Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Estrogen-positive breast cancers are often treated with anti-estrogen therapies. But about half of these...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 25, 2017 - African-Americans typically have worse outcomes from smoking-related cancers than Caucasians, but the reasons...

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- NRG-RTOG 0436 has determined that adding an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor to a chemo-radiation regimen...

In tumor immunotherapy, the body's own defense system is activated against the tumor cells. However, for the majority of patients,...

Arlington, Va. - July 25, 2017 - An overwhelming majority of Americans (86%) agree that health care professionals should discuss...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study indicates that cancer patients and survivors have a...

Attaching curcumin, a component of the common spice turmeric, to nanoparticles can be used to target and destroy treatment-resistant neuroblastoma...

A new discovery by University of Bristol scientists helps to explain how cells which surround blood vessels, called pericytes, stimulate...

"Our goal is to know more about what happens in cancer patients who develop rapid and severe weight loss," says...

St. Paul, Minn. (July 2017)--While beneficial microbes are becoming a more common tool in agriculture, their effectiveness in the field...

Credit: Magdalena Steinrück Genes do not exist in isolation. Like beads on a string, they sit next to each other...

Credit: Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut Mission X: Train like an Astronaut, since its inception in 2011, has morphed...

Almost 1.2 million violent crimes - homicide, sexual assault, assault, and robbery - were committed in the United States in...

From an early age, children are very skilled in imitating the actions of others and are so motivated to do...

Credit: David O'Carroll, Lund University New research from Australia and Sweden has shown how a dragonfly's brain anticipates the movement...

Scientists developing promising new antibiotics in India, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the US and UK are to share up to US$17.6m...

Credit: University of Edinburgh Fresh insights into how zebrafish repair their nerve connections could hold clues to new therapies for...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Around half of all medications for chronic diseases are not taken as prescribed, costing the U.S. health...

Credit: Image courtesy of Benjamin Winer and Alexander Ploss, Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Scientists from Princeton University's Department...

Boston, Mass. -- Drug-releasing devices that reside in the stomach for extended periods of time make it easier for patients...