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WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 3, 2017 -- Artificially constructed human tissues and organs have been developed with a number of different...

Study identifies molecules that could help to prevent the development of brain tumors

Credit: Brain Tumour Research Researchers from the University of Portsmouth's Brain Tumour Research Centre of Excellence have identified molecules which...

New report gives methods for developing dietary reference intakes based on chronic disease

WASHINGTON - A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine outlines how to examine whether specific...

Plant pathology professors receive $1.2 million to study, catalog Fusarium fungi

David Geiser and Seogchan Kang, professors of plant pathology and environmental biology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, received...

Skin-ditching gecko inexplicably leaves body armor behind when threatened

Credit: Image by Paluh et al. in the African Journal of Herpetology GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When trouble looms, the fish-scale...

Current threats to our oceans are revealed

Covering two-thirds of our planet, the ocean was once thought to be too big to be threatened by human activity....

NSF EPSCoR awards new projects

Credit: University Communication / University of Nebraska-Lincoln The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made eight awards totaling $41.7 million for...

Different sensory pathways engaged in feeling and responding to external temperature

Credit: Kazuhiro Nakamura Nagoya, Japan - To maintain the body at an appropriate temperature despite changes in the environment, there...

Fast, noninvasive technique for probing cells may reveal disease

The stiffness or elasticity of a cell can reveal much about whether the cell is healthy or diseased. Cancer cells,...

Study reveals how to reprogram cells in our immune system

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- When the immune system is imbalanced, either due to overly-active cells or cells that suppress its...

ONC201 may inhibit cancer stem cell self-renewals by altering their gene expression

ONC201 may inhibit cancer stem cell self-renewals by altering their gene expression, according to a study published August 2, 2017...

Targeting ‘Achilles’ heel’ could supercharge breast cancer treatment

(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) A new class of anti-cancer agents targeting cancer cells' 'Achilles' heel' could help to supercharge...

New cancer therapy eliminates toxic delivery vehicles for microRNA

Credit: Purdue University Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a mechanism for delivering tumor-suppressing microRNAs that eliminates the need for...

SNMMI honors outstanding contributors at 2017 annual meeting

RESTON, Va. -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), an international scientific and medical organization, recognized contributions...

Comprehensive sequencing program shows promise of precision medicine for advanced cancer

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new study shows just how complex metastatic cancer is and offers some clues...

Good cellular neighbors combat incipient cancers

Credit: Yale University Scientists have spent decades studying the nature of tumor cells, but few have looked to see what...

Twenty-three ASTRO members awarded Fellows designation

Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., August 2, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology has...

‘Code Blue’ equals lower survival for cancer patients

Patients with advanced cancer who suffer cardiac arrest in the hospital have a survival rate of less than 10 percent--half...

Lighting the way: Sensors show drug uptake