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Credit: Dr. David Finlay, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists have just discovered how the engine that powers cancer-killing cells functions. Crucially,...

Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 18, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)...

Springer Healthcare has launched two new websites specializing in oncology and rheumatology to complement their flagship medical education platform, Medicine...

Credit: National University of Singapore Artemisinin, a potent anti-malarial drug, has been widely hailed as a promising alternative cancer treatment....

Credit: Etienne Meylan/EPFL Hepatoblastoma is a rare pediatric liver cancer, usually diagnosed in the first three years of life. Histological...

Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science To the reasons that chemotherapy sometimes does not work, we can now add one more:...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, Sept. 18, 2017 -- A new study has demonstrated the potential to...

A team led by University of Iowa researchers has identified a gene linked to rare, often fatal kidney-related birth defects....

Credit: Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University Biochemical engineers at the Johns Hopkins University have used sequences of DNA molecules to induce...

Credit: Kent State University The mental and physical stress on individuals caring for elderly loved ones with chronic and terminal...

Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Mountain climbers and endurance athletes are not the only ones to benefit from altitude training...

Credit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- If you're like most people, you don't spend much time thinking about...

Neuroscientists from Higher School of Economics and Charité University Clinic in Berlin have come up with a new multivariate method...

Credit: The Morton Arboretum If you had been in northern Canada 45 million years ago, you might have encountered the...

Credit: Image by Benjamin Sovacool Lack of consumer engagement, insufficient information, and inadequate attention to vulnerability has slowed down the...

Credit: © D. Loftis/VIMS. On the morning of November 5th, the highest astronomical tide of the year--the so-called King Tide--will...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists at Oregon State University have taken an important step toward gene therapy for deaf patients by...

Credit: GU FRANKFURT. Making valuable products, such as fuels, synthetic materials or pharmaceuticals, from renewable raw materials is to date...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Major floods and droughts receive a lot of attention in the...

Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University of Jerusalem) The Rosetrees Trust Interdisciplinary Prize for 2017 has been awarded to two scientists from...