Monarch butterflies disappearing from western North America
Credit: Candace Fallon VANCOUVER, Wash. - Monarch butterfly populations from western North America have declined far more dramatically than was...
Scientists: New device accurately identifies cancer in seconds
(University of Texas at Austin) A team of scientists and engineers has invented a powerful tool that rapidly and accurately...
Handheld ‘pen’ may bring real-time cancer diagnosis to surgeons’ fingertips
Credit: Vivian Abagiu/Univ. of Texas at Austin Scientists have developed a handheld probe capable of non-destructively distinguishing between tumors and...
New study finds improved vaccine that protects against nine types of HPV
TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 6, 2017) - Cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide, with almost...
Researchers discover why redheads are more prone to melanoma
(Boston)-- Red-haired people are known for pale skin, freckles, poor tanning ability and unfortunately, an increased risk for developing skin...
Blood tumor markers may warn when lung cancer patients are progressing
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center For many years, oncologists have known that cancers can secrete complex molecules into the...
Georgia State wins grant to develop mHealth tool to curb smoking in China, Vietnam
Credit: Georgia State University Researchers at the Georgia State University School of Public Health have received more than $1 million...
Liver cancer patients can start with lower dose of chemotherapy and live just as long
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Patients with the most common type of liver cancer who are taking the chemotherapy drug...
Radiation Oncology Institute’s publication awards honor radiation oncology research
ARLINGTON, Va., September 6, 2017 - The Radiation Oncology Institute (ROI) announced today the winners of its inaugural publication awards,...
Some stroke survivors may have underlying cancer
LUGANO-MADRID, 6 September, 2017 - Some stroke survivors may have underlying cancer, according to an observational study to be presented...
Alectinib: ALEX and ALUR trials show CNS benefit in NSCLC
LUGANO-MADRID, 06 September, 2017 - Data from two separate phase 3 studies to be presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress...
Vaccine to prevent most cervical cancers shows long-term effectiveness
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A vaccine that can literally eradicate the majority of cervical cancer cases shows long-term effectiveness...
Will mallards hybridize their cousins out of existence?
Credit: Gary Kramer/USFWS (public domain) Mallards -- the familiar green-headed ducks of city parks -- are one of a group...
ERC Starting Grants: €605 million to 406 top researchers across Europe
(European Research Council) The European Research Council has announced today the awarding of its Starting Grants to 406 early-career researchers...
UCLA biologists slow aging, extend lifespan of fruit flies
Credit: Nature Communications/Anil Rana UCLA biologists have developed an intervention that serves as a cellular time machine -- turning back...
New microscopy method for quick and reliable 3-D imaging of curvilinear nanostructures
Credit: Cécile Hébert/Emad Oveisi/EPFL Physical and biological sciences increasingly require the ability to observe nano-sized objects. This can be accomplished...
Certara paper shows viral kinetic modeling grows flu knowledge, advances drug development
Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development and regulatory science, today announced that its comprehensive influenza viral kinetic modeling...
Parkinson’s severity assessed through drawing
Credit: Courtesy of Dinesh Kumar and Ms. Poonam Zham of the 'Affordable diagnostics' group in RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Researchers...
A ‘virtual heart’ to simulate arrhythmia
Credit: MIPT Press Office A group of researchers from MIPT and Ghent University (Belgium) has developed the first realistic model...
Bone marrow models to study blood and musculoskeletal disorders
(Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ) For her research on development of hematological and musculoskeletal disorders, Dr. Cornelia Lee-Thedieck, scientist...
