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Multiresistant bacteria Scientists around the world are working hard to win the battle against multi-resistant bacteria. A new publication from...

To bloom or not to bloom: That is the question

Credit: IBS When spring is approaching, how do plants decide that it is time to flower? A team of plant...

Tortoise electrons trying to catch up with hare photons give graphene its conductivity

How electrons interact with other electrons at quantum scale in graphene affects how quickly they travel in the material, leading...

Experts panel created to identify emerging technologies of greatest help to Africa

Credit: Harvard Kennedy School Harvard University's Calestous Juma will co-chair a new High Level African Panel on Emerging Technologies, created...

New carbenoid species yields unexpected reactivity

Credit: © ICIQ / © Wiley-VCH To day, chemists synthesize cyclopropanes using pure E or Z alkenes as starting materials...

Many muons: Imaging the underground with help from the cosmos

Credit: PNNL Alain Bonneville, a geophysicist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will present details on the muon detector and the...

Pacific Northwest researchers to play key role in new Manufacturing USA Institute

Credit: PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. - Getting more production output from a chemical operation or performing the same process more efficiently...

Huntsman Cancer Institute leads international colorectal study

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

December 16, 2016

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