International team reconstructs nanoscale virus features from correlations of scattered X-rays
Credit: Jeff Donatelli, Berkeley Lab As part of an international research team, Jeff Donatelli, Peter Zwart and Kanupriya Pande of...
New Innovator Award of $2.8M to Julia Oh of JAX for skin microbiome studies
Credit: Jackson Laboratory photo by Tiffany Laufer Julia Oh, Ph.D., a Jackson Laboratory (JAX) assistant professor who explores the communities...
Sustainable financing of conservation just got a major boost
Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS The Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) announced today that the French Facility for Global Environment / Fonds...
‘Transformative’ research unrealistic to predict, scientists tell granting agencies
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research-funding agencies that require scientists to declare at the proposal stage how their projects will be "transformative"...
New Innovator Award of $2.8 million to Julia Oh of JAX for skin microbiome studies
Credit: Jackson Laboratory photo by Tiffany Laufer Julia Oh, Ph.D., a Jackson Laboratory (JAX) assistant professor who explores the communities...
Sperm banking is underutilized by adolescent and young adult cancer patients
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital A comprehensive study of adolescent and young adult cancer patients found...
Mystery of breast cancer risk gene solved, 20 years after its discovery
New Haven, Conn.-- More than 20 years after scientists revealed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose women to breast...
Cell stress response sheds light on treating inflammation-related cancer, aging
Credit: Maria Grazia Vizioli and Zhixun Dou, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA -- Stress - defined broadly...
Imaging agents developed to better monitor growth of tumours
Credit: University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) UAlberta researchers have created two new imaging agents that could help physicians visualize the...
Delays for melanoma surgeries linked to insurance type
CHAPEL HILL -- A retrospective review of several thousand melanoma cases in North Carolina found that Medicaid patients were more...
Blood test for HPV may help predict risk in cancer patients
CHAPEL HILL - A blood test for the human papillomavirus, or HPV, may help researchers forecast whether patients with throat...
New use for alcohol aversion drug in treatment of chemo resistant lung cancer found
Scientists have had positive results from a laboratory-based study using a well-known alcohol aversion drug to try to combat chemotherapy...
Health care professional’s recommendation important factor for chemoprevention decisions
Bottom Line: A health care professional's recommendation was the most important factor driving decisions by women at high risk for...
Black tea may help with weight loss, too
UCLA researchers have demonstrated for the first time that black tea may promote weight loss and other health benefits by...
Trophy hunting is unlikely to affect evolution
In recent years, there has been growing controversy surrounding the evolutionary effects of trophy hunting in big game animals worldwide....
Scientists identify a possible therapeutic target for regulating body weight
A new study published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a novel gene involved in maintaining body weight. Specifically, the...
Female fish like males who sing
Credit: The University of Gothenburg Noisier seas seem to hamper fish reproduction. A new doctoral thesis from the University of...
Asthma increases risk of complications during pregnancy and delivery
Women with asthma suffer more often from preeclampsia (PE) and run a higher risk of giving birth to underweight babies....
Toxic cocktail: Okinawan pit viper genome reveals evolution of snake venom
Credit: OIST/Steven Aird A bite from a pit viper, locally known as habu, can cause permanent disability and even death....
Women use gossip to compete for a man’s attention
Although both men and women gossip, women may be more likely to use gossiping and rumour-mongering as tactics to badmouth...
