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DURHAM, N.C. -- The Warburg Effect describes a phenomenon in which cancer cells voraciously consume glucose for energy -- something...

Credit: Image courtesy of The JAMA Network copyright 2017 American Medical Association Mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive tumor that,...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A year and half after losing his battle against brain cancer, Chad Carr's legacy lives through...

Although KRAS is one of the major oncogenes associated with aggressive cancers, drugs designed to block KRAS function have not...

A team of Houston Methodist researchers and clinicians received two grants totaling over $15.7 million from the Department of Defense...

Credit: Temple Health (Philadelphia, PA) - Almost a century ago, scientists discovered that cutting calorie intake could dramatically extend lifespan...

Researchers in Bordeaux recently discovered a new mechanism for storing information in synapses and a means of controlling the storage...

Credit: Agência FAPESP Coastal cities deal with the constant fear that sea levels should continue to rise in the years...

Credit: Source: DZD/IDM Worldwide nearly one in three individuals is obese. The consequence: More and more people suffer from diseases...

HOUSTON AND BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited today...

A prototype software application, to be used with the optical head-mounted display Google Glass, has been designed as a social-skills...

'Mysterious' ancient creature was definitely an animal, research confirms It lived well over 550 million years ago, is known only...

Gland, Switzerland, 14 September 2017 (IUCN) - North America's most widespread and valuable ash tree species are on the brink...

Credit: Prellis Biologics San Francisco, CA--September 14, 2017--Wait lists for human organ transplants could be entirely eliminated through patent-pending technologies...

Credit: The lab of Ken Zaret, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Prior to cell division,...

Credit: Image: Paul Gribben/UNSW Armies of microbes that are invisible to the naked eye battle it out to determine whether...

Researchers at the University of York have shown that molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted...

Credit: Pedro Simas Lab, iMM Lisboa Researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa have created a chimera virus that...

Credit: Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Stephen Luby's epiphany came to him 30,000 feet up in the air. The...

Credit: Source: Maurer Lab Scientists from the cluster of excellence BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies at the University of...