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Credit: NASA Adapting to the microgravity environment of space changes the way your brain interprets sensory signals, decreases muscle strength...

New knowledge on how HIV beats the body’s early immune response

Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research In an important step towards eradicating HIV-associated viral reservoirs, researchers at Sydney's Westmead Institute...

New dyes detect disease through heartbeat signals

Credit: Peter Morenus/UConn Photo Vibrant tones of yellow, orange, and red move in waves across the screen. Although the display...

Forest fires are not limited to hot or temperate climates

MONTREAL, Sept. 14, 2017 - Forest fires and wildland fires are common in summer in the temperate boreal forest, rarer...

Obese inducing brain mechanism

Credit: NIBB Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that stimulates hypothalamic neurons to strongly inhibit food intake. Leptin signaling in the...

Corrosion in real time

What affects almost everything made of metal, from cars to boats to underground pipes and even the fillings in your...

Improving the way we assign prostate cancer treatment

Credit: Geir Otto Johansen, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in Europe. Every...

Biologist reaches into electric eel tank, comes out with equation to measure shocks

Credit: Ken Catania/Vanderbilt University The shock from a young electric eel feels like accidentally touching a horse fence. A big...

$10M DOE grant to help boost camelina oilseed yield

Credit: Kurt Stepnitz EAST LANSING, Mich. - Both civil airlines and the military have successfully used camelina oil blends to...

Treatment nonexistent for some glioblastoma patients

Credit: UIC Patients diagnosed at high-volume centers are up to 40 percent more likely to receive treatment for glioblastoma, according...

Wondering if that mole is cancerous? Look at illustrations, not photos

Credit: Savanna Richardson/BYU Photo After a summer of cumulative sunburn, you find yourself extra paranoid about the newfound mole on...

Theranostics: Paintball targeting of cancer cells combined with precision therapy

Credit: Ken Herrmann, MD, MBA, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany RESTON, Va. - The Journal of Nuclear Medicine's September 2017...

Double agents: Vessels that help cancers spread can also boost immune therapies

Credit: EPFL In a surprise finding, an international research team from the University of Chicago, the University of Lausanne, and...

Double agents: Vessels that help cancers spread can also boost immunotherapy

Credit: Manuel Fankhauser and Maria Broggi/EPFL Many cancers, such as melanoma, are known to metastasize and spread by expanding nearby...

FDA-approved drug may block resistance to anti-angiogenesis therapy

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has identified a potential strategy for improving the efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors, drugs...

Trial compares laparoscopic and open surgeries for pancreatic cancer

Credit: GEM Hospital A randomized clinical trial has compared key-hole (laparoscopic) surgery and open surgery in pancreatic cancer patients undergoing...

Surgeons have major influence on breast cancer treatment

Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- A woman's choice of surgeon plays a significant role in whether she's likely...

Study shows influence of surgeons on likelihood of removal of healthy breast after breast cancer dia

Attending surgeons can have a strong influence on whether a patient undergoes contralateral prophylactic mastectomy after a diagnosis of breast...

Test strips for cancer detection get upgraded with nanoparticle bling