Dynamic catalytic converters for clean air in the city
Credit: Figure: Gänzler/KIT Reducing pollutant emission of vehicles and meeting stricter exhaust gas standards are major challenges when developing catalytic ...
How much does life weigh?
Credit: Copyright: Martin Oeggerli, / ETH Zurich / University of Basel From earthworms and sunflowers to human beings, we are ...
Insilico to lecture on the recent advances in AI and blockchain for the pharma industry
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, 10.26.2017, Baltimore, MD, Insilico Medicine, a leader in the field of artificial intelligence, is pleased to ...
Imported candy at top of contaminated food list in California
Following a state law mandating testing, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued more alerts for lead in candy ...
Researchers engineer CRISPR to edit single RNA letters in human cells
The Broad Institute and MIT scientists who first harnessed CRISPR for mammalian genome editing have engineered a new molecular system ...
Fly hunter has described 30 new species
Credit: Xiaolong Lin, NTNU University Museum Chironomids are also called non-biting midges or lake flies. Xiaolong Lin is a PhD ...
Targeting mitochondria in pulmonary hypertension
(Edmonton, AB) Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a debilitating disease of the lung blood vessels that causes heart failure and ...
Blocking key pathways is a way to defeat cancer stem cells
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan and international collaborators have found that in humanized mice, ...
Brain tumors share common tricks to survive
Different types of brain tumours may use strikingly similar approaches to generate and use energy to survive in the brain, ...
Blood test can effectively rule out breast cancer, regardless of breast density
NEW YORK, October 25, 2017 - A new study published in PLOS ONE demonstrates that Videssa® Breast, a multi-protein biomarker ...
Sexual function concerns not always reflected in prostate cancer treatment choices
CHAPEL HILL -- Preserving sexual function was important to many men facing treatment for prostate cancer, according to a recent ...
Gallbladder cancer: Pharmacist finds protein that drives tumor growth
Credit: Claudia Ehrlich Patients with gallbladder cancer often show few or no symptoms for long periods of time. As a ...
Timing could matter to how responsive cancer cells are to treatment, study suggests
CHAPEL HILL -- DNA damage occurs routinely within your cells due to sun exposure, smoking and sometimes during the normal ...
Japanese researchers find why Alzheimer’s drugs work in the lab but not in patients
Credit: ©2017 Tagami et al. Cell Reports 21, Issue1, 259-273. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.09.032 (Osaka, Japan) A tremendous amount of Amyloid-β peptide ...
Anti-pancreatic cancer drug in research focus
Intriguing antitumor activity is found in a very promising class of natural compounds: cyclic depsipeptides, which have a challenging structure ...
Insights from a rare genetic disease may help treat multiple myeloma
Credit: The American Chemical Society A new class of drugs for blood cancers such as leukemia and multiple myeloma is ...
New study: ‘Double decker’ antibody technology fights cancer
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - October 24, 2017 - Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps ...
Proton therapy for prostate cancer is advantageous to imrt according to new study
Proton therapy treatment for prostate cancer is associated with higher survival rates and decreased risk of complications compared to intensity-modulated ...
Proton therapy may be better option for elderly patients with esophageal cancer
CHICAGO - A study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that proton beam therapy, in combination with chemotherapy, prior ...
Development of a highly-accurate computational model of human metabolism
Credit: KAIST A Korean research team from KAIST developed a computational framework that enables the reconstruction of a comprehensive computational ...
