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Credit: © UNIGE Estrogens act as a driving force of both healthy and cancerous mammary cell growth by binding to...

Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $1.9 Million in grants to three Penn researchers

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has named Penn Medicine dermatology expert Elizabeth A. Grice, PhD, as...

Elder abuse research yields new evidence on incidence, risks, outcomes

As World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed on June 15, new study data from the Chinese community in Chicago...

Bee antennae offer links between the evolution of social behavior and communication

Credit: Sam Droege, U.S. Geological Survey As bees' social behavior evolved, their complex chemical communication systems evolved in concert, according...

Secret of why jewel scarab beetles look like pure gold, explained by physicists

The secrets of why central-American jewel scarab beetles look like they are made from pure gold, has been uncovered by...

A mechanical trigger for toxic tumor therapy

Cells in nearly any part of the body can become cancerous and transform into tumors. Some, like skin cancer, are...

PolyU to join force with Chinese and European partners in food safety

The Institute for Global Food Security at Queen's University Belfast will lead one of the world's largest food safety projects...

High prevalence of CRE in Washington, D.C. healthcare facilities

NEW YORK (June 15, 2017) - Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a family of highly pathogenic antibiotic-resistant organisms, are endemic across Washington,...

Annals of Oncology in top 10 oncology journals

Lugano, 15 June 2017 - ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology is delighted to announce that the...

Entomologist at UC Riverside named a Pew scholar

Credit: UCR Department of Entomology. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Naoki Yamanaka, an assistant professor of entomology at the University of California,...

SNMMI Image of the Year: PET and optical imaging for prostate cancer diagnosis and therapy

Credit: Courtesy of A. Baranski, M. Schäfer, U. Bauder-Wüst, M. Roscher, J. Schmidt, E. Stenau, L. Maier-Hein, M. Eder, K....

Dual-agent PET/MR with time of flight detects more cancer

Credit: Stanford University DENVER, Colo. - Simultaneous injections of the radiopharmaceuticals fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) and 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) followed by...

Experimental drug co-developed by Moffitt Cancer Center researcher shows promise

TAMPA, Fla. (June 14, 2017) - A collaboration between Saïd M. Sebti, Ph.D., chair of Moffitt Cancer Center's Drug Discovery...

Prostate PET/CT targets more cancer and improves patient care

Credit: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney DENVER, Colo. - An estimated one in seven American men...

Cancer researchers look at resistance to targeted therapy in mantle cell lymphoma

WASHINGTON (June 14, 2017) -- Today some patients suffering with mantle cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, can be...

Muscle growth finding may assist with cancer treatment

Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers have collaboratively developed a therapeutic approach that dramatically promotes the growth of muscle...

Organic conditions boost flavonoids and antioxidant activity in onions

Five years ago, a highly publicized meta-analysis of more than 200 studies concluded that organic food was no more nutritious...

Bacteria from cystic fibrosis patient could help thwart antibiotic-resistant TB