Hunt is over for one of the ‘top 50 most-wanted fungi’
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Sept. 27, 2017--In a step toward bridging the gap between fungal taxonomy...
FSU researchers receive $2.8 million to study fate of BP oil spill
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A team of research institutions led by Florida State University has been awarded a $2.8 million grant...
Uni works with Yorkshire Water on £300,000 project to reduce lead in water
(University of Huddersfield) One strand will focus on the 'particulate lead' that can be found in tap water as a...
Sharks longer in the tooth than we thought
A James Cook University researcher has found that sharks and rays live a lot longer than we thought - some...
Immune system cells protect against CMV-induced hearing loss in mice
Credit: Almishaal AA, et al. (2017) Immune system cells known as natural killer (NK) cells play an important protective role...
TSRI researchers get a lead on how to detect degenerative neurological diseases sooner
Credit: TSRI Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) may have found a way to help doctors diagnose diseases like...
Back from the brink
A new collaboration between two UC Santa Barbara labs explores the underlying molecular mechanism of a remarkable process called anastasis,...
Melanoma cells rewire to resist drug treatment, Penn-Wistar team finds
Credit: Yueyao Zhu and Wei Guo In 2014, new combination therapies to treat patients with metastatic melanoma hit the market,...
Study examines characteristics of mobile mammography patients
Leesburg, VA, September 25, 2017 - Significant differences were found among women receiving mammography at a cancer center versus those...
Ancient ink for cancer treatment
For hundreds of years, Chinese calligraphers have used a plant-based ink to create beautiful messages and art. Now, one group...
Scientists discover rogue messengers that hinder body’s immune response to cancer
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have made a discovery around treatment-resistant breast cancer that may turn the phrase, 'don't shoot...
Editing genes one by one throughout colorectal cancer cell genome uncovers new drug target
Credit: UC San Diego Health Cancers driven by mutations in the KRAS gene are among the most deadly. For decades,...
Penn Medicine develops model to predict ER visits in lung cancer patients
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A pilot program that uses big data to predict which lung cancer patients will require...
Plant substance inhibits cancer stem cells
The plant Ambrosia arborescens grows at a high elevation in large parts of South America, and is traditionally used as...
Reducing disparities in cancer precision medicine
New Orleans, LA - The National Cancer Institute has awarded LSU Health New Orleans and Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center in...
Cancer treatment: Bringing patients onboard
Montreal, September 27, 2017 - Mado Desforges is a breast-cancer survivor who specializes in adult education, and lately she's added...
Tree-dwelling, coconut-cracking giant rat discovered in Solomon Islands
Credit: Velizar Simeonovski, The Field Museum Remember the movie The Princess Bride, when the characters debate the existence of R.O.U.S.es...
Songbird populations may indicate trouble in northwestern forests
Credit: J. Livaudais Populations of many North American songbirds are declining, and in many cases we don't understand why--for example,...
A first look at geographic variation in Gentoo penguin calls
Credit: M. Lynch Vocal communication is central to the lives of many birds, which use sound to attract mates and...
Cellular ‘message in a bottle’ may provide path to new way of treating disease
Key takeaways: Extracellular vesicle ARMMs carry receptors that allow signaling without direct contact between cells. Researchers hope to engineer ARMMs...
