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SALT LAKE CITY - Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah will head an international study to find...

Sirt1 regulates proliferation and regeneration of glial progenitor cells after injury

Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - Developing brains in newborns have a sizable pool of a certain type of...

Newly identified pathway in mitochondria fuels tumor progression across cancer types

PHILADELPHIA --(Dec. 19, 2016)-- Scientists at The Wistar Institute have identified a novel protein pathway across several types of cancer...

Above and beyond megathrusts: Draining pore-fluids dampens tremors

Credit: Nature Communications In the Nankai subduction zone, Japan, non-volcanic deep tremors occur down-dip of the megathrust seismogenic zone, and...

Genetic biomarker IDs patients with increased risk for heart damage by anthracycline chemo

Bottom Line: Among women with breast cancer who received a type of chemotherapy called an anthracycline, those who had a...

Tumor DNA in blood may serve as prognostic marker of pancreatic cancer

Bottom Line: The presence of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) isolated from blood samples of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma was associated...

Routine blood test predicts how long cancer patients will survive

LUGANO-SINGAPORE, 17 December, 2016 - A routine blood test can predict how long cancer patients in palliative care will survive,...

Immunotherapy with pembrolizumab deemed cost-effective for advanced melanoma in Hong Kong

LUGANO-SINGAPORE, 17 December, 2016 - Immunotherapy with pembrolizumab has been deemed a cost-effective first line treatment for advanced melanoma patients...

Ribociclib improves progression-free survival in Asian women with advanced breast cancer

LUGANO-SINGAPORE, 17 December, 2016 - Ribociclib significantly improves progression-free survival in Asian women with advanced breast cancer, according to a...

Anxiety and depression a major issue for cancer survivors

LUGANO-SINGAPORE, Dec. 18, 2016 - Cancer has a major impact on mental and physical wellbeing, researchers report at the ESMO...

Depressed patients are less responsive to chemotherapy

LUGANO-SINGAPORE, Dec. 17, 2016 - A brain-boosting protein plays an important role in how well people respond to chemotherapy, researchers...

Outdoor recreation in protected areas negatively impacts wildlife

Credit: Photo: Sara Bombaci/Colorado State University It's a good thing to explore the great outdoors. But a new study led...

Early surgery increases risk of death for some uterine cancer patients, Penn study finds

PHILADELPHIA - Delaying surgery after a diagnosis of uterine cancer can increase a women's risk of death, but operating too...

Bacteria control levels of dangerous pollutant in seabirds

Credit: Kyle Elliott, McGill University Researchers have discovered that levels of mercury in seabirds off the coast of British Columbia...

Ocean temperatures faithfully recorded in mother-of-pearl

Credit: UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. - Mother-of-pearl or nacre (pronounced nay-ker), the lustrous, tough-as-nails biomineral that lines some seashells, has been...

Toward energy solutions for northern regions

Emphasis should be on the energy needs of companies and communities rather than locally available resources. Furthermore, social acceptability and...

Carbon dots dash toward ‘green’ recycling role

Credit: Ajayan Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 16, 2016) - Graphene quantum dots may offer a simple way to recycle...

A potential pharmaceutical intervention for co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorder

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina N-acetylcysteine, when combined with group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), reduced symptoms of posttraumatic stress...

New diagnostic test kit offers easy identification of virulent pathogens in remote locations

Washington, DC - Dec. 16, 2016 - A team of researchers has developed a portable detection system that can rapidly...

Researchers develop new test, better understanding of deadly infection in boas and pythons