Charity gives grant to cancer researchers at the University of Huddersfield
Credit: University of Huddersfield CANCER researchers at the University of Huddersfield aim to develop new treatments specifically for young people ...
Mapping the thylacine’s mysterious loss from mainland
Credit: University of Adelaide Ancient DNA extracted from fossil bones and museum specimens has shed new light on the mysterious ...
Chimpanzees can learn how to use tools without observing others
New observations have lead researchers to believe that chimpanzees can use tools spontaneously to solve a task, without needing to ...
Making surgical screws from bones
Credit: © surgebright To heal broken bones using medical help, the surgical method of choice for decades have been metal ...
Scientists create endocytosis on demand by ‘hotwiring’ cells
Credit: Gabrielle Larocque Scientists develop method to create endocytosis on demand System using a chemical and light likened to 'hotwiring' ...
How do zebrafish develop their stripes?
A Cardiff University mathematician has thrown new light on the longstanding mystery of how zebrafish develop the distinctive striped patterns ...
Researchers identify intriguing link between sleep, cognition and schizophrenia
More than 3.2 million Americans suffer from schizophrenia; about 100,000 people are newly diagnosed every year. The disease includes a ...
New mechanism points the way to breaking ribosome antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics are the most common medication used to treat microbial infections. Many antibiotics target intracellular bacterial ribosomes - cellular factories ...
Study explores the biology of mending a broken heart
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Early research results suggest scientists might be on to a way to preserve heart function ...
How tuberculosis hides in the body
Credit: Illustration: Alexandre Gidon, CEMIR and Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, NTNU Tuberculosis bacteria hide in the very cells ...
Secrets from inside the womb that could provide clues to miscarriage
Credit: Dr Eleftheria Pervolaraki The major structures of a baby's heart form in just four days, according to new research ...
Back from the brink
A new collaboration between two UC Santa Barbara labs explores the underlying molecular mechanism of a remarkable process called anastasis, ...
Melanoma cells rewire to resist drug treatment, Penn-Wistar team finds
Credit: Yueyao Zhu and Wei Guo In 2014, new combination therapies to treat patients with metastatic melanoma hit the market, ...
Study examines characteristics of mobile mammography patients
Leesburg, VA, September 25, 2017 - Significant differences were found among women receiving mammography at a cancer center versus those ...
Ancient ink for cancer treatment
For hundreds of years, Chinese calligraphers have used a plant-based ink to create beautiful messages and art. Now, one group ...
Scientists discover rogue messengers that hinder body’s immune response to cancer
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have made a discovery around treatment-resistant breast cancer that may turn the phrase, 'don't shoot ...
Editing genes one by one throughout colorectal cancer cell genome uncovers new drug target
Credit: UC San Diego Health Cancers driven by mutations in the KRAS gene are among the most deadly. For decades, ...
Penn Medicine develops model to predict ER visits in lung cancer patients
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A pilot program that uses big data to predict which lung cancer patients will require ...
Plant substance inhibits cancer stem cells
The plant Ambrosia arborescens grows at a high elevation in large parts of South America, and is traditionally used as ...
Reducing disparities in cancer precision medicine
New Orleans, LA - The National Cancer Institute has awarded LSU Health New Orleans and Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center in ...
