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Bursting bubbles launch bacteria from water to air
Credit: Image courtesy of the researchers Wherever there's water, there's bound to be bubbles floating at the surface. From standing...
Clinical trial harnesses power of natural killer cells to treat neuroblastoma
New York City-- Researchers have made rapid advances in understanding how to manipulate the immune system safely to destroy cancer...
Feeling the pressure with universal tactile imaging
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Touch, or tactile sensing, is fundamentally important for a range of real-life applications, from...
Research on imaging in radiation oncology featured in Red Journal special issue
Credit: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics ARLINGTON, Va., November 14, 2018 -- A new special edition...
Researchers identify a mechanism that fuels cancer cells’ growth
FINDINGS Scientists at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified sodium glucose transporter 2, or SGLT2, as a mechanism...
FluChip-8G tested in US and China for rapid characterization of influenza viruses
Credit: Greg Gray November 14, 2018 - Scientists at Duke Kunshan University and Duke University are collaborating with InDevR Inc....
‘Hopeful technology’ could change detection, diagnosis of deadly ovarian cancer
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis / Mike Martin Media Ovarian cancer claims the lives of more than 14,000 in...
Researchers in japan make android child’s face strikingly more expressive
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Japan's affection for robots is no secret. But is the feeling mutual in the country's...
St. Jude announces extensive resource to advance leukemia research
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today announced the availability of one of the world's...
Anti-Malaria drugs have shown promise in treating cancer, and now researchers know why
PHILADELPHIA - Anti-malaria drugs known as chloroquines have been repurposed to treat cancer for decades, but until now no one...
Nightingale’s technology links chronic inflammation with disease risk and shorter lifespan
Credit: Nightingale Health Chronic inflammation is currently a hot topic in health and wellness, being linked to everything from heart...
Surgery & combination therapy optimizes results in aggressive prostate cancer management
Boston, MA -- Men presenting with aggressive prostate cancer - Gleason Score of 9 or 10 - comprise most of...
New ‘SLICE’ tool can massively expand immune system’s cancer-fighting repertoire
Immunotherapy can cure some cancers that until fairly recently were considered fatal. In addition to developing drugs that boost the...
Electronic skin points the way north
Credit: HZDR / G.S. Cañón Bermúdez While birds are able to naturally perceive the Earth's magnetic field and use it...
Preparations for the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum are underway!
The HLF offers all accepted young researchers the great opportunity to personally interact with the laureates of the most prestigious...
‘Edited’ plant-based toxin possesses anti-tumor characteristics
Credit: Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons Researchers at Shinshu University in Japan have discovered that editing the chemical...
The unique biodiversity: 6900 hydrobionts species were found in Russian Far Eastern basin
Credit: Captured by A. Mayorova, Ph.D., FEFU. Being supported by mega-grant from Russian Science Foundation (RSF), researchers of Far Eastern...
When Melanoma spreads to the brain, patients with BRAF or MEK mutations can find novel treatment
Credit: Kris Hanning TUCSON, Ariz. - Cancer used to be thought of as a disease of the anatomy, but these...
Social media is affecting the way we view our bodies — and not in a good way
Credit: York University News TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2018 - Young women who actively engage with social media images of friends...
Purdue cancer identity technology makes it easier to find a tumor’s ‘address’
Credit: Yoon Yeo/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have developed a technology aimed at making it easier...
