DNA barcoding technology helping monitor health of all-important boreal forest
The Boreal forest is essential to Canada and the world, storing carbon, purifying water and air and regulating climate. But...
WSDS to showcase, propel research, address challenges for women in statistics, data science
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (October 6, 2017) - In an effort to expand opportunities for women who are under-represented in the technical...
Imaging agents developed to better monitor growth of tumors
Credit: University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) UAlberta researchers have created two new imaging agents that could help physicians visualize the...
CRI study challenges long-standing concept in cancer metabolism
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Oct. 5, 2017 - Scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern...
DSI professor conducts research to combat pancreatic cancer
Credit: DSI Tal Danino, a professor at the Data Science Institute, is conducting research that could help scientists combat the...
Good-guy bacteria may help cancer immunotherapies do their job
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Oct. 5, 2017 - Individuals with certain types of bacteria in their gut may be...
Scientists enlist supercomputers, machine learning to automatically identify brain tumors
Credit: Andreas Mang, Sameer Tharakan, Amir Gholami, Naveen Himthani, Shashank Subramanian, James Levitt, Muneeza Azmat, Klaudius Scheufele, Miriam Mehl, Christos...
New research on sperm stem cells has implications for male infertility and cancer
Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - New research from scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University...
‘Smart’ immune cells: Emerging cancer therapy research boosted with NIH award
Credit: Collins lab, UC Davis Assistant Professor Sean Collins, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the UC Davis College...
Global burden of disease study focuses on liver cancer
A new article published by JAMA Oncology reports the results of the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study on primary...
Why can’t mTOR inhibitors kill cancer? Study explains
Credit: McGill University and Masahiro Morita, Ph.D. Anti-cancer drugs called mTOR inhibitors slow the growth of cancer cells but show...
Researchers identify genetic drivers of most common form of lymphoma
DURHAM, N.C. -- Lymphoma is the most common blood cancer, but the diagnosis belies a wildly diverse and little understood...
Genomic screening helps doctors target girl’s cancer
Credit: Sarah Pack Victoria Thompson, clutching a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips while she watches the TV show...
Anti-RAS antibodies show poor reliability in recognizing RAS proteins
Researchers from the Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio co-authored a paper published Sept. 26 in...
Neuro-Oncologist Dr. Howard Fine wins NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Credit: John Abbott NEW YORK (October 5, 2017) -- Internationally renowned neuro-oncologist Dr. Howard A. Fine of Weill Cornell Medicine...
Study highlights 10 most unnecessary and overused medical tests and treatments
Unnecessary medication. Tests that don't reveal the problem, or uncover a "problem" that isn't really there. Procedures that have more...
Stealing from the body: How cancer recharges its batteries
New research published today uncovers how the blood cancer 'steals' parts of surrounding healthy bone marrow cells to thrive, in...
Discovery of a new fusion gene class may affect the development of cancer
A fusion gene occurs when a chromosomal break brings two separate genes together into a new functioning gene. So far,...
NY State Medicaid expansion widened racial gap in access to high-quality cancer surgery
WASHINGTON -- The 2001 New York State Medicaid expansion -- what is considered a precursor to the Affordable Care (ACA)...
A novel textile material that keeps itself germ-free
Credit: Surfaceskins Scientists have developed a novel weapon in the battle against deadly hospital-acquired infections - a textile that disinfects...
