Novel discoveries on aggressive NK-cell leukemia pave the way for new treatments
International research consortium led by researchers from the University of Helsinki, Finland, discovered new information related to a rare form...
More students report carrying guns in Chicago than New York or Los Angeles
Credit: Northwestern Medicine CHICAGO --- More students report carrying guns in Chicago than in New York or Los Angeles, a...
Chip-based blood test for multiple myeloma could make bone biopsies a relic of the past
Credit: University of Kansas | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- The diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting...
Blowfly uses saliva to keep cool
On warm days the Oriental latrine blowfly (Chrysomya megacephala) keeps cool by moving a droplet of saliva repeatedly in and...
Drug combination targeting HSP90 and BRAF is safe and effective in advanced melanoma
TAMPA, Fla. - Patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma have been able to live longer cancer-free lives because of several...
GLUT5 fluorescent probe fingerprints cancer cells
Credit: Tanasova, Rao/Michigan Tech Determining the presence of cancer, as well as its type and malignancy, is a stressful process...
UPV/EHU researchers account for the complex symptoms of Angelman syndrome
The group, led by the Ikerbasque professor Ugo Mayor of the UPV/EHU's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has just...
Pregnant moms and their offspring should limit added sugars in their diets to protect childhood cognition
Ann Arbor, April 19, 2018 - A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has determined that...
IU psychologist awarded $1.7 million to study early child language learning
Credit: Photo by Chris Meyer, IU Communications. An Indiana University psychologist has been awarded $1.7 million from the National Institutes...
Ann McKee named to TIME’S Annual List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World
(Boston) -TIME magazine has named Ann McKee, MD, Chief of Neuropathology, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Director of the BU...
Does concussion recovery and symptom severity differ between men and women?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 19, 2018--A new study comparing male and female athletes examined...
Researchers use imaging technology to screen for colorectal cancer in young adults
BOSTON-- Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the country. While the rates of colorectal cancer...
Study provides video evidence of parental infanticide in a grassland bird species
Credit: Scott Nelson URBANA, Ill. - Baby birds go missing from their nests all the time. Usually, the disappearances are...
Penn Medicine’s Carl June named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - TIME named University of Pennsylvania cancer and HIV gene therapy pioneer Carl June, MD, to...
Homemade microscope reveals how a cancer-causing virus clings to our DNA
Credit: M. Mitchell Smith, University of Virginia School of Medicine Using a homemade, high-tech microscope, scientists at the University of...
Spider silk key to new bone-fixing composite
Credit: Image courtesy of Bryant Heimbach/UConn University of Connecticut researchers have created a biodegradable composite made of silk fibers that...
Smartphone app successfully promotes child car seat safety
A smartphone app designed to promote proper child car seat use among parents proved effective in a study led by...
Young victims of cyberbullying twice as likely to attempt suicide and self-harm
Credit: Swansea University Children and young people under 25 who are victims of cyberbullying are more than twice as likely...
Landmark study links tumor evolution to prostate cancer severity
Toronto (April 19, 2018) - Findings from Canadian Prostate Cancer Genome Network (CPC-GENE) researchers and their collaborators, published today in...
Study may explain why some triple-negative breast cancers are resistant to chemotherapy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive form of the disease accounting for 12 to...
