Scientists reveal new target for anti-lymphangiogenesis drugs
BOSTON (April 12, 2016) — After an injury to tissues, such as in organ transplantation, the body grows new lymphatic ...
Nanocarriers may carry new hope for brain cancer therapy
Glioblastoma multiforme, a cancer of the brain also known as "octopus tumors" because of the manner in which the cancer ...
Technology brings new precision to study of circadian rhythm in…
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. – An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed a new technology ...
Artificial ‘skin’ gives robotic hand a sense of touch
Credit: University of Houston A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics ...
Children’s National and Inova announce $2.8 million research and…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – Children's National Health System and Inova this week announced a new three-year, $2.8 ...
Malaria parasite evades rapid test detection in children
Credit: Jonathan Parr Chapel Hill, NC – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has one of the highest rates ...
Oddly shaped immune cells cause fibrosis
Credit: Osaka University Scientists at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) at Osaka University, Japan, report a new group of ...
Liver tumor growth in mice slowed with new chemo-immunotherapy…
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Feb. 28, 2017) — Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of liver cancer, ...
Man-made reefs: A compelling diving alternative — Ben-Gurion U. study
Credit: AABGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel…September 5, 2017 – Artificial, man-made reefs can be more attractive to divers than nearby natural coral ...
Mature results favor pembrolizumab as second-line treatment for…
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 – Mature results from the KEYNOTE-045 trial to be presented today at the ESMO 2017 Congress ...
UTHealth study finds that male virgins can still acquire HPV
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Dec. 13, 2017) – Men who have never engaged in sexual intercourse are still at risk ...
Tattoos mark the spot — for surgery — then disappear
Credit: Jin-sil Choi/ Hsian-Rong Tseng Tattoos aren't just for body art. They can have medical applications, too. Doctors are using ...
Street Norco looks like the real thing but really, really isn’t
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians. WASHINGTON –A paper published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine warns that a ...
MicroRNAs help to predict disease progression in brain tumors
(Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Ludwig Maximilians ...
Life in the fast lane: How plants avoid traffic jams
Traffic jams are the curse of the commute, the scourge of the school run and the bane of Bank Holidays. ...
How ticks get a proper foothold
Credit: Copyright: Dagmar Voigt Ticks spend more than 90 percent of their up to three-year-long life starving and clambering around ...
Two early career researchers honored with Alan T. Waterman Award
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology (left); Denise Applewhite, Princeton University (right) The National Science Foundation (NSF) today recognized Baratunde "Bara" ...
Coral may hold cancer insights
Credit: US Department of Defense More than 70 years after the U.S. tested atomic bombs on a ring of sand ...
Depressed children respond differently to rewards than other kids
Credit: Robert Boston For many children, December often is linked to presents and excitement, but when a young child doesn't ...
Cranky crabs in broken shells often have the upper claw in fights
Credit: Luis Miguel Burciaga Sheer aggression rather than pure muscle strength often gives hermit crabs living in broken shells the ...
