The matrix fibronectin protein is a multifunctional adhesive molecule that promotes migration and invasiveness of many tumors including melanomas. Increased fibronectin synthesis has been associated ...

APOE4 strongly increases the risk of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease. Yet some carriers evade the disease entirely. Now, scientists led by Richard Mayeux, Caghan Kizil, and Badri Vardarajan of Columbia ...

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a neurocutaneous disorder that presents with a facial port-wine stain and a leptomeningeal angioma. Fibronectin expression regulates angiogenesis and vasculogenesis and ...

New research overseen by University of Colorado Cancer Center member Rebecca Schweppe, PhD, could lead to improved treatment for people with thyroid cancer characterized by a mutation in the BRAF gene ...

The discovery that wounds in the fetus can heal without scarring has prompted scientists to work on designing new biomaterials. A multi-institutional research group of engineers, chemists and ...