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November 15, 2025

Multi-nutrient rice against malnutrition

Nearly every second person eats primarily rice to meet the daily calorie needs. A meal of rice stops the hunger,...

NSF funds new multidisciplinary approaches to study the brain

Credit: Homewood Photography The National Science Foundation (NSF) made 19 awards to cross-disciplinary teams from across the United States to...

New microscope technique reveals internal structure of live embryos

Credit: Image courtesy Gabriel Popescu CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to produce 3-D images...

Protein critical to early stages of cellular HIV infection identified

Credit: Department of Molecular Virology,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)-led researchers identify a protein critical to the early stages...

Relieving antibiotic resistance: Researchers take steps toward new treatment for E. coli

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan. -- By understanding the functional differences between proteins expressed by two E. coli strains,...

Osteoporosis medications improve bone health in men being treated for prostate cancer

1. Osteoporosis medications improve bone health in men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2577 Editorial: http://ann..

How a chemo drug can help cancer spread from the breast to the lungs

COLUMBUS, Ohio -The very same treatment that thwarts breast cancer has a dark side -- it can fuel the spread...

Lyncean Technologies signs edge scientific as representative in Canada

Lyncean Technologies, Inc., manufacturer of the Lyncean Compact Light Source (CLS), today announced the signing of Edge Scientific as their...

First human application of novel PET tracer for prostate cancer

Credit: M. Piert et al., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan RESTON, Va. - In the featured translational article in...

Fat rats show why breast cancer may be more aggressive in patients with obesity

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Women with obesity are more likely to get breast cancer, and a number of...

Mutation in prostate tumors shown to change epigenetic identity, the make-up of DNA

(TORONTO, Canada - Aug. 7, 2017) - Prostate cancer researchers have mapped the impact of an acquired mutation that alters...

NCI study identifies essential genes for cancer immunotherapy

Credit: Jonathan Bailey, National Human Genome Research Institute A new study identifies genes that are necessary in cancer cells for...

IBM’s Watson can improve cancer treatment through better gene targeting

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 7, 2017) - IBM's Watson beat real-life contestants on Jeopardy. Now researchers are hoping...

Mental illness, suicide, creating ‘lost generation’ in Middle East

SEATTLE - Suicide, homicide, and sexual assault are increasing much faster in the Eastern Mediterranean Region than any other region...

97 percent of insurance denials in pediatric proton patients overturned on appeal

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Insurance companies end up covering proton therapy treatment for pediatric cancer patients in 97 percent...

Herbal medicine shows potential to treat cancer

Credit: © KAUST 2017 Researchers from KAUST have been searching locally for plants that have potential for use to combat...

Anti-inflammatory, anti-stress drugs taken before surgery may reduce metastatic recurrence

Most cancer-related deaths are the result of post-surgical metastatic recurrence. In metastasis, cells of primary tumors travel to other parts...

Gold specks raise hopes for better cancer treatments

A tiny medical device containing gold specks could boost the effects of cancer medication and reduce its harm, research suggests....

Study reveals higher opioid use among cancer survivors

A new study found that opioid prescription use is more common in cancer survivors than in individuals without a history...

You are what your grandmother ate: Intergenerational impacts of prenatal nourishment