SU2C researchers find promising treatment strategy for stage 1-3 NSCL cancer patients
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer A new, innovative approach to lung cancer treatment in which immunotherapy is administered prior to...
Precancerous colon polyps in patients with Lynch syndrome exhibit immune activation
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Colon polyps from patients with Lynch syndrome, a hereditary condition that raises colorectal...
Drug reduces size of some lung cancer tumors, relapse rate after surgery
Credit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center A drug given to early stage lung cancer patients before they undergo surgery showed...
Education, not income, the best predictor of a long life
Credit: © Lutz/Kebede Rising income and the subsequent improved standards of living have long been thought to be the most...
How our senses connect with the stress system
Life needs stimulation. However, overstimulation can cause exhaustion and illness. During specific sensitive periods early in life, stress can even...
Chemical sleuthing leads to detection of little-known flame retardant in the environment
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Chemists at Indiana University have published research findings on their discovery of a new and relatively unknown...
Better education during childhood decreases risk of dementia in African-Americans
Credit: Portrait Innovations/Valerie Smith-Gamble INDIANAPOLIS - A newly published observational study from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University has found...
Americans with a college education live longer without dementia and Alzheimer’s
Education gives people an edge in their later years, helping them to keep dementia at bay and their memories intact,...
Is it time to abandon the Nobel Prize?
In a commentary piece published in De Gruyter's journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, authors Clare Fiala and Eleftherios P....
Early life stress and depression associated with sleep disturbances
Early life stress, sleep disturbances and alterations in neuronal plasticity have been associated with depression, yet the relation between these...
Enigmatic gene critical for a healthy brain show University of Bath scientists
Credit: Francis Szele New research has shown how an unusual gene is needed for brain development in young mice. Since...
Hope for new treatment of severe epilepsy
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden believe they have found a method that in the future could help people suffering...
Lack of sleep leads to obesity in children and adolescents
Children who get less than the recommended amount of sleep for their age are at a higher risk of developing...
Articles provide updated guidance to authors submitting to the British Journal of Pharmacology
New editorials published in the British Journal of Pharmacology provide guidance for authors of papers submitted to the journal, with...
BESSY II sheds light on how the internal compass is constructed in magnetotactic bacteria
Credit: 10.1039/C7NR08493E Magnetotactic bacteria are usually found in freshwater and marine sediments. One species, Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense, is easily cultivated in...
New study discovers cancer-relevant protein shield
Researchers from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research have uncovered a new protein shield that aids in repairing...
Study examines accuracy of test for lymph node metastases in women with breast cancer
For patients diagnosed with breast cancer, determining whether cancer cells have spread to the axillary lymph nodes of the armpit...
New disease model to facilitate development of ALS and MS therapies
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new disease model for neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS and MS...
Screenings miss half of diabetic, prediabetic patients
CHICAGO - Screening patients for diabetes based solely on their age and weight - a recommendation from a leading medical...
Scientists uncover connection between post-natal sensory experiences and brain development
Credit: Zachary Hall/Univesity of Toronto TORONTO, ON (Canada) - New research by University of Toronto (U of T) neuroscientists sheds...
