Dietary anti-cancer compound may work by influence on cellular genetics
Credit: Photo courtesy of Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have discovered one of the reasons why broccoli may ...
UC researchers use gold coating to control luminescence of nanowires
Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services In electronics, the race for smaller is huge. Physicists at the University of Cincinnati are ...
Preventing lead spread
Credit: Courtesy: Biswas Lab While lead pipes were banned decades ago, they still supply millions of American households daily with ...
Genetic profile of treatment-resistant lung cancer more variable than previously thought
Credit: Zofia Piotrowska, M.D. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--The genetic mutations underlying treatment resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ...
Proton therapy offers new treatment possibility for recurrent lung cancer
Credit: Jennifer Ho, M.D. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--A new study offers hope for patients with recurrent lung cancer, who ...
SBRT offers curative option for lung cancer patients age 80 and older
Credit: Richard J. Cassidy III, MD SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--Patients in their 80s and 90s who have early stage ...
Racial disparities persist in treatment and survival of early stage lung cancer
Credit: Andrew M. Farach, MD SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--Analysis of the largest American cancer database indicates that racial disparities ...
New plant research solves a colorful mystery
Credit: The John Innes Centre Research led by scientists at the John Innes Centre has solved a long-standing mystery by ...
PETA science group promotes animal-free science at society of toxicology conference
Baltimore -- The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. is presenting two posters on animal-free methods for testing inhalation toxicity at ...
Prevention and prediction: Understanding how lung cancer progresses
PHILADELPHIA - Treating the brain with a preventative course of radiation may help Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) patients - ...
Biomarker blood test shows cancer recurrence months before CT scans
Credit: Chimbu Chinniah SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--Results from a prospective clinical trial showed that a blood test looking at ...
Combination of radiation and immune checkpoint therapy holds potential for lung cancer
Credit: Kamran Ahmed, M.D. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--An emerging approach for cancer treatment seeks to combine radiation therapy with ...
The Graphene 2017 Conference connects Barcelona with the international graphene-based industry
This past February, Graphene shone at the Mobile World Congress 2017, exhibiting real prototypes and demonstrations to more than 108.000 ...
To kill ticks, target their animal hosts
Annapolis, MD; March 10, 2017--An emerging tool in the fight against tick-borne disease, host-targeted bait boxes employ a sneaky trick: ...
Outwitting climate change with a plant ‘dimmer’?
Credit: Photo: Regnault/ TUM Plants possess molecular mechanisms that prevent them from blooming in winter. Once the cold of win-ter ...
Multi-year study finds ‘hotspots’ of ammonia over world’s major agricultural areas
Credit: Juying Warner/GRL The first global, long-term satellite study of airborne ammonia gas has revealed "hotspots" of the pollutant over ...
Nanoparticle paves the way for new triple negative breast cancer drug
Credit: University of Bradford A potential new drug to tackle the highly aggressive 'triple negative' breast cancer - and a ...
Researchers create viruses to selectively attack tumor cells
Credit: (IDIBAPS, IRB Barcelona) Scientists at the IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute and at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB ...
Electro-optical switch transmits data at record-low temperatures
Credit: {FEATUREDCREDIT}{FEATUREDCREDITMORE} WASHINGTON -- A silicon optical switch newly developed at Sandia National Laboratories is the first to transmit up ...
When our world turns ‘upside-down,’ serotonin helps us deal with it
Serotonin, one of the major chemical messengers serving neuronal communication, is usually associated with the direct regulation of affective states ...
