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Experts call for a targeted approach to cancer prevention
Credit: University of Stirling Policymakers around the world should consider introducing more targeted early interventions in a bid to tackle...
To fight email scammers, take a different view. Literally.
Credit: US Federal Bureau of Investigation BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, November 1, 2018 - A team of researchers is helping...
Cancer drug insight tactic could spell double trouble for tumours
Credit: Mar Carmena and Emma Peat A new way of identifying potential cancer drugs could streamline the development of therapies,...
Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy should be a treatment option for elderly patients with LS-S
DENVER -Elderly patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) showed similar survival and toxicity compared to their younger counterparts...
C-Path, CHDI and CDISC announce therapeutic area user guide for Huntington’s Disease
TUCSON, Ariz., NEW YORK and AUSTIN, Texas, November 1, 2018 -- The Huntington's Disease Regulatory Science Consortium (HD-RSC), launched in...
eDNA emerges as powerful tool for tracking threatened river herring in Chesapeake Bay
CAMBRIDGE, MD (November 1, 2018)--Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to track the presence of fish in waterways is emerging as a...
NASA expert to discuss interstellar space travel at the Optical Society Laser Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 1 -- New directed energy propulsion systems may enable the first interstellar missions, with small, robotic spacecraft...
Renowned forum on software engineering brings together top researchers and industry leaders
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT) will present the joint...
Army scientist seeks enhanced soldier systems through quantum research
Credit: U.S. Army photo Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Joint Quantum Institute have created a pristine...
Improving additive manufacturing for space missions
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/ANSYS AMRL PITTSBURGH (November 1, 2018) ... Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, presents a game-changing...
National Psoriasis Foundation awards over $2 million in research grants and fellowships
Portland, Ore. (November 1, 2018)--The National Psoriasis Foundation, NPF, has awarded $2.3 million in research grants and fellowships in 2018....
People with Internet addiction react the worst when WiFi fails
London, November 1, 2018 Do you get frustrated and angry when your WiFi connection stops working? It could be because...
Insilico to present its latest research in AI for longevity biotechnology
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, November 1, 2018 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing...
City of Hope, TGen announce intent to build cell therapy manufacturing facility in Phoenix
DUARTE, Calif. and PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Nov. 1, 2018 -- City of Hope, a world-renowned independent cancer research and treatment...
New images show serotonin activating its receptor for first time
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Serotonin (3A) receptors are common drug targets in the treatment of pain,...
MDM2 inhibitors could be promising new treatment for uveitis
Credit: Jill Johnson, UNTHSC Ocular inflammation uveitis is a serious disease that can destroy eye tissue and cause irreversible blindness....
Take a lot of sick days? Who you know and where you live might be partly to blame
New research led by Lijun Song, associate professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University, and graduate student Phillip Pettis suggests that...
Drug combination for treatment resistant depression no more effective than single
Psychiatrists and GPs increasingly combine mirtazapine with an SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) or SNRI (serotonin-noradenaline reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant for...
Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer
Scientists led by Newcastle University have been able to identify the group of children needing more intensive, aggressive chemotherapy treatment...
We all want ‘healthy aging,’ but what is it, really? New report looks for answers
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society "Healthy aging" sounds like a priority we all can share, but for geriatrics healthcare...
