Newsroom
February 17, 2012
…Stories of a Migrant Child” recalls her experiences growing up in a family of migrant farm workers, makes public appearances in San Antonio. The author as a child in a…
January 24, 2012
…cell carcinomas before they manifest clinically. Kidney cancer is the sixth-leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. Every year 40,000 Americans are diagnosed with kidney cancer and about 12,000…
January 24, 2012
…— such as major depressive disorder or alcoholism — or in response to repeated drug treatment. The biology of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that enables communication among brain cells, is a…
January 19, 2012
…RNA-binding proteins are key regulators in all cellular processes from splicing to translation. Changes that affect either their function or expression levels can have dramatic consequences to protein production and…
January 11, 2012
…more kids in ongoing clinical trials – their best hope for a cure. Worldwide, more than 160,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year and it remains the leading cause…
January 2, 2012
…regulation of blood glucose. “We have found a way to decrease matrix protein synthesis, which is a problem in diabetes,” Dr. Kasinath said. Because the studies are limited to cells,…