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Personalized PRRT improves radiation delivery to neuroendocrine tumors
Credit: Michela Del Prete and colleagues, CHU de Québec - Université Laval Denver, Colo. - Neuroendocrine cancer is exceedingly difficult...
Researchers find cellular sweet spot in skin-cancer battle
A team of researchers has pinpointed a sugar modification in cells that spurs the spread of skin cancer. Its findings,...
How bile duct cancer develops and how it can be prevented
Two different types of cancer can develop in the liver. The more common malignant tumors are hepatocellular carcinomas, which arise...
Mysterious gene transcripts after cancer therapy
Tumor suppressor genes protect cells from malignant transformation. If they are turned off as a result of chemical modifications in...
Study discovers proteins which suppress the growth of breast cancer tumors
Credit: University of Birmingham Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that a type of protein could hold the...
Vaping cannabis may expose users to carcinogenic compounds
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 12, 2017--New research shows that the agents commonly mixed with...
Martin G. Pomper, MD, PhD, receives SNMMI Paul C. Aebersold Award in nuclear medicine
Credit: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine DENVER, Colo. - Martin G. Pomper, MD, PhD, director of nuclear medicine and...
MD Anderson and Convergent R.N.R. Ltd. establish alliance to further develop new radiation technology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Convergent R.N.R. Ltd. (CRnR) today announced a collaboration to further develop...
Study shows drug lowers levels of biomarker linked to ALS
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A new study finds that a decades-old drug used to treat malaria lowers levels of...
Long after 1980s farm crisis, farmers still take own lives at a high rate
The number of suicides among farmers and farmworkers in the United States has remained stubbornly high since the end of...
Blue Brain team discovers a multi-dimensional universe in brain networks
Credit: Courtesy of Blue Brain Project For most people, it is a stretch of the imagination to understand the world...
Sexual stereotypes can lead to unhealthy sexual relationships
PULLMAN, Wash. - Female college students who believe women are subservient and who endorse music media's degradation of women are...
Lab on a chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants
Credit: Ella Marushchenko and Alexander Tokarev/Ella Maru Studios Imagine wearing a device that continuously analyzes your sweat or blood for...
Researchers find a surprise just beneath the surface in carbon dioxide experiment
Credit: Berkeley Lab In a classic tale of science taking twists and turns before coming to a conclusion, two teams...
Ontarians still skeptical of flu shot
Half of all people who avoid the flu shot do so because they question its importance and effectiveness, a new...
PETA science consortium donates $400K in animal-free test equipment
London -- Today, the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. announced that it is providing equipment to laboratories working on human-relevant...
San Francisco surgeon Dr. Timothy Chuter receives the 2017 Jacobson Innovation Award
CHICAGO : The 2017 Jacobson Innovation Award of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) was presented to Timothy A.M. Chuter,...
Genetic testing can pick out men at increased risk of testicular cancer
Testing for large numbers of genetic changes can identify men with over a 10-fold increased risk of testicular cancer, a...
Common periodontal pathogen may interfere with conception in women
According to a study carried out at the University of Helsinki, Finland, a common periodontal pathogen may delay conception in...
Where cigarette smoking’s damage is done…down to your DNA
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga (UNC Health Care) Scientists have known for decades that smoking cigarettes causes DNA damage, which leads to...
