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Detroit research team to expand imaging technology to guide cancer treatment
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute researchers recently received funding from the...
Researchers to address prenatal cannabis and substance use disorders at 10th annual
MONTREAL, CANADA-- Prenatal cannabis, opioid, and alcohol use is a fast-growing global issue that can have lasting negative effects on...
Where cigarette smoking’s damage is done… down to your DNA
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga (UNC Health Care) Scientists have known for decades that smoking cigarettes causes DNA damage, which leads to...
New cancer drug makes commonly prescribed chemo drug more effective when given together
GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers have found a way to increase the effectiveness of a widely used cancer drug while decreasing...
Targeted radionuclide treatment for neuroendocrine tumors improves quality of life
DENVER, Colo. - Malignant neuroendocrine tumors, commonly called NETs, are easy to miss and associated with discouraging survival rates and...
Personalized PRRT improves radiation delivery to neuroendocrine tumors
Credit: Michela Del Prete and colleagues, CHU de Québec - Université Laval Denver, Colo. - Neuroendocrine cancer is exceedingly difficult...
Researchers find cellular sweet spot in skin-cancer battle
A team of researchers has pinpointed a sugar modification in cells that spurs the spread of skin cancer. Its findings,...
How bile duct cancer develops and how it can be prevented
Two different types of cancer can develop in the liver. The more common malignant tumors are hepatocellular carcinomas, which arise...
Mysterious gene transcripts after cancer therapy
Tumor suppressor genes protect cells from malignant transformation. If they are turned off as a result of chemical modifications in...
Study discovers proteins which suppress the growth of breast cancer tumors
Credit: University of Birmingham Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that a type of protein could hold the...
Vaping cannabis may expose users to carcinogenic compounds
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 12, 2017--New research shows that the agents commonly mixed with...
Martin G. Pomper, MD, PhD, receives SNMMI Paul C. Aebersold Award in nuclear medicine
Credit: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine DENVER, Colo. - Martin G. Pomper, MD, PhD, director of nuclear medicine and...
Spouses’ daily responses to partners’ pain linked with later functioning
The dynamics of spouses' daily interactions may influence whether an ill partner's physical functioning improves over time, according to new...
ASTRO issues guideline for use of stereotactic radiation in early-stage lung cancer
Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology/Adam Donohue ARLINGTON, Va., June 12, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)...
Uncovering the biology of a painful and disfiguring pediatric disease
Hyaline Fibromatosis Syndrome (HFS) is a rare but severe genetic disease that affects babies, children, and adults. A glassy substance...
OSU researcher part of $14 million NSF program for improved genomic tools
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Coral researcher Virginia Weis of Oregon State University is one of eight researchers selected for a new...
Low levels of vitamin A may fuel TB risk
People with low levels of vitamin A living with individuals sick with tuberculosis may be 10 times more likely to...
CT angiography appears better at predicting future risk for patients with chest pain
An analysis of diagnostic test results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial -...
Burden of physical health conditions linked to increased risk of suicide
Ann Arbor, MI, June 12, 2017 - Suicide continues to be a major driver of mortality in the United States....
New study finds more than 2 billion people overweight or obese
STOCKHOLM - Globally, more than 2 billion children and adults suffer from health problems related to being overweight or obese,...
