Month: November 2017

A recent study by University of Kentucky BREATHE (Bridging Research Efforts and Advocacy Toward Healthy Environments) researchers shows that fewer ...

HPV vaccine is effective, safe 10 years after it’s given

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 29, 2017) - A decade of data on hundreds of ...

Cancer researcher receives China’s highest award for foreign experts

Credit: China Friendship Award Professor Nick Lemoine from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has been awarded the China Friendship ...

UTSW scientists take early step to personalized breast cancer care

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Nov. 28, 2017 - UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a method to map ...

Urban American-Indian, Alaskan natives may have lower survival following invasive cancer

Bottom Line: Compared with the non-Hispanic white (NHW) population, the urban American-Indian and Alaskan Native (AIAN) community was more likely ...

Scientists find natural mimetics of anti-cancer & anti-aging drugs metformin and rapamycin

Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, London, UK: Researchers from the Biogerontology Research Foundation, Insilico Medicine, Life Extension and ...

Diabetes and obesity together responsible for nearly 800,000 cancers worldwide

The study, led by Imperial College London, found that nearly six per cent of new worldwide cancer cases in 2012 ...

Researchers trace timeline of tumor evolution in metastatic breast cancer patients

Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - A new study by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the ...

Patrick M. Woster, Ph.D., among 2017 cohort of AAAS Fellows

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Patrick M. Woster, Ph.D. of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is among ...

New technique reduces side-effects, improves delivery of chemotherapy nanodrugs

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new method for delivering chemotherapy nanodrugs that increases the ...

Albert Einstein College of Medicine and John Theurer Cancer Center receive $6.4 million NIH grant to identify breast cancer biomarkers

Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine November 28, 2017--(BRONX, NY)--Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, and ...

Decoding the molecular mechanisms of ovarian cancer progression

(PHILADELPHIA) -- Ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy in the United States, resulting in an estimated 14,100 deaths ...

Gastric cancer: A new strategy used by Helicobacter pylori to target mitochondria

Credit: © Laurent Chatre - CNRS/Institut Pasteur Helicobacter pylori is a bacterial pathogen that colonizes the stomach of approximately half ...

This ‘sweet spot’ could improve Melanoma diagnosis

Credit: Florida Atlantic University Too much, too little, just right. It might seem like a line from "Goldilocks and the ...

Abbreviated breast MRI may be additional screening option for dense breasts

CHICAGO -- Among women with dense breast tissue, for whom traditional mammograms are less effective at detecting cancer, who request ...

Experts urge Europe to start planning for lung cancer screening

Leading lung cancer specialists are urging EU countries to take action to initiate life-saving lung cancer screening programmes as soon ...

Naloxone administered in the field by EMS personnel safe for reversing opioid overdose

1. Naloxone administered in the field by EMS personnel is safe and effective for reversing opioid overdose More research needed ...

Promising target for treating brain tumors in children

Findings published in Oncotarget offer new hope for children with highly aggressive brain tumors like atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) and ...

SLU researchers discover BRCA cancer cells’ last defense

Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- In a new paper published in Nature Communications, a team led by Saint ...

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