Savings less than expected for generic oral chemotherapy
CHAPEL HILL -- A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Lineberger Comprehensive...
Revolutionary process could signal new era for gene synthesis
Credit: Karl Harrison A team of scientists led by the University of Southampton has demonstrated a groundbreaking new method of...
Combination targeted adjuvant therapy doubles relapse-free survival in stage III melanoma
LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 - Combination targeted adjuvant therapy with dabrafenib and trametinib doubles relapse-free survival in patients with stage...
Adjuvant nivolumab superior to ipilimumab in surgically resected stage III/IV melanoma
LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 - Adjuvant nivolumab is superior to standard of care ipilimumab in patients with surgically resected stage...
KEYNOTE-040 evaluates pembrolizumab in head and neck cancer
LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 - Immunotherapy with the checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab may be a better option than standard treatments for...
Debate on duration of colon cancer adjuvant chemotherapy takes centre stage at ESMO 2017
LUGANO-MADRID, 11 September, 2017 - The debate on whether to shorten adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer from six to three...
Ramucirumab plus docetaxel improves progression-free survival in urothelial cancer
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - Ramucirumab plus docetaxel improves progression-free survival in patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who...
Mature results favor pembrolizumab as second-line treatment for bladder cancer
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - Mature results from the KEYNOTE-045 trial to be presented today at the ESMO 2017 Congress...
Does health insurance status affect childhood cancer survival?
A new study examines whether insurance status may affect survival in children diagnosed with cancer. Published early online in CANCER,...
Fire ant venom compounds may lead to skin treatments
Credit: From Arbiser et al Scientific Reports (2017). Compounds derived from fire ant venom can reduce skin thickening and inflammation...
New method for monitoring fetal heartbeat
Researchers have developed a technique to accurately isolate fetal heart sounds from background noise in acoustic recordings, allowing them to...
Brain Composer: ‘Thinking’ melodies onto a musical score
(Graz University of Technology) TU Graz researchers develop new brain-computer interface application which allows music to be composed by the...
MSU biologist learned what Przewalski’s horse ate more than a century ago
Credit: Natalia Spasskaya A scientist from the Lomonosov Moscow State University's Faculty of Biology together with her colleagues has explained...
A biosensor detects adulteration of horse in beef meat within 1 hour
Credit: Nate Stelner. The identification of horse meat adulterating others as beef meat is possible thanks to an electrochemical biosensor...
Desert locusts: New risks in the light of climate change
Credit: © CIRAD - A. Foucart Desert locusts, a pest under close scrutiny Desert locusts are a major pest on...
Ancient wetlands offer window into climate change
Credit: University of Adelaide Environmental researchers have uncovered a wealth of information about a unique part of Australia that offers...
Mixing and matching yeast DNA
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) The billions of cells in your body can be traced to a single cell. That...
Proteins keep a grip on cells
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) While you are what you eat, cells are what they touch. The cells with which...
Helping plants adapt to climate change
In climate change scenarios, abiotic stresses, such as drought and heat stress, become intensified, leading to severe crop loss. Selection...
A novel and practical fab-route for superomniphobic liquid-free surfaces
Credit: KAIST A joint research team led by Professor Hee Tak Kim and Shin-Hyun Kim in the Department of Chemical...
