People with leukemia and their oncologists have vastly different perceptions of prognosis
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A study of 100 people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) receiving chemotherapy found that patient and physician...
Yoga can be an effective supportive therapy for people with lung cancer and their caregivers
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - In a feasibility trial of people with advanced lung cancer receiving radiation therapy, and their caregivers, yoga...
Resilience intervention improves well-being in young patients with cancer
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A new randomized clinical trial of a pilot program found that a brief in-person intervention can improve...
Researchers test first drug to prevent the onset of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
Credit: IDIBELL IDIBELL Researchers of the Neuro-Oncology Unit of Bellvitge University Hospital - Catalan Institute of Oncology, led by Dr....
Paul Tesar receives 2017 New York Stem Cell Foundation — Robertson Stem Cell Prize
The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) announced today that Paul Tesar, DPhil, is the 2017 recipient of the NYSCF...
Single nanoparticle mapping paves the way for better nanotechnology
Credit: Svetlana Alekseeva Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the Technical University of Denmark have developed a method that...
Antibiotics from a ‘molecular pencil sharpener’
Credit: Dmitry Ghilarov/Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology and David Lawson/John Innes Centre Picture a brand-new, unsharpened pencil. The graphite...
Self-esteem mapped in the human brain
A team of UCL researchers has devised a mathematical equation that can explain how our self-esteem is shaped by what...
New self-regulating nanoparticles could treat cancer
Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed 'intelligent' nanoparticles which heat up to a temperature high enough to kill...
Insilico to present on the practical applications of the pharmaceutical AI for metabesity
Credit: Insilico Medicine,Inc. Tuesday, 10.24.2017, Baltimore, MD, Insilico Medicine, a leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is pleased to...
NEHI urges prompt action to enable value-based contracts for innovative, high cost cancer therapies
Credit: NEHI Oct. 24, 2017, WASHINGTON, D -- NEHI (the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation) called today for a...
Auxin tells the stem cells to stop growing and the gynoecium to start forming in flowers
Credit: Toshiro Ito (Nara, Japan) Many human and animal foodstuffs, such as grains and fruits, derive from flowering plants. Flowers...
New study explores dried cranberries’ effect on gut health
CARVER, Mass., October 24, 2017 - Researchers from the University of Wisconsin - Madison evaluated whether one simple addition to...
New way to prevent unfavorable intestinal microbiota
Credit: Hokkaido University The trillions of microbes living in a mammal's intestine play an important role in the host's metabolism...
Cleaning marine litter in the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea
Credit: Michael Prevenios, HCMR Newly funded, EU Horizon 2020 project targets increasing pollution in marine areas by focusing on the...
Novel histone modifications couple metabolism to gene activity
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) have...
UBC researchers create definitive method to detect wildfire tainted wine grapes
Credit: Nathan Skolski, UBC Okanagan Wine producers and grape growers have a new, powerful tool at their disposal to help...
New combination therapy of registered drugs shortens anti-Wolbachia therapy
Researchers from LSTM's Research Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics have found a way of significantly reducing the treatment required for...
High-speed locomotion neurons found in the brainstem
A clearly defined subpopulation of neurons in the brainstem is essential to execute locomotion at high speeds. Interestingly, these high-speed...
$65.5 million from NIH to create brain atlas
Credit: David Stafford and Rebecca Chance, UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is partnering with the Allen Institute for...
