognized Evolutionary Biologist Named VP for Science Education

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute today announced that Sean Carroll, an award-winning scientist, author, and educator, will become the Institute’s vice president for science education....

NEWS Sep 4 2008

Studies Spot Numerous Undiscovered Gene Alterations In Pancreatic and Brain Cancers

HHMI investigators have detected a multitude of broken, missing, and overactive genes in pancreatic and brain tumors, in the most detailed genetic survey yet of any human tumor. Some of these genetic...

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Colon Cancer's Potential for Metastasis Determined Early

Made in the Shade: How Plants Can Beat the Competition

Bacteria Spread Infection in Plants by Manipulating Water Level in Leaves

Proteína esencial para el desarrollo de cáncer

Gen relacionado con el cáncer de mama repara al ADN dañado

Estudios detectan numerosas alteraciones genéticas desconocidas en cánceres pancreáticos y cerebrales

Studies of Fly Tumor May Expand Understanding of Human Cancer

Effective Cancer Treatments Follow the Clock

Survey of Metabolites Finds New Prostate Cancer Marker

Kidney Cancer Shuts Down Protein Destruction Complex

Revising the Timeline for Deadly Pancreatic Cancer

MicroRNAs Intimately Involved in Cancer

Yeast Studies Hint at New Ways to Exploit Cancer Cells’ Excess Genes

Mutations in Different Cells Cooperate to Set the Stage for Cancer

Atomic Model Reveals New Details about the Virus that Causes Cervical Cancer

Researchers Identify Gene that Spurs Deadly Brain Cancer

Un único gen cancerígeno tiene profundos efectos

Células cancerígenas en la cuerda floja

Nuevo estudio genético identifica nuevos genes de cáncer de colon

New Finding Re-opens the Book on Colon Cancer Stem Cells

Genomic Screen Captures Genes that Prevent Spread of Cancer

Genetic Signature May Predict Breast Cancer Survival

Protein May Unleash Macrophages Against Cancer Cells

Nationally Recognized Evolutionary Biologist Named VP for Science Education

Studies Spot Numerous Undiscovered Gene Alterations In Pancreatic and Brain Cancers

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Colon Cancer's Potential for Metastasis Determined Early

Made in the Shade: How Plants Can Beat the Competition

Bacteria Spread Infection in Plants by Manipulating Water Level in Leaves

Proteína esencial para el desarrollo de cáncer

Gen relacionado con el cáncer de mama repara al ADN dañado

Estudios detectan numerosas alteraciones genéticas desconocidas en cánceres pancreáticos y cerebrales

Studies of Fly Tumor May Expand Understanding of Human Cancer

Effective Cancer Treatments Follow the Clock

Survey of Metabolites Finds New Prostate Cancer Marker

Kidney Cancer Shuts Down Protein Destruction Complex

Revising the Timeline for Deadly Pancreatic Cancer

MicroRNAs Intimately Involved in Cancer

Yeast Studies Hint at New Ways to Exploit Cancer Cells’ Excess Genes

Mutations in Different Cells Cooperate to Set the Stage for Cancer

Atomic Model Reveals New Details about the Virus that Causes Cervical Cancer

Researchers Identify Gene that Spurs Deadly Brain Cancer

Un único gen cancerígeno tiene profundos efectos

Células cancerígenas en la cuerda floja

Nuevo estudio genético identifica nuevos genes de cáncer de colon

New Finding Re-opens the Book on Colon Cancer Stem Cells

Genomic Screen Captures Genes that Prevent Spread of Cancer

Genetic Signature May Predict Breast Cancer Survival

Protein May Unleash Macrophages Against Cancer Cells

Nationally Recognized Evolutionary Biologist Named VP for Science Education

Studies Spot Numerous Undiscovered Gene Alterations In Pancreatic and Brain Cancers

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