Researchers report chemical reaction with potential to speed drug development
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 2017 - Chemists have long sought to develop new reactions for the direct conversion...
Litter bugs may protect chocolate supply
Credit: Natalie Christian Those who crave brownies or hot cocoa may be happy to hear that heroes too small to...
NYU to investigate the biology of sex differences in oral cancer pain
Nicole Scheff, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Brian L. Schmidt, director of the NYU Bluestone Center...
Nanoparticles coated with antibiotic eliminate drug-resistant bacteria
Credit: Mateus Borba Cardoso A new strategy to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been described by Brazilian researchers in Scientific Reports,...
Lymph node metastases may not always be the source of cancer’s spread to other organs
A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found that the traditional model for the spread of carcinoma,...
Researchers publish new findings on influence of high-fat diet on colorectal cancer
Thursday, July 6, 2017, Cleveland: Poor diet is associated with 80% of colorectal cancer cases, but the exact pathways by...
A new molecular scissors act like a GPS to improve genome editing
Credit: University of Copenhagen Researchers from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), led by the Spanish researcher Guillermo Montoya, have discovered...
Media registration open for the Advanced Breast Cancer Conference
Media can register now to attend the Advanced Breast Cancer Fourth International Consensus Conference (ABC4) in Lisbon, Portugal, Thursday 2...
Visualizing whole-body cancer metastasis at the single-cell level
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBic) and the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) have developed a method...
More than half of China cancer deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors
A new report finds more than half of all cancer deaths in men in 2013 in China and more than...
New DNA-based strategy shows promise against a range of influenza viruses
PHILADELPHIA -- (July 6, 2017) -- A novel, synthetic, DNA-based strategy to provide protection against a broad array of influenza...
Single molecule microRNA technology proves useful for liver toxicity detection
Quanterix Corporation, a company digitizing biomarker analysis with the goal of advancing the science of precision health, and DestiNA Genomics...
For rodents, seeing is believing
It's never easy to orientate oneself in a new place - that applies to rats as well. Researchers from the...
Photo-responsive protein hydrogels as agent for controlled stem cell/protein release
Credit: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST Hydrogels, noted for their biomimetic properties, are the leading materials for biomedical...
How cats and cows protect farm children from asthma
Credit: (UZH) It is a known fact that microbes on farms protect children from asthma and allergies. But even non-microbial...
NIH awards $8.6 million for bold bid to transform lung transplantation
Credit: Jackson Smith | University of Virginia Health System Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have received...
Late teen years are key period for bone growth
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, July 6, 2017--The late adolescent years are an important period for gaining bone mineral,...
Steroids may do more harm than good in some cases of severe asthma
PITTSBURGH, July 6, 2017 - Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences and UPMC have uncovered...
Antibodies halt placental transmission of CMV-like virus in monkeys
Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Long before the Zika virus became a global fear, cytomegalovirus, or...
Into the quantum world with a tennis racket
Credit: Steffen Glaser / TUM Quantum technology is seen as an important future-oriented technology: smaller, faster and with higher performance...
