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Unique imaging of a dinosaur’s skull tells evolutionary tale
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Aug. 15, 2017- - Researchers using Los Alamos' unique neutron-imaging and high-energy...
Look ma, no hands: Researchers use vacuum for hands-free patterning of liquid metal
Credit: Michael Dickey, NC State University North Carolina State University engineers have utilized vacuum to create a more efficient, hands-free...
Cell economics 101
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Every time we swallow food, cells that line the intestines must step up their activity...
Adding silicon to soil to strengthen plant defenses
Credit: Illustration by Jeff Chase/ University of Delaware To help plants better fend off insect pests, researchers are arming them...
Monash helps address superbug resistance with Phage therapy
International research involving a Monash biologist shows that bacteriophage therapy - a process whereby bacterial viruses attack and destroy specific...
Older cancer patients rate own physical abilities as better than their caregivers do
Older cancer patients and their caregivers often differ in their assessment of the patient's physical abilities, with caregivers generally rating...
‘Acidic patch’ regulates access to genetic information
Credit: Courtesy of Nature Chromatin remodelers -- protein machines that pack and unpack chromatin, the tightly wound DNA-protein complex in...
Cancer-fighting T cells are smarter, stronger than experts thought
Credit: Yinnian Feng/Vanderbilt University Scientists studying the body's cancer-fighting T cells have a serious problem: When they culture them in...
New cancer diagnosis may come with risk of thromboembolism
WASHINGTON (Aug. 14, 2017) -- Patients newly diagnosed with cancer may have a substantially increased short-term risk of arterial thromboembolism,...
Clinical trial eligibility criteria a growing obstacle
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 14, 2017 - Despite a decade-long call for simplification of clinical trials, the number...
Discovery of new prostate cancer biomarkers could improve precision therapy
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a new cause of treatment resistance in prostate cancer. Their discovery also...
Ohio State Cancer researchers validate a clinical test for fusion genes
Columbus, Ohio - An assay that identifies a peculiar but important abnormality in cancer cells has been developed and validated...
From thousands of suspects, Yale researchers ferret out cancer-causing genes
A Yale-led team of researchers has identified specific gene combinations that can cause deadly brain cancer glioblastoma, using new technology...
From cancer evolution to personalized therapies
Lausanne, 14 August 2017 - Being able to predict the resistance or sensitivity of a tumour cell to a drug...
Breast cancer study in India shows how the country can avoid crisis
Credit: University of Portsmouth A new study examining breast cancer awareness in India has found that a lack of early...
Important to communicate cancer prevention message to young adults to reduce risks later in life
Ann Arbor, MI, Aug. 14, 2017 - The latest estimates suggest that, by 2020, more than 1.9 million Americans will...
Cancer detection with sugar molecules
Credit: (Picture: Workgroup Seibel, VCH-Wiley) Galectins are a family of proteins that have become a promising source of cancer research...
Brain injury in kids might lead to alcohol abuse
Researchers at Ohio State University have surveyed previous studies to investigate the relationship between traumatic brain injuries and alcohol abuse....
Biogerontology Research Foundation salutes staff on multi-year drug development agreement
Credit: Juvenescence AI Tuesday, Aug. 14th, 2017, London, UK: Biogerontology Research Foundation (BGRF) Chief Science Officer Alex Zhavoronkov and BGRF...
£5.5 million initiative bids to boost farm livestock health in Africa
(University of Edinburgh) Vet experts at the University of Edinburgh are delivering a £5.5 million initiative to improve the health...
