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The conversation around mental wellness is opening up in India. A nation of 1.4 billion people and the world’s fifth-largest economy requires not only intense discussion on this erstwhile taboo subject but also requires vivid action to take care of the mental health of its huge population. One of the primary factors for urgent action […]Read More...

Control of most bodily functions depends on the ability of cells to talk to each other. We have long known about two routes for cell-to-cell communication: the nervous system and the secretion of hormones. Over the past five years scientists recognized an important third route of communication based on exosomes-tiny sacs or vesicles containing protein […]Read More...

A new study by researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center sheds light on how a critical protein, known as CUX1, plays a significant role as a gatekeeper for keeping t-MNs from developing. This research, led by the laboratory of Megan McNerney, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, could help scientists develop new methods for treating these secondary cancers, which are expected to increase in incidence as more and more patients survive initial bouts of cancer.Read More...