A new T-cell population for cancer immunotherapy
Scientists at the University of Basel in Switzerland have, for the first time, described a new T cell population that ...
Where body fat is carried can predict cancer risk
Scientists have found that carrying fat around your middle could be as good an indicator of cancer risk as body ...
Increased lysyl oxidase may be a significant contributor to heart disease and cancer
It's known that people with high blood pressure have increased levels of the enzyme lysyl oxidase (LOX), but it has ...
Brain microenvironment makes HER2-positive breast cancer metastases resistant to treatment
While target therapies directed toward genetic mutations that drive a tumor's growth have significantly improved the outlook for many patients, ...
The birth and death of a tectonic plate
Credit: Dave O'Gorman Several hundred miles off the Pacific Northwest coast, a small tectonic plate called the Juan de Fuca ...
New brain mapping tool produces higher resolution data during brain surgery
Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Researchers have developed a new device to map the brain during ...
A CLOUD of possibilities: Finding new therapies by combining drugs
Credit: © Nature Chemical Biology / Stefan Kubicek (Vienna, May 22, 2017) Two drugs taken together can sometimes lead to ...
Tracking cancer’s signaling pathways
Malignant melanoma is one of the most common and dangerous types of cancer. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) investigated ...
Study offers guidance for targeting residual ovarian tumors
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Most women diagnosed with ovarian cancer undergo surgery to remove as many of the tumors as possible. ...
BU researcher receives entrepreneur award from the American Thoracic Society
(Boston) -- Avrum Spira, MD, MSc, professor of medicine, pathology and bioinformatics at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), is ...
Printed, flexible and rechargeable battery can power wearable sensors
Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the first printed ...
Oyster farming to benefit from new genetic screening tool
Oyster farmers are set to benefit from a new genetic tool that will help to prevent disease outbreaks and improve ...
Better science faster
In 2012, scientists at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) launched the Ocean Health Index ...
Cryobank of biotechnological plant material has been opened in the Moscow State University
In the new cryodepository, first it is planned to place duplicates of the most valuable samples from the collection of ...
Going with the flow: The forces that affect species’ movements in a changing climate
Credit: García Molinos et al., Scientific Reports, May 2, 2017 Ocean currents affect how climate change impacts movements of species ...
Measured for the first time: Direction of light waves changed by quantum effect
Credit: TU Wien A light wave sent through empty space always oscillates in the same direction. However, certain materials can ...
New Springer book: Guerilla Science by Ernesto Altshuler
Credit: Springer Like the ants he studies, author Ernesto Altshuler has thrived by flirting with chaos. With the demise of ...
Physicists discover mechanism behind granular capillary effect
Credit: Fengxian Fan, Eric Parteli, Thorsten Pöschel Dipping a tube into a container filled with water will make the water ...
Zika spread secrets tracked through new gene sequencing study
An international research collaboration studying the genetics of Zika virus in Brazil and beyond has provided a new understanding of ...
Immunotherapy target suppresses pain to mask cancer
Credit: Ru-Rong Ji Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Once hailed as a breakthrough in cancer treatment, immunotherapies are now ...
