Patients with IBD at higher risk of lymphoma
The risk of developing lymphoma is slightly elevated in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and has increased in recent years in patients with Crohn’s disease, report researchers from Karolinska…
HKUMed established the first human respiratory organoid culture system and unveils a novel mechanism for the high transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
A research team led by Dr Zhou Jie and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung from State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical…
Cancer Cells Gather Speed in Thicker Fluids
Viscous solutions accelerate the migration of tumor cells and may enable metastasis, according to a new study.
Scientists of the University of Malaga found the origin of congenital coronary fistulae
Scientists of the Department of Animal Biology of the University of Malaga have discovered the cellular mechanism that originates coronary arterio-ventricular fistulae, a congenital anomaly that, in severe…
The Role of Lipids in Blood Cancer – New Insights into Uncharted Territory
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify an enzyme called ELOVL6, important in lipid metabolism, as unexpectedly playing a role in the spread of leukemia