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Two-stage approach to risk-reducing mastectomy improves results for women with large breasts
Aug. 29, 2017 - For women undergoing risk-reducing mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, reconstruction can be challenging in those with...
Expanding the reach of therapeutic antibodies
Credit: Camilla De Nardis, Linda J. A. Hendriks, Emilie Poirier, Tudor Arvinte, Piet Gros, Alexander B. H. Bakker and John...
Designing novel biologic agents to target colorectal cancer
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 28, 2017--New biologic drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapies...
HPV vaccination rates especially low among childhood cancer survivors
ASCO Perspective Merry-Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, ASCO Expert in Cancer Survivorship "More than ever before, young cancer survivors are living...
How new blood vessels sprout
Credit: IBS New blood vessels branch out of preexisting ones is via a process called angiogenesis. Although this is essential...
Pathway’s power to boost, halt tumors may be promising cancer therapy target
A protein, called inositol-requiring enzyme 1 -- IRE1 -- may serve as a key driver in a series of molecular...
Gunnerus Prize in Sustainability awarded to Carl Folke
Credit: M. Axelsson/Azote for Stockholm Resilience Centre Professor Carl Folke has been awarded the 2017 Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science...
A bed & breakfast in L.A. reveals the lifestyle of a secretive fly species
Credit: Emily Hartop For nearly 30 years, Dr. Brian Brown knew about a mysterious unidentified phorid fly species, whose females...
Penn Medicine pharmacologist given Founders’ Award from ACS
Credit: American Chemical Society PHILADELPHIA -- Ian A. Blair, PhD, an internationally recognized expert on applying mass spectrometry, which measures...
A new estimate of biodiversity on Earth
Credit: Brendan B. Larsen, Elizabeth C. Miller, Matthew K. Rhodes, and John J. Wiens Anyone who has studied biology, watched...
New treatment options for type 2 diabetes
Credit: Dr Resia Pretorius, Stellenbosch University Bacteria may be responsible for more than we suspect. Especially when it comes to...
Placenta-on-a-chip: Microsensor simulates malaria in the womb to develop treatments
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Malaria, one of the most severe public health problems, affected 212 million people worldwide in 2015....
Pinpointing the origins of autism
Credit: Ludmer Centre The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the...
New findings on the past and future of sea ice cover in the Arctic
Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Maciej Telesinski Temperatures in the Arctic are currently climbing two to three times faster than the global...
Partnering with soil microbes essential to plant and animal life
Soils can be extraordinarily biodiverse and differ widely in the kinds of microbial communities that inhabit them. As our understanding...
Sense of smell is key factor in bird navigation, new study shows
How do birds navigate over long distances? This complex question has been the subject of debate and controversy among scientists...
International study shows moderate consumption of fats and carbohydrates best for health
Credit: Hamilton Health Sciences Hamilton, Ont. (August 29, 2017) - Research with more than 135,000 people across five continents has...
New diagnostics tool, the Xpert Ultra assay, improves detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis
Washington, DC - Aug. 29, 2017 - Researchers have demonstrated a new, improved version of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay, a...
Lasers zap decontaminates from soil
Credit: AIP Publishing WASHINGTON, D.C., August 29, 2017 -- There might be a new and improved way to rid contaminated...
An alternative to wolf control to save endangered caribou
Credit: Robert Serrouya What happens when invasive and native species are eaten by the same predator? If the invasive species...
