New test could detect ovarian cancer patients who are strongly responding to treatment
Scientists might be able to quickly predict how ovarian cancer patients are likely to respond to chemotherapy treatment using a...
‘Watershed’ discovery reveals plants’ medicinal secrets
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Metabolons, near-mythical clusters of enzymes, have been discovered for the first time. Using fluorescent tags and...
Levels of DNA in blood test correlated with ovarian cancer outcomes
Levels of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) detected in a blood test are correlated with the size of ovarian cancers and...
Cancer genomics: Addressing treatment resistance in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
In the third week of PLOS Medicine's ongoing special issue on cancer genomics, principal investigator Jules Meijerink of the Princess...
Computer models find ancient solutions to modern problems
Credit: Nate Crabtree PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University archaeologists are at the helm of new research using sophisticated computer...
VLA, ALMA team up to give first look at birthplaces of most current stars
Astronomers have gotten their first look at exactly where most of today's stars were born. To do so, they used...
Festive nebulae light up Milky Way Galaxy satellite
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, K. Sandstrom (University of California, San Diego), and the SMIDGE team. The sheer observing power of...
Coffee-ring phenomenon explained in new theory
Credit: Photo by Mike Wolterbeek, University of Nevada, Reno. RENO, Nev. - The formation of a simple coffee stain has...
Scripps Florida scientists discover new natural source of potent anti-cancer drugs
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Dec. 20, 2016 - Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps...
Good news and bad news about forest fragmentation
Over the past centuries, as we humans have cleared fields for farms, built roads and highways, and expanded cities ever...
Gelatin supplements, good for your joints?
A new study from Keith Baar's Functional Molecular Biology Laboratory at the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences and the...
University of Akron professor receives grant to help find cure for multiple sclerosis
Credit: The University of Akron Cell regeneration is the key to curing many brain diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS)...
The way you move: Tumor cells move differently than normal ones
Credit: Photo by Ryan Petrie. What makes cancer so deadly is its ability to move . The better that doctors...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone 02S develop in Southern Indian Ocean
Credit: Credits: NASA JPL/Ed Olsen NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Tropical Cyclone 02S in the Southern Indian Ocean and infrared...
Searching a sea of ‘noise’ to find exoplanets — using only data as a guide
Credit: Illustration by Michael Helfenbein/Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Yale researchers have found a data-driven way to detect distant...
New point of attack against stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori
Credit: Andreas Ostermann / TUM There is a strong suspicion that Helicobacter pylori is linked to the development of stomach...
Zika virus infection determined by reproductive cycle in mice
Female mice may be more susceptible to vaginal Zika virus infection during a specific stage of their reproductive cycle, researchers...
Study finds ideal method to minimize waffle loss in industrial production
CHICAGO--Just under half of U.S. households (48%) opt for frozen varieties of waffles, pancakes, and French toast as their choice...
Moth’s eye inspires critical component on SOFIA’s newest instrument
Credit: Credits: NASA Nature, and more particularly a moth's eye, inspired the technology that allows a new NASA-developed camera to...
Scripps Florida scientist awarded $5 million Outstanding Investigator Grant
Credit: James McEntee JUPITER, FL - December 20, 2016 - Ron Davis, chair of the Department of Neuroscience on the...