Health
Cedars-Sinai to study how fat may promote cancer spread to liver
$9.1 million federal grant to focus on 'cross-talk' between liver and cancer cells that prompts liver metastasisCredit: Photo by Cedars-Sinai....
Chemical found in drinking water linked to tooth decay in children
Credit: Aira Burkhart/West Virginia University Children with higher concentrations of a certain chemical in their blood are more likely to...
Portable lab you plug into your phone can diagnose illnesses like coronavirus
Smartphone lab delivers test results in 'spit' secondCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services Engineers with the University of Cincinnati have...
Geography, age and anemia shape childhood vaccine responses in Sub-Saharan Africa
Credit: Vaccine responses in the developing immune systems of children may depend on factors such as age, location and anemia...
Words matter when it comes to apparel for people living with disabilitie
MU researchers found that people living with disabilities wish to purchase clothing that is designed and marketed like any other...
Palliative Medicine Reports launching spring 2020
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 6, 2020--Palliative Medicine Reports, a new peer-reviewed open access companion...
Virtual reality programmes support the treatment of children with acquired brain injury
Credit: Marju Himma/Estonian Public Broadcasting Use of a computer environment is a new and fast-developing field in paediatric neurorehabilitation. The...
‘Fluorescent markers’ to illuminate cancer begins Phase 3 clinical trials
Credit: On Target Laboratories On Target Laboratories Inc., a privately held biotechnology company developing the use of Purdue University-discovered fluorescent...
New online therapy for lingering depression symptoms could fill important gap in care
Online therapy for lingering depressive symptoms developed greater access to those in needCredit: U of T Scarborough An online version...
How plants are built to be strong and responsive
Credit: John Innes Centre Organised cellulose fibres allow plants to grow, support themselves and store fixed carbon from the atmosphere....
AOCS Research Awards go to five UMass Amherst food science Ph.D. students
Student researchers work in lab of renowned food scientist Julian McClementsCredit: UMass Amherst Five food science Ph.D. students at the...
How hereditary genetic testing results impact breast cancer treatment
A new study finds breast cancer patients with an inherited genetic mutation don't always get treatment that follows guidelinesCredit: University...
Hard times are coming: Brain tissue stiffness is crucial for neurogenesis
Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München / Jacob Kjell In mammalian adult brains, neural stem cells are only present in few specific...
New robot will provide surgical assistance in uterine operations
The system would prevent one of the surgeons from having to hold the handler for several hoursCredit: UPV The project...
Study catalogues cancer ‘fingerprints’ in decade-long global effort to map cancer genomes
Global research collaboration publishes detailed catalogue of DNA fingerprints of cancer-causing mutationsCredit: Steven G. Rozen, PhD Singapore, 6 February 2020...
A new approach to calm that angry nose
Osaka University-led study shows that semaphorin protein induces allergic reactions and causes formation of nasal polyps in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitisCredit:...
Oh my aching back: Do yoga, tai chi or qigong help?
Researchers provide comprehensive review of effects of movement-based mind-body interventions on chronic low back painCredit: Florida Atlantic University It's a...
Gaps in cure rate appear linked to race and insurance status for common HPV-related cancer
New study in JNCCN points to need for greater efforts to reduce racial disparities in cancer survival and increase access...
‘Watch-and-Wait’ strategy could safely replace surgery in more than 20% of rectal cancers
Credit: Rafael Falcão/CCU A team of doctors and scientists from the Champalimaud Clinical Centre in Lisbon, Portugal, and the Netherlands...
Annual Reviews launches its 51st journal: Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
This important new interdisciplinary resource covering significant advances in the developmental sciences is available online nowCredit: Annual Reviews Annual Reviews,...
