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Carl F. Ware receives ICIS Honorary Lifetime Membership Award
LA JOLLA, CALIF. - June 29, 2021 - Carl F. Ware, Ph.D., director of the Inflammatory Diseases Center at Sanford...
Oncotarget: Treatment outcomes in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
In CTP class A patients, IGF/CTP score B was associated with shorter PFS and OS Oncotarget published "Insulin-like growth factor...
Oncotarget: Novel markers of colorectal tumors exhibiting microsatellite instability
By incorporating cell composition into their regression model, they identified 3,193 differentially expressed genes, of which 556 were deemed novel...
Oncotarget: Predicting clinical outcomes using cancer progression associated signatures
The P142 panel of metrics successfully predicted cancer progression status in patients with some, but not all cancer types analyzed....
Elephants solve problems with personality
Just as humans have their own individual personalities, new research in the Journal of Comparative Psychology shows that elephants have...
Pitt faculty, students capture top awards at 2021 CALPHAD Global Conference
Assistant Professor Wei Xiong honored with inaugural CALPHAD Young Leader Award PITTSBURGH (June 25, 2021) ... CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse...
Differences in human, mouse brain cells have important implications for disease research
FINDINGS A UCLA-led study comparing brain cells known as astrocytes in humans and mice found that mouse astrocytes are more...
NASA completes additional tests to diagnose computer problem on Hubble space telescope
NASA is continuing to diagnose a problem with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope after completing another set...
Backscatter breakthrough runs near-zero-power IoT communicators at 5G speeds everywhere
Low-cost, low-power devices work over mmWave and use a single transistor to transfer high-volume data anywhere The promise of 5G...
Optical tweezer technology tweaked to overcome dangers of heat
Three years ago, Arthur Ashkin won the Nobel Prize for inventing optical tweezers, which use light in the form of...
Loss of circadian regulation allows for increase in glucose production during lung cancer
New study identifies possible therapeutic target to suppress cancer cell growth Irvine, CA - June 25, 2021 - New research...
Sleeper cells: Newly discovered stem cell resting phase could put brain tumors to sleep
ASU engineering researchers discover and explore new neural stem cell state that gives insight into cancer Christopher Plaisier, an assistant...
Hydrofracking environmental problems not that different from conventional drilling
Crude oil production and natural gas withdrawals in the United States have lessened the country's dependence on foreign oil and...
NUST MISIS scientists create unique alloy for air, rail transports
Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" (NUST MISIS) in cooperation with their colleagues from the Siberian...
Test distinguishes SARS-CoV-2 from other coronaviruses with 100% accuracy
Platform could also predict COVID-19 case severity and immunity against variants DURHAM, N.C. - Biomedical engineers at Duke University have...
One “Ring” to rule them all: curious interlocked molecules show dual response
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology design polymers infused with a stress-sensitive molecular unit that respond to external forces by...
Just mix it up: New synthetic method for making amphiphilic molecules without additives
- Amphiphilic molecules, which aggregate and encapsulate molecules in water, find use in several fields of chemistry. The simple, additive-free...
Controversies and consensus in thyroid cancer care
New Rochelle, NY, June 24, 2021—The American Thyroid Association, the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, the European Thyroid Association, and...
Structural biology reveals new opportunities to combat tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide, infecting about one-quarter of the world's population. Although it...
Scientists use NASA satellite data to track ocean microplastics from space
Scientists from the University of Michigan have developed an innovative way to use NASA satellite data to track the movement...
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