Palmer amaranth resistance research earns first place finish for plant sciences student
Credit: Ginger Rowsey JACKSON, Tenn. - Drake Copeland, a graduate student studying at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, ...
New method identifies splicing biomarkers for liver cancer
Credit: Krainer Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Because liver cancer is particularly diverse, genetically, and prone to relapse, ...
New wearable tech from Western may hold big benefits for people with Parkinson’s
Credit: Paul Mayne A new prototype for wearable tremor suppression gloves has a team of Western University researchers believing real ...
Antibiotics may impact cancer treatment efficacy
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 5, 2018) - Antibiotic use is known to have a ...
Gastric bypass surgery can give better control for diabetes and obesity than lifestyle modification
Gastric bypass surgery can give better control for diabetes and obesity than lifestyle modification In a randomized clinical trial comparing ...
Columbia researchers win Microsoft award to support data-driven ecological research
Two researchers from the Data Science Institute (DSI) have been awarded a Microsoft grant that gives them access to the ...
3-D-written model to provide better understanding of cancer spread
Credit: (Purdue University image/Luis Solorio) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue researcher Luis Solorio has helped create a lifelike cancer environment ...
Do racial and gender disparities exist in newer glaucoma treatments?
SAN FRANCISCO - The American Glaucoma Society today announced that it has awarded a grant to Mildred MG Olivier, MD, ...
Fred Hutch announces 2018 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award recipients
SEATTLE -- March 1, 2018 -- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has announced the 2018 recipients of the annual Harold ...
Discovery shows wine grapes gasping for breath
Credit: University of Adelaide University of Adelaide researchers have discovered how grapes "breathe", and that shortage of oxygen leads to ...
Geology in the Natural State
Boulder, Colo., USA: On 11-13 March, geoscientists from the south-central U.S. and beyond will convene in Little Rock, Arkansas, to ...
Here’s how viruses inactivate the immune system, causing cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center It's no new news that viruses cause cancer. For example, human papillomavirus (HPV) causes ...
Genome technology boosts malaria control efforts
While most malaria research has focused on the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which is common in Africa, another parasite, Plasmodium vivax ...
UTMB researchers find how Ebola disables the immune system
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas – A new study at The University of Texas ...
The impact of Hurricane Harvey on pregnant moms
Credit: University of Houston Johanna Bick, assistant professor of clinical psychology at the University of Houston, is launching a study ...
Understanding a fly’s body temperature may help people sleep better
Credit: Cincinnati Children's Confocal Imaging Core CINCINNATI – In findings that one day may help people sleep better, scientists have ...
Is cupping therapy effective among athletes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 13, 2018–Swimmer Michael Phelps's continued dominance at the 2016 Rio ...
Antibody-coated drug-eluting stents for coronary heart disease: No hint of benefit
In patients with coronary heart disease requiring a stent implantation, the benefit of treatment with antibody-coated drug-eluting stents (ABC-DES) versus ...
Standard blood pressure target is sufficient for treating some strokes
An international stroke study found that standard and intensive blood pressure treatments were equally effective in the emergency treatment of ...
TSRI scientists find simple copper complex shuts down botulinum neurotoxin poisoning
Credit: Image courtesy CDC LA JOLLA, CA – May 24, 2017 – Botulinum neurotoxin is probably best known to Americans ...
