Optimizing technologies for discovering cancer cell mutations
Cancer cells often have mutations in their DNA that can give scientists clues about how the cancer started or which...
Significant amount of cancer-causing chemicals stays in lungs during e-cigarette use
Credit: Cat Allison/Nevada Momentum. E-cigarettes have become increasingly popular as a smoke-free alternative to conventional tobacco cigarettes, but the health...
Barrow receives largest grant in history to seek cure for deadly brain cancer
Credit: Barrow Neurological Institute Barrow Neurological Institute has initiated a $50 million effort, supported by the single largest research grant...
Decoding robotic surgery skills
Credit: Van Urfalian LOS ANGELES - Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are looking to technology to...
VTCRI research team identifies a potential strategy in fight against brain cancer
Scientists with the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute say a gene involved in the body's circadian rhythms is a potential...
New genetic compound marker could help early diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer
A research team at the University of Turku in Finland discovered a link between the interplay of certain simultaneously occurring...
Industry-certified masks offer better protection from volcanic ash exposure
Credit: Tri Wahyudi Industry-certified particle masks are most effective at protecting people from volcanic ash, whilst commonly used surgical masks...
Newborns with congenital heart disease have enlarged kidneys
The hearts and brains of babies born with congenital heart disease are not the only organs affected by this common...
Towards a better understanding of how colon cancer develops and progresses
Researchers from the University of Luxembourg have discovered a molecular mechanism that is responsible for the spread of cancer cells...
Treating sleep apnea greatly improves stroke patients’ neurological & functional recovery
INDIANAPOLIS - A large study has found that commencing treatment for sleep apnea as soon as possible after a stroke...
Unusual biosynthetic pathway offers a key to future natural product discovery
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer Bacteria are master engineers of small, biologically useful molecules. A new study in Nature Communications has...
Inhaled version of blood pressure drug shows promise in treating anxiety, pain
TORONTO (September 11, 2018) - An inhaled form of a high blood pressure medication has potential to treat certain types...
Microbe scientist Jessica Metcalf receives early-career award
Credit: Colorado State University Who runs the world? According to Jessica Metcalf, it's definitely microbes. The associate professor in the...
Majority of women receive breast cancer diagnosis over the phone
A new study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine reveals an increasing number of women are learning about...
Study reveals which transgender teens have highest suicide risk
Research has shown that transgender adolescents are at greater risk for attempting suicide than cisgender teens, who identify with the...
A new study examines use of twitter to spread or debunk conspiracy theories
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 10, 2018--Researchers investigating the use of Twitter to propagate or...
AGA expands workforce and research diversity work with NIH grant
Bethesda, MD (Sept. 11, 2018) -- Building on a longstanding commitment to developing diversity in the biomedical science research workforce,...
Immunology
Mononuclear phagocytes can both promote and inhibit inflammation. A Team from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich has now shown that individual...
‘Evil’ proteins a force for good in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
Credit: Kris Hanning, UAHS BioCommunications Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States, striking 1...
Changes in mitochondrial DNA control how nuclear DNA mutations are expressed in cardiomyopathy
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Differences in the DNA within the mitochondria, the energy-producing structures within cells, can determine the...
