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Imaging collaboration sheds new light on cancer growth
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have uncovered new insights into how the normal...
Anti-cancer virus fits tumor receptor like a ‘key in a lock’
Credit: OIST and University of Otago Seneca Valley Virus sounds like the last bug you'd want to catch, but it...
RNA-protein network may explain why melanoma grows more
Credit: Nobuhiro Takahashi With 5-year survival rates being around 30% for patients with distant metastatic disease, cutaneous melanoma is the...
Cancer’s most deadly assassin exists in every cell
Kill code is triggered by chemotherapy Potential to trigger kill code without using chemotherapy, avoiding side effects 'I want to...
Biologists discover source for boosting tumor cell drug sensitivity
Credit: Manqing Li, Michael David Lab, UC San Diego DNA-damaging agents, or "DDAs," make up the most widely used group...
Secrets of mighty cancer killing virus unlocked by Otago researchers
Credit: Mihnea Bostina University of Otago researchers have used high-resolution electron microscopy images to reveal how an anti-cancer virus interacts...
New drug candidates reverse drug resistance in multiple myeloma in preclinical models
Credit: Dr. Reeder Robinson of the Medical University of South Carolina In an article published online October 12, 2018 by...
Hormone-blocking injections reduce early menopause from breast cancer treatment
Credit: Cleveland Clinic Final results of SWOG Cancer Research Network's groundbreaking international Prevention of Early Menopause Study (POEMS) clinical trial...
Scientists neutralize reactive nitrogen molecules to enhance cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame Immunotherapy -- harnessing T-cells to attack cancer cells in the body -- has given...
Truck driver pain and discomfort can be alleviated
Almost 60 per cent of truck drivers in a recent Canadian study reported experiencing musculoskeletal (MSD) pain and discomfort on...
Researchers to study binge eating disorder treatment in veterans
For the first time, the United States Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a grant to researchers at University of...
Interventions to delay and prevent type 2 diabetes are underused, researchers say
CHICAGO--October 29, 2018--Lifestyle interventions, medication and surgery for patients diagnosed with pre-diabetes is proven to delay or prevent Type 2...
Researchers to study binge eating disorder treatment in veterans
For the first time, the United States Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded a grant to researchers at University of...
Interventions to delay and prevent type 2 diabetes are underused, researchers say
CHICAGO--October 29, 2018--Lifestyle interventions, medication and surgery for patients diagnosed with pre-diabetes is proven to delay or prevent Type 2...
Opioid-affected births to rural residents increase in rural and urban hospitals
The opioid epidemic has had devastating effects on families in rural communities, places where both maternity care and substance use...
Cephalopods could become an important food source in the global community
Credit: Jonas Drotner Mouritsen Among chefs and researchers in gastronomy there is a growing interest in exploring local waters in...
Eye-tracking glasses provide a new vision for the future of augmented reality
Credit: Photo courtesy of DartNets Lab HANOVER, N.H. - October 29, 2018 - Battery-free eye-tracking glasses developed at Dartmouth College...
Exercise may lessen fall risk for older adults with Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a brain disease that causes changes that kill brain cells. AD is a type of dementia,...
U-M researchers part of national effort to protect freshwater lakes from toxic algal blooms
ANN ARBOR--University of Michigan researchers are part of a new, federally funded effort to understand and prevent toxic algal blooms...
Exercise may lessen fall risk for older adults with Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a brain disease that causes changes that kill brain cells. AD is a type of dementia,...
