How targeting metabolism can defeat cancer stem cells
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Researchers are the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer are unraveling a crucial thread...
Surgeons have substantial impact on genetic testing in breast cancer patients who need it
Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- For many women diagnosed with breast cancer, genetic testing can offer important...
Finding suggest HPV testing detects cervical pre-cancer earlier, more accurately than Pap smear
Bottom Line:Nearly all cervical cancers are associated with persistent cervical infection from cancer-related human papillomavirus (HPV) strains. Testing for HPV...
New tools used to identify childhood cancer genes
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 3, 2018 - Using a new computational strategy, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center...
Sylvester researcher uses HPV vaccine to treat patient with skin cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma is the second-most-common form of skin cancer. Evidence suggests the human papilloma virus plays a role in...
Shedding light on the energy-efficiency of photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is one of the most crucial life processes on earth. It's how plants get their food, using energy from...
Mutation and 3D modeling reveal new structure to cell division process
Credit: OIST Cell division is one of the most fundamental processes of biology. It's what allows all living things to...
Gulf stream eddies as a source of iron
Credit: Graphic: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Minuscule sea creatures like cyanobacteria need large amounts of trace elements...
NTU Singapore receives $16.4 million for its Wallenberg-NTU Fellowship to nurture young scientists
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the largest private financier of research in Sweden, is making a 50 million Swedish...
Study: Fungi and bacteria grow on body implants
A body implant provides a new habitat for bacteria and fungi, a new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen...
A perioral soft tissue evaluation after orthognathic surgery
Aesthetic surgeries are performed to correct the facial appearance, which can mean that these processes can sometimes create enormous changes...
Economic burden of fatty liver disease in US is $32 billion annually, new study finds
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, which affects roughly 100 million Americans, costs the United States...
Sub-fertility in men treated with ICSI associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer
Barcelona, 3 July 2018: Subfertile men who have received fertility treatment with the microinjection technique of ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection)...
New insight into the maturation of miRNAs
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) An international research team led by Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical...
Highly refined mineral oils in cosmetics
According to the EU cosmetics regulation, mineral oils are only permitted in cosmetics if the full refining history is known...
A promising new tool to measure antibodies against malaria
Credit: Pau Fabregat Antibodies against multiple Plasmodium falciparum proteins (or antigens) can be measured using a simple, accurate and reproducible...
Drugs that block structural changes to collagen could prevent lung fibrosis
Credit: Mark G. Jones Scientists have found that it is the structure of collagen, rather than the amount, that leads...
Analyzing effects of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) & polyethylene glycol (PEG)
Nowadays, the maintenance of wellbore stability is a very important activity in the drilling industry. Wellbore stability can be improved...
Spearfishing makes fishes more timid
Credit: David Mandos Fisheries scientists from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and international colleagues have studied...
Don’t sweat it: Scientists identify key step in production of BO
If this surprisingly hot British summer has you fighting off unwelcome armpit aromas, you'll be pleased to learn that science...
