WSU researchers document one of planet’s largest volcanic eruptions
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New breast cancer drug defeats the Ras genes notorious for causing many types of cancer
Credit: Paul Dent, Ph.D. Blocking the function of the Ras oncogenes is considered by many scientists to be the "holy ...
How the cone snail’s deadly venom can help us build better medicines
Credit: Alex Holt/NIST Cone snails have inspired humans for centuries. Coastal communities have often traded their beautiful shells like money ...
Unexpected regulation of transcription factors critical to development
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) A team of developmental biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by Dominique Alfandari, ...
Lung cancer research gets a breath of fresh air
Credit: Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (Boston) -- Cancer researchers have come to understand that generating human tumors in ...
A self-propelled catheter with earthworm-like peristaltic motion
Credit: Hideyuki Tsukagoshi Biopsies of pulmonary lesions are essential for increasing the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment for respiratory illnesses ...
PharmaMar will present final data on PM1183 during the 18th World Lung Conference in Japan
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) will present the final efficacy and safety data obtained from the Phase I/II trial combining PM1183 (lurbinectedin) with ...
Exposure to environmental chemicals is an important risk factor for breast cancer
Newton, Mass. (Oct. 10, 2017) - Exposure to environmental chemicals, especially early in life, is an important contributing factor in ...
BU researcher receives grant to better understand lymphoblastic leukemia
(Boston)--Hui Feng, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pharmacology and medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), is the recipient ...
Moffitt researchers discover new targets for approved cancer drug
TAMPA, Fla. (Oct. 10, 2017) - Developing new drugs to treat cancer can be a painstaking process taking over a ...
International experts describe a new way of cells behaving when submitted to chemotherapy
(University of Seville) The experts indicate a new way via which cells can respond to chemotherapy. This knowledge has to ...
In global first, Penn using glowing tumor dye to identify cancerous lymph nodes
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Areas of glioblastoma tumors correlate with separate subtypes of glioma stem cells
CLEVELAND -- A new study published in the Oct. 9 issue of the journal Nature Medicine demonstrates, for the first ...
P53 ‘master switch’ remains top target in gene signaling network controlling cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center There are two important categories of genes involved in cancer development, oncogenes and tumor ...
RIT to develop hybrid biological cell separations technology for lab-on-chip devices
Research being done at Rochester Institute of Technology to refine lab-on-chip devices--highly sophisticated laboratories on microchips--will provide more detailed and ...
Research reveals how rabies can induce frenzied behavior
Credit: Illustration by Meghan Murphy. Scientists may finally understand how the rabies virus can drastically change its host's behavior to ...
Solar flux: From bug to feature
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory: Ivanpah solar flux measurement Excess solar flux could be harnessed and used to generate additional electricity ...
Hibernating ribosomes help bacteria survive
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New smell test could aid early detection of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
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TB Alliance moves two novel tuberculosis drugs into human trials
GUADALAJARA (10 October, 2017) -- TBA-7371 and sutezolid entered phase 1 clinical trials, TB Alliance announced today. Both compounds have ...
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