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Clinical trial eligibility criteria a growing obstacle
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 14, 2017 - Despite a decade-long call for simplification of clinical trials, the number...
Discovery of new prostate cancer biomarkers could improve precision therapy
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a new cause of treatment resistance in prostate cancer. Their discovery also...
Ohio State Cancer researchers validate a clinical test for fusion genes
Columbus, Ohio - An assay that identifies a peculiar but important abnormality in cancer cells has been developed and validated...
From thousands of suspects, Yale researchers ferret out cancer-causing genes
A Yale-led team of researchers has identified specific gene combinations that can cause deadly brain cancer glioblastoma, using new technology...
From cancer evolution to personalized therapies
Lausanne, 14 August 2017 - Being able to predict the resistance or sensitivity of a tumour cell to a drug...
Breast cancer study in India shows how the country can avoid crisis
Credit: University of Portsmouth A new study examining breast cancer awareness in India has found that a lack of early...
Important to communicate cancer prevention message to young adults to reduce risks later in life
Ann Arbor, MI, Aug. 14, 2017 - The latest estimates suggest that, by 2020, more than 1.9 million Americans will...
Cancer detection with sugar molecules
Credit: (Picture: Workgroup Seibel, VCH-Wiley) Galectins are a family of proteins that have become a promising source of cancer research...
Brain injury in kids might lead to alcohol abuse
Researchers at Ohio State University have surveyed previous studies to investigate the relationship between traumatic brain injuries and alcohol abuse....
Biogerontology Research Foundation salutes staff on multi-year drug development agreement
Credit: Juvenescence AI Tuesday, Aug. 14th, 2017, London, UK: Biogerontology Research Foundation (BGRF) Chief Science Officer Alex Zhavoronkov and BGRF...
£5.5 million initiative bids to boost farm livestock health in Africa
(University of Edinburgh) Vet experts at the University of Edinburgh are delivering a £5.5 million initiative to improve the health...
Researchers describe neural mechanisms for gregariousness and monogamy in zebra finches
How do gregarious songbirds such as zebra finches, where both males and females live in close proximity and where females...
RNA: A vicious pathway to cancer ?
According to the current doctrine, cancer cells develop due to mutations in genomic DNA. But could it be also caused...
Now showing: Researchers create first 3-D movie of virus in action
A research collaboration led by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has for the first time created a three-dimensional movie showing a...
The best place to treat type 1 diabetes might be just under your skin
Credit: Sefton Lab. A group of U of T researchers have demonstrated that the space under our skin might be...
Researchers from TU Dresden and CiQUS obtain decacene, the largest acene synthesised ever
Credit: TU Dresden Acenes are molecules formed by the linear fusion of special carbon-based hexagons, widely known as 'benzene rings'....
Researchers discover new class of chemical reaction
Credit: Michael P. Burke/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--August 14, 2017--A new study led by Michael P. Burke, assistant professor of...
Probiotics help poplar trees clean up toxins in Superfund sites
Credit: Michael Blaylock/Edenspace Systems Corporation Trees have the ability to capture and remove pollutants from the soil and degrade them...
FDA approves emergency use for multiplex Zika test
The Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug...
Injectable tissue patch could help repair damaged organs
Credit: Credit: Miles Montgomery. A team of U of T Engineering researchers is mending broken hearts with an expanding tissue...
