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PTEN
PTEN is a human gene coding for an enzyme called phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN). PTEN in a tumor suppressor gene which prevents mutations from occurring in genetic code. Therefore, mutations in PTEN are prevalent in many malignancies including brain, breast, lung, and prostate cancers.
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MAR 05, 2024Drug Discovery & Development
eEF1A's surprising tumor-suppressive role in breast cancer, offering a new upstream targetWritten By: Amielle MorenoNOV 16, 2023Immunology
Cancer is very difficult to treat due to various components that therapies must address to effectively kill or lyse tumo ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeFEB 18, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, show that a hormone known to ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 27, 2020Cancer
Oncogenes, mutations in genes that promote cancer growth, have long been easy targets for cancer research due to the dir ...Written By: Jasper CantrellDEC 22, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a new gene therapy that makes use of exosomes, fluid sacs released i ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 19, 2019Cancer
New research published recently in Science is putting more greens on your table. To be specific, more broccoli, cauliflo ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 06, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Rodents are known as common research models, but zebrafish have been gaining ground as an attractive alternative for man ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 07, 2018Health & Medicine
A diet with too much fat is not healthy. It increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and some kinds of ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 19, 2017Cancer
For disease as complex as cancer, knowing a single mutation is sometimes not enough. In the case of lethal brain tumors, ...DEC 30, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Gene Pathway Regulates Growth and Development of the Cerebral CortexWritten By: Jennifer EllisDEC 17, 2016Cancer
If a cancer is caused by the over-activation of proteins that enhance growth, then blocking these enzymes should stunt t ...NOV 15, 2016Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – November 15, 2016 – Autism is an agonizing puzzle, a complex mixture of genetic and environmen ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)OCT 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research and col ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 2, 2016 – A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), rev ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JUL 07, 2016Cancer
Ovarian cancer accounts for 3% of all cancers among women and is the 5th leading cause of cancer deaths for women in the ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJAN 31, 2016Genetics & Genomics
If you’ve ever taken a biology class, you have an understanding of what a gene is. You would be familiar with the ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAUG 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Carnegie Mellon University physicists Mathias Lösche and Frank Heinrich have led an international group of research ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 01, 2014Neuroscience
A therapy that combines salmon fibrin injections into the spinal cord and injections of a gene inhibitor into the brain ...
MAR 05, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
eEF1A's surprising tumor-suppressive role in breast cancer, offering a new upstream target
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
NOV 16, 2023
Immunology
Cancer is very difficult to treat due to various components that therapies must address to effectively kill or lyse tumo
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
FEB 18, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, show that a hormone known to
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 27, 2020
Cancer
Oncogenes, mutations in genes that promote cancer growth, have long been easy targets for cancer research due to the dir
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
DEC 22, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Ohio State University have developed a new gene therapy that makes use of exosomes, fluid sacs released i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 19, 2019
Cancer
New research published recently in Science is putting more greens on your table. To be specific, more broccoli, cauliflo
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 06, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Rodents are known as common research models, but zebrafish have been gaining ground as an attractive alternative for man
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2018
Health & Medicine
A diet with too much fat is not healthy. It increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and some kinds of
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 19, 2017
Cancer
For disease as complex as cancer, knowing a single mutation is sometimes not enough. In the case of lethal brain tumors,
...
DEC 30, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Gene Pathway Regulates Growth and Development of the Cerebral Cortex
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 17, 2016
Cancer
If a cancer is caused by the over-activation of proteins that enhance growth, then blocking these enzymes should stunt t
...
NOV 15, 2016
Neuroscience
JUPITER, FL – November 15, 2016 – Autism is an agonizing puzzle, a complex mixture of genetic and environmen
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
OCT 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research done at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Diabetes Research and col
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 2, 2016 – A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), rev
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JUL 07, 2016
Cancer
Ovarian cancer accounts for 3% of all cancers among women and is the 5th leading cause of cancer deaths for women in the
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JAN 31, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
If you’ve ever taken a biology class, you have an understanding of what a gene is. You would be familiar with the
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
AUG 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Carnegie Mellon University physicists Mathias Lösche and Frank Heinrich have led an international group of research
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 01, 2014
Neuroscience
A therapy that combines salmon fibrin injections into the spinal cord and injections of a gene inhibitor into the brain
...