On the path to vitamin A in rice
Credit: Photo: Peter Beyer The lack of vitamin A in food is a major cause of health problems worldwide and ...
SNMMI technologist section announces 2017 award winners
RESTON, Va. - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS) -- an international scientific and medical ...
New mutations related to hereditary neuroendocrine tumors
Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours with a strong hereditary component. Half the genes whose alterations confer hereditary susceptibility ...
CIRM Approves $5.8 million grant for CAR-T therapy that targets cancer stem cells
Credit: Image courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The Independent Citizens Oversight Committee of the California Institute ...
Genetic predisposition to breast cancer due to non-brca mutations in ashkenazi Jewish women
Genetic mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women. A new ...
Concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy improves survival in patients with advanced lung cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - For patients with advanced, inoperable stage 3 lung cancer, concurrent chemotherapy and the ...
Duke Endowment grant to help UNC Lineberger roll out lay patient navigation program in N.C.
Credit: UNC The Duke Endowment of Charlotte, N.C., has awarded a three-year, $600,000 grant to UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center ...
Molecular changes with age in normal breast tissue are linked to cancer-related changes
LEBANON, NH - Several known factors are associated with a higher risk of breast cancer including increasing age, being overweight ...
Using a pig model to study chronic diseases may help minimize drug failure rate
Scientists may be able to minimize the failure rate of drugs for diseases linked to high-calorie diets, such as colon ...
Parents have critical role in preventing teen drinking
Fewer Australian teenagers are drinking alcohol but more needs to be done to curb the drinking habits of Aussie students, ...
Young adult cancer survivors struggle to get back to normal
ANN ARBOR--Cancer survivors often talk about wanting to get back to normal, but a new study indicates many young adults ...
Holographic imaging could be used to detect signs of life in space
We may be capable of finding microbes in space--but if we did, could we tell what they were, and that ...
Mountain glaciers recharge vital aquifers
Credit: UAF photo by Todd Paris. Small mountain glaciers play a big role in recharging vital aquifers and in keeping ...
Native leech preys on invasive slug?
Credit: Ryusei Yamakami The giant slug Limax maximus is native to Europe and Asia Minor but has spread widely, being ...
USDA announces $15.1m for research on renewable energy, biobased products, agroecosystems
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 20, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today ...
Art inspiring ecological science, inspiring art
Ecologists and artists will explore the intersection of their craft in two back-to-back Ignite-style sessions on Tuesday, August 8, at ...
Engaging Islamic religious leaders to improve African-American Muslim women’s attitudes towards breastfeeding
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2017) - While research has demonstrated the positive impact a woman's social support network ...
Shale gas development spurring spread of invasive plants in Pennsylvania forests
Credit: Mortensen Lab, Penn State Vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests were clear-cut circa 1900 and regrowth has largely been from ...
Scientists seek to engineer chatter among cells
Credit: The Biodesign Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 20, 2017) - Communities of cells communicate to coordinate their actions, but ...
Ancient Italian fossils reveal risk of parasitic infections due to climate change
Credit: Scientific Reports In 2014, a team of researchers led by a paleobiologist from the University of Missouri found that ...
