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Diet and global climate change
You are what you eat, as the saying goes, and while good dietary choices boost your own health, they also...
By boosting innate immunity, researchers eradicate aggressive prostate cancer in mice
Cabozantinib, a drug already used to treat patients with certain types of thyroid or kidney cancer, was able to eradicate...
Drug resistance of cancer cells crucially affected by expression levels of ABC-transporters
How is drug resistance of cancer cells affected by ABC-transporters? A new research paper, published in the open access journal...
How your neighborhood may impact your health
How physically active are you? It might depend, in part, on what type of neighborhood you live in, says Adriana...
Sub-second system seizures
Professor Neil Johnson, a physicist at the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences, is interested in complex networks....
History of exercise helps prevent heart disease after breast cancer
While regular exercise is recommended as part of a heart-healthy lifestyle for any person, it also appears to help mitigate...
Novel compound that engages ‘second arm’ of immune system reduces breast tumors and metastases
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON - For all the success of a new generation of immunotherapies for cancer, they often...
Study: Hormone replacement therapy may help improve women’s heart health, overall survival
LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL 2 P.M. ET MARCH 8, 2017) - Hormone replacement therapy has long been controversial as studies...
Ancient southern China fish may have evolved prior to the ‘Age of Fish’
Credit: Brian Choo An ancient fish species with unusual scales and teeth from the Kuanti Formation in southern China may...
Leaf-cutting ants learn to identify unsuitable plants from cues within the colony
Credit: Erik Frank Leaf-cutting ants can learn which plants are not suitable for the fungus gardens that supply their food...
Stanford biologists identify ancient stress response in corals
Credit: Image credit: Zack Gold Stanford marine biologists have discovered that corals activate a specific group of ancient, defensive genes...
Student team competition provides real-world experience for O.R. and analytics students
CATONSVILLE, MD, March 7, 2017 - Eight student teams from around the world have been selected as finalists in the...
In battle for real estate, a disordered protein wins out
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - March 8, 2017 - Research findings that first had scientists scratching...
Researchers link methane in groundwater in Parker and Hood counties to natural sources
Credit: J.P. Nicot The University of Texas at Austin Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin have found that...
Antioxidants and lung cancer risk
An epidemiological study published in Frontiers in Oncology suggests that a diet high in carotenoids and vitamin C may protect...
Grant awarded to Sanford Simon will fund research to treat rare liver cancer
NEW YORK -- Dr. Sanford Simon, head of the Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics at Rockefeller University, has been awarded a...
Cancer-causing benzene found in e-cigarette vapors operated at high power
Portland State University scientists have found that significant levels of cancer-causing benzene in e-cigarette vapors can form when the devices...
Oral delivery system could make vaccination needle-free
Loading video... Credit: UC Berkeley Patients could one day self-administer vaccines using a needleless, pill-sized technology that jet-releases a stream...
NSF awards $6.1 million to accelerate advanced wireless research, push beyond 5-G
Credit: US Ignite, Inc Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a $6.1 million, five-year award to accelerate fundamental research...
Drug resistance of cancer cells crucially affected expression levels of ABC-transporters
How is drug resistance of cancer cells affected by ABC-transporters? A new research paper, published in the open access journal...
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