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Finding what fuels the ‘runaway train’ of autoimmune disease
Credit: Carroll lab/Boston Children's Hospital A newly-unveiled discovery, which has been four years in the making, has the potential to...
Researchers report better way to create organic bioelectronics
Credit: Credit:Milad Khorrami & Mohammad Reza Abidian, University of Houston With increasing scientific and medical interest in communication with the...
Potential impacts of planned Andean Amazon dams outweigh benefits, scientists say
Credit: Ian Bell New York - August 23, 2017 - An international team of scientists investigating the effects of six...
Metal simplifies synthesis of antibody drugs
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 24, 2017) - Rice University scientists have developed a method to efficiently modify...
Studies explore the potential benefits of red raspberries
Lynden, WA - August 24, 2017 - Initial findings from several studies - including both human subjects and animals -...
Giving cancer-killing viruses a boost
Scientists have found a compound that helped a tumor-targeting virus kill liver cancer more effectively while sparing healthy cells, which...
Outstanding Investigator Grant Awarded to Dario C. Altieri, M.D., Wistar President & CEO
PHILADELPHIA -- (Aug. 23, 2017) -- The Wistar Institute is pleased to announce that distinguished scientist Dario C. Altieri, M.D.,...
On the other hand, the immune system can also cause cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is the primary cause of cervical cancer and a...
Putting it to the test
Credit: University of Utah College of Engineering It's estimated that about 788,000 people worldwide died of liver cancer in 2015,...
Nutlin-3, a p53-Mdm2 antagonist for nasopharyngeal carcinoma treatment
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a common epithelial squamous cell head and neck cancer which is strongly associated with gamma herpes...
International eye cancer research project to improve future therapies
A new international research project, involving the University of Liverpool's leading eye cancer research group, has identified specific subtypes of...
DNA sensor system developed for specific and sensitive measurement of cancer-relevant enzyme activity
The development of DNA sensor systems is of great importance for advances in medical science. Now another piece of the...
New prospects on the spread of tumors
In cancer therapy, the prevention of tumour spread is one of the greatest challenges. Cancer cells are able to change...
17.6 million Americans live close to active oil and gas (and fracking) wells
Credit: PSE Healthy Energy Oakland, Calif. - An estimated 17.6 million Americans live within one mile of an active oil...
Artificial intelligence helps with earlier detection of skin cancer
Artificial intelligence helps with earlier detection of skin cancer New technology being developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo...
Scientists uncover a deadly ‘addiction’ in esophageal cancer
Scientists have discovered a new way of attacking oesophageal cancer cells that could make use of an existing drug in...
‘Shapeshifter’ that regulates blood clotting is visually captured for the first time
We are normally born with a highly sophisticated array of molecules that act as "sentries," constantly scanning our bodies for...
Long-term study aims to understand prairie ecology after farmland is forsaken
Credit: Emily Arsenault LAWRENCE -- Across the U.S., farmers have abandoned millions of acres of land due to economics and...
Anglers’ delight as algal blooms breakthrough highlights innovative science
Millions of fish-deaths caused by toxic Prymnesium algal blooms could be prevented with the application of a household chemical best...
Zika monkey study suggests worse fetal effects for vaginal versus mosquito transmission
Credit: Renato Araújo/Agência BrasÃlia. via Flickr Rhesus macaques that were vaginally infected with Zika virus showed higher prevalence of Zika...
