Cancer cells force normal cells to mimic viruses to help tumors spread, resist treatment
PHILADELPHIA - In a study that could explain why some breast cancers are more aggressive than others, researchers say they...
Diet rich in tomatoes cuts skin cancer in half in mice
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Daily tomato consumption appeared to cut the development of skin cancer tumors by half in a mouse...
Using a microRNA to shift the makeup of glioblastoma subtypes
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), an extremely aggressive brain cancer, is a very complex disease. It is characterized by a fast-growing tumor...
Mountaintop coal mining causes appalachian rivers to run ‘consistently saltier’
Credit: Fabian Nippgen Mountaintop-removal coal mining causes many streams and rivers in Appalachia to run consistently saltier for up to...
Kessler Foundation researchers awarded grants by NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research
Credit: Kessler Foundation Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, Peii Chen, PhD, Ekaterina Dobyrakova, PhD, and Soha Saleh, PhD, all of Kessler Foundation,...
Stand Up To Cancer, St. Baldrick’s Foundation hail green light for CAR T cell therapy
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer Stand Up To Cancer and the St. Baldrick's Foundation welcomed the Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee's...
Endangered Cuban crocodiles come home
Credit: André Baumgarten/WCS HAVANA, Cuba (July 13, 2017) - Experts from WCS's Global Conservation Programs and WCS's Bronx Zoo assisted...
Research as Art Awards 2017: Fifteen extraordinary images shed light on the beauty and diversity of research
Credit: Ruth Callaway, Swansea University Fifteen stunning images, and the fascinating stories behind them -- such as how a barn...
Top international award for UNSW Sydney climate scientist
Credit: UNSW The prestigious Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica for 2017 has been awarded to (University of...
Singapore scientists pave way for better juvenile arthritis diagnosis & treatment outcome prediction
Singapore, 14 July 2017 - A team of scientists and doctors from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) has...
Internists reaffirm ‘strongest opposition possible’ to revised BRCA
Washington (July 13, 2017)--On behalf of the American College of Physicians (ACP), today ACP wrote Senate leaders to reaffirm our...
Surgery for early prostate cancer may not save lives
Credit: Washington University School of Medicine A major 20-year study provides further evidence that prostate cancer surgery offers negligible benefits...
FDA advisory committee recommends first-ever CAR-T gene therapy treatment for cancer
Credit: Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Today the FDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, an independent panel of experts, voted unanimously...
New approach to leukemia can help improve successful treatment
New University of Liverpool research, presented at an international conference, confirms that a novel approach to the treatment of chronic...