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When the smoke clears… tobacco control in post-conflict settings
In new research published today by King's College London - Institute of Cancer Policy and the Conflict & Health Research...
Single gene encourages growth of intestinal stem cells, supporting ‘niche’ cells — and cancer
A gene previously identified as critical for tumor growth in many human cancers also maintains intestinal stem cells and encourages...
Mineral resources: Exhaustion is just a myth
Credit: copyright: UNIGE Recent articles have declared that deposits of mineral raw materials (copper, zinc, etc.) will be exhausted within...
First global simulation yields new insights into ring system
Credit: Shugo Michikoshi, Eiichiro Kokubo, Hirotaka Nakayama, 4D2U Project, NAOJ A team of researchers in Japan modeled the two rings...
England’s Cancer Drugs Fund ‘failed to deliver meaningful value to patients and society’
Analysis of the drugs that were approved for use by the NHS Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) in England has shown...
Weather extremes and trade policies were main drivers of wheat price peaks
Price peaks of wheat on the world market are mainly caused by production shocks such as induced for example by...
Follow-up colonoscopies associated with a significantly lower incidence of bowel cancer
Patients at risk of developing bowel cancer can significantly benefit from a follow-up colonoscopy, finds research published today in Lancet...
NOAA funds UM coral restoration research
Credit: Dalton Hesley MIAMI--The University of Miami's (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science announced today a two-year award...
NJIT graduate student wins IBM fellowship to develop brain-inspired computing systems
S. R. Nandakumar, a graduate student in electrical engineering, has won a coveted IBM Ph.D. fellowship to support his work...
Emerging companies aim to treat conditions that medication cannot relieve
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Autism, paralysis, and persistent, medication-resistant pain are among the challenges that emerging companies and organizations hope to...
Grant to model human memory and learning for machines
Much of what scientists know about human memory comes from studies involving relatively simple acts of recollection--remembering lists of words...
Sidney Kimmel Foundation concludes cancer research grant program with final recipients
PHILADELPHIA, PA--(April 19, 2017)--After two decades and just under 300 award winners, The Sidney Kimmel Foundation has selected the final...
Mouse teeth providing new insights into tissue regeneration
Credit: Klein Lab / UCSF Researchers hope to one day use stem cells to heal burns, patch damaged heart tissue,...
VUMC to study potential approach to reverse precancerous stomach lesions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) cancer researcher James Goldenring, M.D., Ph.D., has received a two-year, $200,000 grant from the DeGregorio...
Treatment improved overall survival in elderly patients with early-stage esophageal cancer
DENVER - Elderly patients with early-stage esophageal cancer that received treatment had an increased 5-year overall survival when compared to...
Allina Health shares LifeCourse model at the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
MINNEAPOLIS - (April 27, 2017) - A small portion of Medicare beneficiaries account for half of Medicare spending, and forty...
NASA sees vertical wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Muifa
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Vertical wind shear can weaken a tropical cyclone and that's what's happening to the now...
Crime and virtual punishment
Credit: University of Utah When it comes to crime and punishment, how judges dish out prison sentences is anything but...
NRL breakthrough enables safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries
Credit: U.S. Navy / Matthew Poynor WASHINGTON -- Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Chemistry Division have developed...
Neurons’ faulty wiring leads to serotonin imbalance, depression-like behavior in mice
Credit: Tom Maniatis/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Columbia scientists have identified a gene that allows neurons that release serotonin...