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Largest census of cancer genes to help understand drug targets
Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have created the first comprehensive summary of all genes known to be involved in...
How people power can track alien species — Study
Credit: Please credit Nick Greatorex Davies New research published in the Nature journal Scientific Data shows how the public can...
2018 NCRI Cancer Conference
2018 NCRI Cancer Conference - the UK's largest cancer conference is only a few weeks away. It will take place...
TGen distinguished professor to receive award for advances in treating pancreatic cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Oct. 22, 2018 -- Dr. Daniel D. Von Hoff, Distinguished Professor and Physician-In-Chief of the Translational Genomics...
Researchers design ‘smart’ surfaces to repel everything but targeted beneficial exceptions
Credit: Kevin Patrick Robbins, McMaster University HAMILTON, Oct. 24, 2018 - Researchers at McMaster University have solved a vexing problem...
Free online casino games linked with higher risks of gambling problems for young people
TORONTO, OCTOBER 24, 2018 - Type "slots" into a search engine, and free online games and apps will appear, easily...
Study: Racism, sexual assault contribute to college mental health challenges
A text mining analysis of academic and news articles related to mental health issues in higher education finds that racism,...
Insilico to present its research in AI aging clocks
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Wednesday, October 24, 2018, Boston - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery...
Stress can impair memory, reduce brain size in middle age, study finds
SAN ANTONIO--Adults in their 40s and 50s with higher levels of cortisol--a hormone linked to stress--performed worse on memory and...
Peptide engineered by NTU Singapore successfully exploits Achilles’ heel of Zika virus
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have engineered an antiviral peptide that exploits the Zika...
Marine algae bloom-derived biotoxins alter development of zooplankton and ocean food web
Credit: orres-Águila, Et. al. Researchers from the University of Barcelona in collaboration with a team from the Zoological Station Anton...
Neurology: Space travel alters the brain
Spending long periods in space not only leads to muscle atrophy and reductions in bone density, it also has lasting...
Complex and rapidly changing payment models challenge physician practices, study finds
Physician payment models are becoming more complex and the pace of change is increasing, creating challenges for physician practices that...
The HPV vaccine: Why parents really choose to refuse
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine A new study of survey data finds that only a minority of parents choose not to...
Researchers develop new devices to test retinal cells
Credit: Utah State University LOGAN, UTAH -- Researchers at Utah State University have developed new devices to mechanically stress human...
Bioengineered human cardiac models spur disruptive innovation in disease research
TORONTO (23 Oct. 2018) -- Thrombosis-on-a-chip, vasculature-on-a-chip and engineered models of human cardiac fibrosis are just a few of the...
Utah cancer registry receives renewal from National Cancer Institute
SALT LAKE CITY- Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) and the University of Utah (U of U) will receive up to $28...
New study shows advertizing for alcohol is prevalent in UK television
A new study in the Journal of Public Health indicates that advertising for alcohol is common in British television, and...
Abdominal obesity common among women in rural Indonesia
Credit: Lena Mustonen Abdominal obesity is seven times more common among women than among men in Indonesia's rural area. This...
New clinical protocol after general surgery cuts opioid prescribing in half
London, ON, Canada - In recent years deaths from opioid overdoses have become one of the most common injury-related deaths...
