New blood test developed to diagnose ovarian cancer
Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to develop a ...
Month: October 2017
Cleveland Clinic earns NCI grant to develop novel disease models of colorectal cancer
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, Cleveland: Cleveland Clinic researcher Emina Huang, M.D., a colorectal surgeon in the Digestive Disease and Surgery ...
‘Protect your eyes while on the slopes,’ scientists warn
Credit: University of Liverpool Snow fanatics are no doubt aware of the risk of getting sunburnt on the slopes, but ...
Experts call for virtual European cancer institute/infrastructure
A new article that addresses the challenges of cancer proposes combining innovative prevention and treatment strategies in a state-of-the-art virtual ...
US cancer drug costs increasing despite competition, new research shows
NEW YORK...October 31 - Anticancer drug costs in the United States increase substantially after launch regardless of competition, according to ...
Surveillance safe for non-cancerous breast lesion typically treated surgically
CHICAGO (October 31, 2017): The detection of certain non-cancerous "high risk" breast lesions can lead to surgical treatment in women, ...
University of Seville researchers reveal the role of a DNA repair mechanism
Credit: University of Seville Researchers from the University of Seville, in collaboration with the Genome Damage and Stability Centre of ...
‘Precision medicine’ for cancer patients may not always be so precise
A new study finds that precision medicine for oncology -- genetic testing to determine the best drug treatment for each ...
Research suggests new way to treat inflammatory gut disease and prevent rejection of bone marrow transplants
A new study explains how a widely used drug is effective against inflammatory bowel disease and rejection of bone marrow ...
Long-term aspirin use reduces the incidence of digestive cancers by up to 47 percent
Credit: UEG (Barcelona, Oct. 31, 2017) The long-term use of aspirin has been shown to significantly reduce the incidence of ...
Bacteria eradication reduces gastric cancer risk by 22 percent in over-60s, new research shows
Credit: UEG (Barcelona, Oct. 31, 2017) Treating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection of the stomach could lead to a marked ...
Aliens may be more like us than we think
Hollywood films and science fiction literature fuel the belief that aliens are other-worldly, monster-like beings, who are very different to ...
MSU biologists discovered the pathways of groups of the lophophore
Credit: Aleksander Semenov Scientists from Moscow State University have proved that lophophorates - the invertebrates with special tentacular apparatus - ...
INRS to upgrade its tomography and ultrafast dynamic imaging facilities
Studying geological reservoirs in near "real world" conditions, monitoring the behavior of hydrocarbons around sea ice, better understanding how chemical ...
Why do some head knocks cause more damage than others?
Credit: Pinton Lab, UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, NC - Veteran sailors know that rogue waves can rise suddenly in mid-ocean ...
Humans don’t use as much brainpower as we like to think
Credit: Image by Arianna Harrington, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. -- For years, scientists assumed that humans devote a larger share ...
Tracking mosquitoes with your cellphone
Credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service It's a sound that can keep even the weariest among us from falling asleep: the ...
Little-known fruits contain powerful anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant agents
According to a study supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation five fruit trees native to the Atlantic Rainforest have ...
Mini-microscopes reveal brain circuitry behind social behavior
Credit: Catherine Dulac Lab Tiny microscopes mounted on mice's heads have given researchers a peek into the neural circuitry of ...
Young bats learn bat ‘dialects’ from their nestmates
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that young bats adopt a specific "dialect" spoken by their own colonies, even ...
