ASCO: Oncologists see benefit of medical marijuana, but not comfortable prescribing
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American Society for Clinical...
Scientists identify a novel strategy to fight viral infections and cancer in animal model
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - May 30, 2019 - A potential therapeutic strategy to treat viral infection and boost immunity against cancer...
ASCO: Entrectinib gets edge over crizotinib against ROS1+ lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Crizotinib and entrectinib are both active against ROS1+ non-small cell lung cancer. But which...
Church, couch, couple: Social psychological connections between people and physical space
Washington, DC - Societies and people have reshaped the world many times over. From building cities and communities that live...
LSU health research finds new RX target for common STD
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Research led by Ashok Aiyar, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology...
Scientists engineer unique ‘glowing’ protein
Credit: Vera Nazarenko et al. Biophysicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have joined forces with colleagues from...
Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation announces the first award recipients of its Diagnostics Accelerator Program
First award recipients of $50 Million research program -- created to address urgent need for rapid, affordable, and easy-to-use diagnostic...
Boston College biologist awarded grant by the Knights Templar Eye Foundation
$65,000 award will support research into parasite toxoplasma gondiiCredit: Peter Julian/Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. (5/30/2019) - Boston College biologist...
Fishing among worst jobs for health
People working in the fishing industry have among the poorest health of all workers in England and Wales, new research...
Insilico Medicine to present at the CogX Festival of AI and Emerging Technology
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, May 30, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing...
Unknown mini-proteins in the heart
Credit: Franziska Trnka, MDC A team led by Professor Norbert Hübner's MDC research group has observed the human heart cells'...
NICER’s night moves trace the X-ray sky
Credit: NASA/NICER In this image, numerous sweeping arcs seem to congregate at various bright regions. You may wonder: What is...
Scientists demonstrate plant stress memory and adaptation capabilities
Credit: Victor Bulgakov Russian and Taiwanese scientists have discovered a connection between the two signalling systems that help plants survive...
‘Slothbot’ takes a leisurely approach to environmental monitoring
Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech For environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, infrastructure maintenance and certain security applications, slow and energy efficient...
IU cancer researcher, collaborators earn $4.1 million grant from Cancer Moonshot
Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering INDIANAPOLIS -- A team of researchers from Indiana University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have...
Resistance to Fusarium head blight holding in Illinois, study says
Credit: Fred Kolb, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Illinois wheat growers, take heart. A new University of Illinois study...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope emerges successfully from final thermal vacuum test
Credit: Northrop Grumman NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has successfully cleared another critical testing milestone, taking this ambitious observatory one...
Novel protocol significantly improves outcomes in locally advanced pancreatic cancer
Combination of intensive chemotherapy, radiation therapy and blood-pressure drug losartan allows surgical removal of previously unresectable tumors, extends patient survival...
Towards a new era of small animal imaging research
A collaborative study between McGill University and the University of Antwerp allows PET scanning on animals without the use of...
Dyson-Hudson receives grant to study treatment for shoulder injuries in wheelchair users
The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research awarded a $549,000 grant to Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD, of Kessler Foundation; the...
