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Fly away home? Ice age may have clipped bird migration
Credit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The onset of the last ice age may have forced some bird species to...
Lack of trust less of a barrier to clinical trial participation, say minority populations
Arlington, Va. - Sept. 19, 2017 - Significantly fewer African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and non-Hispanic whites say 'lack of trust' is...
Red cosmetic powder used in Hindu ceremonies contains unsafe lead levels
Sindoor -- a cosmetic powder sold in the United States and used during Hindu religious and cultural ceremonies -- has...
Cancer Health Disparities Conference set for Sept. 25-28 in Atlanta
ATLANTA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its 10th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer...
Screening for cervical abnormalities in women offered HPV vaccination
Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing detects a higher number of precancerous cervical lesions than cytology-based Pap smears in a female population...
Red cosmetic powder used in Hindu ceremonies contain unsafe lead levels
Sindoor -- a cosmetic powder sold in the United States and used during Hindu religious and cultural ceremonies -- has...
Tumor-infiltrating B lymphocytes promote melanoma progression & resistance to therapy
PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 19, 2017) -- In a multi-institutional collaborative study, scientists at The Wistar Institute and the Medical University...
Brain powered: Increased physical activity among breast cancer survivors boosts cognition
It is estimated that up to 75 percent of breast cancer survivors experience problems with cognitive difficulties following treatments, perhaps...
Future of legalized cannabis focus of expert panel discussion in cannabis journal
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 19, 2017--In the roundtable entitled "Expert Panel on Understanding Cannabis:...
Ludwig scientists discover complex axis of immune suppression exploited by cancers
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a new mechanism by which cancer cells evade destruction by the immune system....
PharmaMar starts clinical studies with a new compound -PM14- in patients with solid tumors
After its preclinical phase, where the compound has demonstrated its activity in solid tumors in animal models, this Phase I...
Cancer researcher wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Credit: QMUL Professor Jack Cuzick from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has received the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement...
Charities unite to award $2.5 million for breast and prostate cancer research
Credit: National Breast Cancer Foundation and the Movember Foundation. Leading Australian cancer researcher Professor Wayne Tilley has today been presented...
NYIT faculty members to research RNA variants under multi-year NIH grant
Credit: P. Retuta for NYIT (New York, N.Y.) - NYIT (New York Institute of Technology) faculty members Shenglong Zhang, Ph.D.,...
A piece of the puzzle: 8 autism-related mutations in 1 gene
Scientists have identified a hotspot for autism-related mutations in a single gene. By studying data from thousands of genomes of...
NSF issues new EPSCoR awards, investing in science and engineering across nation
Credit: Walter Dodds, Kansas State University. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded five jurisdictions nearly $20 million each through...
Science denial not limited to political right
Credit: Nick Youngson In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many claims have been made that science denial, particularly...
PET imaging tracks Zika virus infection, disease progression in mouse model
Credit: Image courtesy of US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases For the first time, scientists have used Positron...
InDevR licenses Mount Sinai influenza antibodies for VaxArray neuraminidase potency assay
Credit: InDevR, Inc. InDevR, a Boulder-based progressive analytical technology and life science instrumentation company today announced that it has entered...
Fluorescence microscopy on a chip — no lenses required
Credit: Takehara et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 19, 2017 - Fluorescence microscopy gives researchers incredible power to illuminate the tiniest...
