Bolstering fat cells offers potential new leukemia treatment
Credit: Image courtesy McMaster University Hamilton, Ont. (Oct. 16, 2017) - Killing cancer cells indirectly by powering up fat cells ...
Study cites race and socioeconomic factors as influential in NSCLC patient survival rates
Yokohama, Japan - October 16, 2017 - New research found race and specific socioeconomic factors to have a significant influence ...
Integration of smoking cessation within CT lung cancer screenings shows life-saving results
okohama, Japan - October 16, 2017 - A study that integrated robust smoking cessation programs into an organized low-dose CT ...
Early palliative care provides no quality of life benefits for recently diagnosed MPM patients
Yokohama, Japan - October 16, 2017 - Early specialist palliative care for patients that were recently diagnosed with malignant pleural ...
Mount Sinai & Sema4 scientists identify biomarker for progression and drug response in brain cancer
Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Sema4, and collaborating institutions including Colorado State University and Fred ...
SUTD researchers developed single cell level sorting technology using sound waves
Credit: Courtesy of SUTD/Ye Ai Sound wave enables the sensation of hearing, and is an important way of communicating in ...
SimPath licenses novel ORNL system for enhanced synthetic biology
Credit: Jason Richards/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 16, 2017--SimPath has licensed a novel ...
Study suggests oysters offer hot spot for reducing nutrient pollution
Credit: © A. Smyth. When it comes to oysters and their role in reducing nutrient pollution, a new study by ...
Sound and color
The blue whale is the largest animal known ever to have existed -- bigger even than dinosaurs -- yet it ...
Untangling vitamin D activation pathways in inflammation and bone health
Researchers have identified a region of the genome that regulates vitamin D activation in the kidneys, opening the door for ...
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative taps Columbia scientists to create atlas of cells in human spinal cord
Credit: Ira Schieren/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute today received a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) ...
Risk of Caesarean section is heritable
(University of Vienna) Women born by Caesarean section are more than twice as likely to develop FDP when giving birth ...
An epigenetic key to unlock behavior change
Credit: Ina Anreiter, University of Toronto When it comes to behaviour, researchers have moved beyond the "nature versus nurture" debate. ...
Mechanism explains how seizures may lead to memory loss
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although it's been clear that seizures are linked to memory loss and other cognitive deficits ...
Tandon researcher engineering antidotes to chemical weapons
BROOKLYN, New York - Chemical weapons and other toxic agents including pesticides pose a serious health threat worldwide, whether they ...
Some faiths more likely to turn to religion for answers to science
When it comes to seeking answers to questions about science, evangelical and black Protestants and Mormons are more likely than ...
Most medical students overconfident, underprepared on nutrition guidelines
CHICAGO -- October 16, 2017--Ohio University researchers found medical students may be more confident than knowledgeable when it comes to ...
NIH awards $6.5 million to Berkeley Lab for augmenting structural biology research
Credit: Berkeley Lab The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $6.5 million to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) ...
Vanderbilt researchers find novel mechanism of resistance to anti-cancer drugs
The targeted anti-cancer therapies cetuximab and panitumumab are mainstays of treatment for advanced colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of ...
Invasive ladybird species threatens other ladybirds in England
The harlequin ladybird, officially known as Harmonia axyridis, was widely introduced across continental Europe to limit the population of pest ...
