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  • Ludwig Cancer Research scientists finds normal cells have highly selective mechanisms. But they found that some types of cancer cells aren't so selective. These cells incorporate chemically modified nucleosides into their DNA, which is toxic to them. The findings indicate that it might be possible to use modified nucleotides for specific killing of cancer cells. The study is published in the journal Nature.

  • Stomach cancer or gastric cancer is the third most common cause of death from cancer worldwide. A short course of two medicines, an antibiotic and another medicine that suppresses the production of gastric acid, that is commonly used to eliminate the bacterium may reduce the risk of stomach cancer, revealed a new research. The findings are published in the Cochrane Library.

  • Psychology professor, in Gary Lupyan, a University of Wisconsin-Madison said he has demonstrated the predictive process through manipulating the connection between language and vision in the brain. This ability to transcend the specifics and think about the general may be critically important to logic, mathematics, science, and even complex social interactions.

  • A new research has suggested that losing even one night of sleep can alter your genes, and increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Swedish researchers at Uppsala University and the Karolinska Institutet revealed that genes that control the biological clocks in cells throughout the body are altered even after one night of sleep loss. The study appeared in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

  • Researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered a long-overlooked process important for converting a long, string-like DNA molecule into a chromosome. This finding gives us a better understanding of the mechanism of how cells store safely genetic material, DNA.

  • Malaria is caused by infection with the parasite Plasmodium falciparum (Pf).  According to the World Health Organization (WHO) malaria currently infects more than 200 million people worldwide and accounts for more than 500,000 deaths per year. Scientists have now developed a new drug that shows hope for stopping the deadly malaria. The study is published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.

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