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cell & molecular biology, cancer

Top 7 in Genomics & Genetics
Bob Grant | Jul 19, 2011 | 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in genomics, genetics, and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
Radical Reversal
Megan Scudellari | Jul 6, 2011 | 3 min read
Free radicals, widely believed to promote cancer, may actually slow tumor growth.
Top 7 in Cancer Biology
Bob Grant | Jul 6, 2011 | 3 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in cancer biology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
Ovarian cancer forces into new tissues
Jessica P. Johnson | Jun 14, 2011 | 2 min read
Ovarian tumor cells use cellular movement proteins to penetrate protective cell layers surrounding new target tissues during metastasis.
Drugs target cancer stem cells
Bob Grant | Jun 6, 2011 | 1 min read
New compounds are showing promise in targeting subpopulations of cancer stem cells.
An Insoluble Problem?
Robert Michael Stroud | May 26, 2011 | 4 min read
The challenges of crystallizing membrane proteins—and how they’re being overcome.
The “Me Decade” of Cancer
Sarah Greene | Apr 1, 2011 | 3 min read
Drugs that target specific tumors are harbingers of a new era of genetically informed medicine.
Where Cancer and Inflammation Intersect
Giorgio Trinchieri | Apr 1, 2011 | 1 min read
Recent clinical trials have reignited the interest in simple anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin for controlling the inflammation associated with cancer. 
An Aspirin for your Cancer?
Giorgio Trinchieri | Apr 1, 2011 | 10+ min read
Can tumors—which can originate from, and often resemble, chronically inflamed tissue—be curtailed using familiar anti-inflammatory agents, without their side effects?
Fountain of Youth?
Richard P. Grant | Mar 31, 2011 | 3 min read
Preston Estep discusses the role that telomeres play in the aging process.
Losers Fight Back
Richard P. Grant | Feb 1, 2011 | 2 min read
Editor's choice in developmental biology
Down but Not Out
Richard P. Grant | Jan 31, 2011 | 3 min read
Cells on standby are surprisingly busy.
Jeremy Reiter: Hunting for Cilia
Cristina Luiggi | Dec 31, 2010 | 3 min read
Assistant professor of biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco. Age: 39
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