Articles by Delthia Ricks
Medical Xpress / Deadly 'two-faced' protein drives cancer growth, cripples T-cell avengers
Scientists have deciphered a key strategy of cancer cells that allows them to outfox the immune system and enhance the odds of their survival by employing a deadly "two-faced protein" that is reminiscent of a two-faced figure ...
Medical Xpress / How microbes hack into cells and why cancer drugs might block them
No matter the pathogen—virus, bacterium or fungus—many "pick a specific type of lock" on the surface of cells, which allows the microbe to break and enter into the inner sanctum of the host's genome.
Medical Xpress / CAR T cell therapy: On the cusp of 'an immunotherapy revolution'?
A deeper understanding of the immune system's role in controlling cancer has helped drive "an immunotherapy revolution," offering hope for many patients with previously incurable cancers, including children, doctors have ...
Medical Xpress / First comprehensive structural data on a key flu protein—it's central to infection
Influenza A viruses spawn epidemics, global pandemics and sweeping outbreaks that kill millions of birds, yet only now have flu scientists obtained comprehensive, high-resolution structural data on a protein that is key to ...
Medical Xpress / How circadian rhythms underlie energy production in the 'good form of fat'
Circadian rhythms orchestrate a vast number of life's processes through the activity of a 24-hour internal clock: hormone flow, blood pressure, sleep and wake cycles, and even the timing of hibernation among marmots and bears, ...
Medical Xpress / Heart regeneration: Scientists uncloak one of nature's deepest secrets
The long-sought Holy Grail for heart attack patients has been a method to regenerate healthy new tissue, but the basic building blocks required to remodel an injured heart have remained elusive—until now.
Medical Xpress / Does a prion hypothesis explain Parkinson's? The jury is still out
In recent years, neuroscientists have debated whether prion-like activity damages the brain in people with Parkinson's, but scientists in Japan, after an exhaustive analysis, report no evidence of misfolded, transmissable ...
Medical Xpress / How the brain 'approximates' without actually counting
From the time of early infancy, humans are endowed with the capacity to approximate the number of objects in their visual field, an ability that continues throughout life and may underlie the development of more complex mathematical ...
