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Scientists find three subgroups in a children’s brain cancer, identify druggable targets
(TORONTO, Canada - Dec. 12, 2016) - Multi-institutional researchers investigating an incurable brain cancer in children have discovered three distinct...
UT Southwestern study shows fasting kills cancer cells of common childhood leukemia
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS, Dec. 12, 2016 - UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that intermittent fasting...
Berkeley Lab researchers at AGU: Impacts of climate change, subsurface energy, understanding drought and monitoring permafrost among many talks
Berkeley Lab scientists will present on a number of topics including climate modeling challenges, projects on Arctic permafrost, induced seismicity,...
Bone marrow-derived cells are source of key kidney disease biomarker SuPAR
Credit: Rush PhotoGroup A suPAR Root of Kidney Disease: Discovery may aid search for kidney disease treatment and prevent recurrence...
Scientists discover how to reverse pain caused by diabetes-related nerve damage
One person in Australia develops diabetes every five minutes, with up to half suffering peripheral nerve damage, meaning the slightest...
How physical exercise aids in stroke recovery
The after-effects of a stroke can be life changing. Paralysis, speech problems and memory loss occur in varying degrees of...
New compound eases neuropathic pain from light touch
An anesthetic injection like that given by a dentist numbs all feeling in the surrounding tissue. This is often the...
New research reveals extent of human threat to lion populations
Two new studies led by scientists at Oxford University have highlighted the threat posed to lions by human activity -...
Dual loss of TET proteins prompts lethal upsurge in inflammatory T cells in a mouse model
Credit: Image: Courtesy of Dr. Angeliki Tsagaratou, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. Members of the TET family of...
$1.125 million NCI grant funds TGen-led boot camp for cancer doctors
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Dec. 12, 2016 -- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a 5-year, $1.125 million grant to...
Two electrons go on a quantum walk and end up in a qudit
Credit: MIPT's Press Office Scientists from the Institute of Physics and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences and MIPT...
Famine alters metabolism for successive generations
Credit: Wikimedia Commons The increased risk of hyperglycemia associated with prenatal exposure to famine is also passed down to the...
Holy batcave! Personal sighting leads UT’s Dinets to new data on spectral bat
Credit: Vladimir Dinets, research assistant professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. KNOXVILLE--Spectral bats, also called false vampire...
The antibody that normalizes tumor vessels
Credit: IBS An important parcel must be delivered to the correct place. It is so important that it can be...
Availability of community-based fitness classes leads to increased activity levels
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Dec. 12, 2016) -- Physical inactivity is a global health problem that leads to...
Antarctic site promises to open a new window on the cosmos
Credit: Xue-Fei Gong/Purple Mountain Observatory Antarctica might be one of the most inhospitable regions on the planet, but it is...
UK steel production to benefit from efficiency innovation
Credit: WMG/University of Warwick WMG research to make UK steel production cheaper, and cut energy consumption by 300% Belt casting...
Study uncovers details of information processing in the brain
Credit: Dawn Graves EDMONTON (Monday, December 5, 2016)--You're in a crowded lecture theatre. Around you are a million tiny distractions:...
Smoking down, number of lives saved up as more countries embrace tobacco control measures
Credit: GUMC WASHINGTON (Dec. 12, 2016) -- Between 2008 and 2014, more than 53 million people in 88 countries stopped...
What is the most effective treatment for endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia?
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 12, 2016--A new study comparing the effectiveness of oral progestogens...
