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Predicting advanced prostate cancer outcomes with NaF-PET/CT
Reston, Va. – A recent pilot study reported in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine found that...
Scientists awarded $1.3 million to optimize probes to test new approach to cancer treatment
JUPITER, FL – June 7, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been...
New mutation-testing technology has potential to guide targeted lung and colorectal cancer therapies
Philadelphia, PA, June 8, 2016 – A new technology suitable for practical clinical testing can detect KRAS gene mutations in...
Origami ninja star inspires new battery design
Credit: Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY – A new disposable battery that folds like an origami ninja star could power...
New types of blood cancer discovered in children
Through a detailed study of leukaemia cells from more than 200 children, a research group at Lund University in Sweden...
Flight of the RoboBee
Increasingly, researchers are designing robots with forms and functions that defy our expectation of what a machine can be or...
Scientists use modelling to show the role of metabolism and signaling in cancer metastasis
Researchers have built a model to investigate the metastasis of cancer by examining the metabolism of breast epithelial cells and...
A new approach to chemical synthesis
MIT chemists have devised a new way to synthesize a complex molecular structure that is shared by a group of...
Rice study details stress-diabetes link
HOUSTON – (June 6, 2016) – A Rice University study has found a link between emotional stress and diabetes, with...
Personalized medicine leads to better outcomes for patients with cancer
In a meta-analysis of hundreds of clinical trials involving thousands of patients, researchers at University of California San Diego School...
Wild parents’ genomes reveal complex genetic past for garden variety petunias
Credit: Tomas Hasing ITHACA, NY– When gardeners look at a petunia, they see the vibrant and versatile blooms of the...
ASCO: Finally, targeted therapies for triple-negative breast cancer
At the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2016, researchers present results of three clinical trials using new...
Repairing chronic wounds
Chronic wounds cause nearly 80,000 lower leg amputations annually in the U.S. alone and are associated with an increased likelihood...
UMMS scientists offer first look at how our cells can ‘swallow up and quarantine’ Zika
Credit: Brass Lab WORCESTER, MA – Eight weeks after receiving their first samples of Zika virus, scientists at the University...
Gut microbes’ metabolite dampens proliferation of intestinal stem cells
Intestinal stem cells are among the most rapidly dividing cells in the body, busily creating new cells to replace the...
Brain power
Compared to other mammals, humans have the largest cerebral cortex. A sheet of brain cells that folds in on itself...
Prevention may be essential to reducing racial disparities in stroke
Blacks between the ages of 45 and 54 die of strokes at a rate that is three times greater than...
New clues found to immune system’s misfiring in autoimmune diseases
A person’s genetic makeup plays a role in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis that develop when the body is...
Walnuts may improve your colon health
Eating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers led by UConn Health report in...
Pick me! Pick me! How genes are selected to create diverse immune cell receptors
Credit: Babraham Institute Use of a new technique developed at the Babraham Institute has allowed researchers to take an in-depth...
