The Graduate Center and Princeton University explore the interface between physics and biology
Credit: The Graduate Center NEW YORK, October 20, 2017 - The Graduate Center (GC) of the City University of New ...
Chromosomes may be knotted
Credit: Ill./ ©: Jonathan Siebert, JGU Everyone knows that long bits of yarn, or charging cables and the like, tend ...
Andy Tay Kah Ping honored with inaugural MRS Bulletin Postdoctoral Publication Prize
Credit: Andy Tay Kah Ping MRS Bulletin has named Andy Tay Kah Ping, Stanford University, as the inaugural recipient of ...
‘Selfish brain’ wins out when competing with muscle power, study finds
Credit: Danny Longman Human brains are expensive - metabolically speaking. It takes lot of energy to run our sophisticated grey ...
Carbon coating gives biochar its garden-greening power
Credit: Nikolas Hagemann/University of Tübingen For more than 100 years, biochar, a carbon-rich, charcoal-like substance made from oxygen-deprived plant or ...
Cool roofs have water saving benefits too
Credit: Berkeley Lab The energy and climate benefits of cool roofs have been well established: By reflecting rather than absorbing ...
Life goes on for marine ecosystems after cataclysmic mass extinction
Credit: Arc Centre of Excellence Coral Reef Studies One of the largest global mass extinctions did not fundamentally change marine ...
New IOF Compendium documents osteoporosis, its management and global burden
Credit: IOF Today, on the occasion of World Osteoporosis Day, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has issued the first edition ...
Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center hosts 4th Annual PTCOG-NA Conference in Chicago
The Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center will host over 200 leading clinicians, physicists and researchers in the growing field of ...
Researchers pinpoint causes for spike in breast cancer genetic testing
Athens, Ga. -- A sharp rise in the number of women seeking BRCA genetic testing to evaluate their risk of ...
Study shows how nerves drive prostate cancer
Credit: Courtesy of Albert Einstein College of Medicne October 19, 2017--(Bronx, NY)--In a study in today's issue of Science, researchers ...
Number of newly diagnosed cancer patients without insurance drops in first year of ACA
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The number of newly diagnosed cancer patients who were uninsured fell by one-third in ...
Gene circuit switches on inside cancer cells, triggers immune attack
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Researchers at MIT have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body's immune system to attack ...
One to 10 mutations are needed to drive cancer, scientists find
For the first time, scientists have provided unbiased estimates of the number of mutations needed for cancers to develop, in ...
The WHO selects Tivanisiran as the international nonproprietary name for SYL1001
Sylentis, a Pharmaceutical Company of PharmaMar Group (MCE: PHM), pioneer in the development of new compounds based on genetic silencing ...
Study reveals key molecular link in major cell growth pathway
Cambridge, MA October 19, 2017. - A team of scientists led by Whitehead Institute has uncovered a surprising molecular link ...
Changes in insurance coverage among patients with cancer under ACA
A new research letter published by JAMA Oncology examines changes in insurance coverage among patients with cancer under the Affordable ...
New study finds childhood cancer survivors commonly stay at jobs to keep health insurance
SALT LAKE CITY - The results of a national cancer survey find a significant number of childhood cancer survivors are ...
Researchers ‘drug the undruggable’ through unique collaboration
A new study published in Nature, conducted by an alliance between industry and academia involving the University of Liverpool, highlights ...
Early data shows nearly 2x prolonged median survival for inoperable pancreatic cancer
Credit: Parag Parikh, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis ViewRay, Inc. ...
