Month: December 2016

A number of genetic variants associated with susceptibility to oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer have been described in an international ...

LONDON, ON - The Retinoblastoma protein (pRB) has long been studied for its role in cell growth and the prevention ...

Credit: Courtesy photos provided by the winners Winners of the 2017 EurekAlert! Fellowships for International Science Reporters say the opportunity ...

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Michael Pirrung, a distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside, has ...

WASHINGTON - Although residential and commercial industries are widely adopting energy-efficient light emitting diodes (LEDs), the drop in LED prices ...

A study of three genes associated with the development of prostate cancer found that men with inherited mutations in these ...

Considerable evidence has indicated that the drug metformin, used for more than 50 years to treat type 2 diabetes, also ...

NEW YORK NY (December 15, 2016)--Gastric tumors are started by specialized cells in the stomach that signal nerves to make ...

The same signal that drives aggressive growth in a deadly cancer cell type also triggers coping mechanisms that make it ...

Credit: University of Huddersfield "...the device allows early assessment of the effects of drugs, speeding up the adoption of those ...

In recent years, researchers have identified specific gene mutations linked to gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), which primarily occur in the ...

Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce NASA gathered rainfall data on Tropical Cyclone Vardah from its birth in the ...

WASHINGTON - To ensure the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) is responsive to changing environmental conditions like climate change and ...

Credit: The University of Gothenburg Neural stem cells have been found in epileptic brain tissue--outside the regions of the brain ...

Credit: Karen Hardy Bits of wood recovered from a 1.2-million-year-old tooth found at an excavation site in northern Spain indicate ...

What combinations of mutations help cancer cells survive? Which cells in the brain are involved in the onset of Alzheimer's? ...

The Sobek Foundation honors Professor Ari Waisman for his groundbreaking achievements in research into multiple sclerosis (MS). His research results ...

E-cigarette vapour does not damage DNA, even at doses 28 times that of equivalent smoke exposure. Scientists at British American ...

Credit: EBD-CSIC Spanish scientists have sequenced the genome of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), currently one of the world's most ...

Credit: Photo courtesy of Zeb Hogan, University of Nevada, Reno. With 60 million people depending on its aquatic resources for ...