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Family break-ups lead to domestic violence in fruit fly relationships
Credit: Amy Hong Male fruit flies with strong family ties are less likely to become abusive during mating than others,...
Bill Gates and Francis Collins to speak at ASHG 2017
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, 5:00-6:30 pm WHERE: Orange County Convention Center, South Building, Hall B 9800-9899 International Drive, Orlando,...
NYITCOM researcher discovers potential cancer treatment breakthrough
Patients undergoing conventional chemotherapy for certain cancers could potentially receive more effective and less toxic drug treatment. In a July...
New genes discovered regulating brain metastases in lung cancer
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (August 8, 2017) - Research from McMaster University has identified new regulators of brain metastases...
New study discovers ‘killer peptide’ that helps eliminate resistant cancer cells
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 4, 2017) - A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that when...
$15 million grant to LSU Health New Orleans to help reduce cancer in louisiana
New Orleans, LA - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans School of...
First-in-class drug holds promise for therapy-resistant breast cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 8, 2017 - UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center researchers have shown that a first-in-class...
Colorectal cancer death rates rising in people under 55
ATLANTA -August 8, 2017- A new report finds that colorectal cancer mortality rates have increased in adults under 55 since...
Racial differences for trends in colorectal cancer mortality rates
Colorectal cancer mortality rates have decreased since 1970 in black individuals 20 to 54 years of age, but have increased...
Mental illness, suicide, and ‘intractable violence’ creating ‘lost generation’ in Middle East
SEATTLE (7 August 2017) - Suicide, homicide, and sexual assault are increasing much faster in the Eastern Mediterranean Region than...
Clinical trial shows ready-to-use cells are safe and effective to treat viral infections
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Patients who receive a hematopoietic stem cell transplant are at risk of developing potentially lethal...
Prostate cancer cells become ‘shapeshifters’ to spread to distant organs
Credit: Nature Communications Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists report they have discovered a biochemical process that gives prostate cancer...
Drug hope for acute myeloid leukemia
Credit: University of Bradford A new drug that strips cancer cells of their "immortality" could help to treat patients suffering...
Four new fruit fly species from the Himalaya and information about their flower visitation
Credit: Dr Rajendra S Fartyal The first record of flower visitation in a group of fruit flies from Himalayan India...
A champion for plants
Native plants have a guardian angel in Susan Mazer. Her research as a botanist has furthered the conservation of some...
Are learning and unlearning bedfellows?
The human brain's capacity for learning is astonishing: it can even memorize meaningless sounds if repeated. Hence, a pattern of...
Dopaminergic neurons derived from iPSCs in non-human primate model
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 8, 2017-Researchers have demonstrated the ability to generate dopaminergic neurons...
Newly discovered pathway for pain processing could lead to new treatments
The discovery of a new biological pathway involved in pain processing offers hope of using existing cancer drugs to replace...
Magnetic fields turn up the heat on bacterial biofilms
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - August 8, 2017 - A short exposure to an alternating magnetic field might someday replace...
Asian hornet to colonize UK within 2 decades without action
Credit: National Bee Unit Honey bees across Europe have been impacted by Asian hornet since it first arrived in France...
