Researchers discover potential new target for treating glioblastoma
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - January 24, 2017 - Scientists have found a way to inhibit the growth...
Researchers discover BRCA1 gene is key for blood forming stem cells
DALLAS - January 24, 2017 - Researchers at from the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center have found that the...
UTA awarded $6 million in 2016 to find new ways to identify and treat cancer
Credit: UTA The University of Texas at Arlington is becoming a major cancer research institute, receiving more than $6 million...
Predator or not? Invasive snails hide even when they don’t know
Credit: Emily Grason/University of Washington Recognizing the signs of a predator can mean the difference between living to see another...
Cell of origin affects malignancy and drug sensitivity of brain tumors
Patients with glioblastoma have very poor prognosis since there are no effective therapies. In a study published in Cell Reports,...
‘Listening’ to single cells may uncover cancer origins
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine At Baylor College of Medicine, scientists have developed a method that allows them to accurately...
Study unveils new way to starve tumors to death
Credit: Jeff Kremer For decades, scientists have tried to halt cancer by blocking nutrients from reaching tumor cells, in essence...
Lung cancer patients with anxiety, depression die sooner: Study
Patients who experience anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer are more likely to die sooner, according...
UD’s Jaisi wins NSF Career Award for research on phosphorus in soil
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware Much like criminal forensic scientists use fingerprints to identify guilty parties at crime scenes, the...
Scripps Florida team awarded $1.8 million grant to develop drugs for heart disease and rheumatoid ar
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Jan. 24, 2017 - Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps...
Medical, Scientific Image Analysis Vastly Improved by New Software
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Many current medical and scientific practices involve the analysis of highly complicated images, such as magnetic resonance...
Designing diagnostic labs that are safe, specific and sustainable
Credit: (Photo by Randy Montoya) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An outbreak is like a wildfire; the sooner it's caught, the easier...
New national Lyme Disease biobank to accelerate research by making samples available
Portola Valley, Calif., Jan. 24, 2017 - Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a national organization funding research to make Lyme disease...
Overall rate of death from cancer decreases in US
The overall rate of death from cancer declined about 20 percent between 1980 and 2014; however, there are distinct clusters...
New study finds where you live may determine likelihood of dying from cancer
SEATTLE - The rate at which Americans die from cancers varies dramatically by where they live, according to a new...
Penn researchers help unravel mysteries of pancreatic cancer’s resistance to standard therapies
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Pancreatic cancer has long been one of the hardest to treat. Now, in a new...
Small proteins help deliver receptors to the surface of our cells, ensuring their function and helping us avoid disease
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 24, 2017) - Receptors on the surface of our cells enable a wide variety...
Consumer-use baby monitors have little proven benefit for healthy infants
Credit: Childen's Hospital of Philadelphia It sounds simple and harmless--an electronic sensor attached to a baby's sock that monitors vital...
Swarm of underwater robots mimics ocean life
Credit: Scripps Oceanography/Jaffe Lab for Underwater Imaging Underwater robots developed by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University...
NAS honors five for major contributions in physical science and engineering
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Sciences will honor five individuals with awards in recognition of their extraordinary scientific achievements...
