Researchers identify the most accurate risk prediction models for selecting whom to screen
Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine....
Study hints at new target to improve immune therapy in triple-negative breast cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Therapies that recruit the immune system to attack tumors are revolutionizing cancer care. Among...
Uncertainty in long-run economic growth likely points toward greater emissions, climate change costs
URBANA, Ill. - For scientists, estimating the extent of and cost of damages from climate change over the next 100...
Early BPA exposure may influence cardiac function, according to new study in neonatal rats
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - (May 14, 2018) - More than 8 million pounds of bisphenol A (BPA)...
Hungry, hungry hippos
The average hippo weighs more than 3,000 pounds and consumes about 100 pounds of vegetation daily. This naturally results in...
Altered body odor indicates malaria even if microscope doesn’t
Credit: Jim Gathany / CDC Typhoid Mary may have infected a hundred or more people, but asymptomatic carriers of malaria...
Deadly cancers show early, detectable differences from benign tumors
DURHAM, N.C. - Do metastatic cancer tumors "break bad" or are they "born bad"? This question is an essential mystery...
Simple equation directs creation of clean-energy catalysts
New guidelines laid down by Nebraska and Chinese researchers could steer the design of less costly, more efficient catalysts geared...
Researcher studies importance of synchrony in ecological systems such as food webs
Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- A recent $426,609, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation will enable a new...
Scientists find missing factor in gene activation
Credit: Kadonaga Lab, UC San Diego Until human genes are activated, they are blocked by structures known as nucleosomes, components...
A new drug shows preclinical efficacy in Rett syndrome
Credit: IDIBELL A new article published in the Cell Reports describes how a new drug is able to reduce the...
Study shows how bacteria guide electron flow for efficient energy generation
Credit: Robert Gennis CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Biochemists at the University of Illinois have isolated a protein supercomplex from a bacterial...
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in long-term survivors of childhood cancer
Bottom Line: A new study assesses chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in 121 long-term survivors of childhood cancer to detail clinical, functional,...
UTA researcher patents ‘roach motel’ for cancer
Credit: UTA The University of Texas at Arlington has successfully patented in Europe an implantable medical device that attracts and...
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