Reproducibility, Rare Cancers and More….

Surfing the web, I uncovered these new items worth sharing:

  • Nature recently published survey results on the subject of reproducibility of scientific experiments.   Hear what the scientists divulged:
  • Scientists from the National Cancer Institute have made new discoveries using technology called cryo-EM (cryo-electron microscopy) where they were able to capture images of glutamate dehydrogenase, an enzyme found in cells with a level of atomic detail.  They were also able to demonstrate cancer target proteins, too small to view in the past. A discussion of these findings was published in Cell.
  • NIH Research suggests that rare cancers may share symptoms with ADHD in the pediatric population. The specific tumors that have been shown to mimic symptoms of ADHD are pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Read more on this research in Hormone and Metabolic Research.