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Internists urge President Trump to ‘consider taking additional actions’ to provide relief
Internists Urge President Trump to 'Consider Taking Additional Actions' to Provide Relief in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Letter...
Back from the brink
A new collaboration between two UC Santa Barbara labs explores the underlying molecular mechanism of a remarkable process called anastasis,...
Melanoma cells rewire to resist drug treatment, Penn-Wistar team finds
Credit: Yueyao Zhu and Wei Guo In 2014, new combination therapies to treat patients with metastatic melanoma hit the market,...
Study examines characteristics of mobile mammography patients
Leesburg, VA, September 25, 2017 - Significant differences were found among women receiving mammography at a cancer center versus those...
Ancient ink for cancer treatment
For hundreds of years, Chinese calligraphers have used a plant-based ink to create beautiful messages and art. Now, one group...
Scientists discover rogue messengers that hinder body’s immune response to cancer
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have made a discovery around treatment-resistant breast cancer that may turn the phrase, 'don't shoot...
Editing genes one by one throughout colorectal cancer cell genome uncovers new drug target
Credit: UC San Diego Health Cancers driven by mutations in the KRAS gene are among the most deadly. For decades,...
Penn Medicine develops model to predict ER visits in lung cancer patients
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A pilot program that uses big data to predict which lung cancer patients will require...
Plant substance inhibits cancer stem cells
The plant Ambrosia arborescens grows at a high elevation in large parts of South America, and is traditionally used as...
Reducing disparities in cancer precision medicine
New Orleans, LA - The National Cancer Institute has awarded LSU Health New Orleans and Moffitt Comprehensive Cancer Center in...
Cancer treatment: Bringing patients onboard
Montreal, September 27, 2017 - Mado Desforges is a breast-cancer survivor who specializes in adult education, and lately she's added...
NIH awards $10.6 million research center grant to JAX for study of chronic fatigue
As part of a major, multi-institutional, multidisciplinary assault against myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a highly debilitating and poorly understood...
Unlocking the mysteries of memory — and potentially enhancing it
Memory acts like an anchor, reminding us of past experiences that have made us who we are today. Attempts to...
OU research group awarded $10.5 million NIH COBRE grant
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma research team led by Ann West, professor of chemistry and biochemistry in...
University of Hawaii awarded nearly $6.3 million to develop trivalent Ebola vaccine
Credit: Amanda Shell, UH-JABSOM University of Hawaii vaccine researcher Axel Lehrer, PhD, has received a nearly $6.3 million grant to...
Modeling brain connections to understand Parkinson’s disease
Some 10 million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's disease -- a debilitating condition that causes degeneration of brain nerve cells...
Citizen science can predict butterfly population trends
New research by the University of Kent, Butterfly Conservation and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology shows that citizen scientists...
Preservation of floodplains is flood protection
Credit: (Photo: TUM/J. Geist) The silting of rivers and streams leads to problems for fish, mussels, and other aquatic organisms...
Olive mill wastewater transformed: From pollutant to bio-fertilizer, biofuel
Olive oil has long been a popular kitchen staple. Yet producing the oil creates a vast stream of wastewater that...
Brain cells that control appetite identified for first time
Credit: Professor Nicholas Dale/Ms. Greta Lazutkaite Key brain cells which control our appetite discovered by scientists at University of Warwick...
