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Changes in insurance coverage among patients with cancer under ACA
A new research letter published by JAMA Oncology examines changes in insurance coverage among patients with cancer under the Affordable...
New study finds childhood cancer survivors commonly stay at jobs to keep health insurance
SALT LAKE CITY - The results of a national cancer survey find a significant number of childhood cancer survivors are...
Researchers ‘drug the undruggable’ through unique collaboration
A new study published in Nature, conducted by an alliance between industry and academia involving the University of Liverpool, highlights...
Early data shows nearly 2x prolonged median survival for inoperable pancreatic cancer
Credit: Parag Parikh, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis ViewRay, Inc....
Moonshot grant will help researchers see two of cancer’s key food sources at once
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Imagine trying to take a picture of a runner, but only being able to see...
UChicago Medicine first site in Illinois offering pioneering CAR T-cell therapy for cancer
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the use of a breakthrough cancer...
Mutant gene found to fuel cancer-promoting effects of inflammation
Credit: UC San Diego A human gene called p53, which is commonly known as the "guardian of the genome," is...
One in five young non-Hispanic white women who tan indoors are dependent on indoor tanning
Bottom Line: More than 20 percent of non-Hispanic white women ages 18 to 30 who reported using an indoor tanning...
Indoor tanning dependency common in young women, especially in those with depression
WASHINGTON -- A survey of young, white women who have used indoor tanning at least once in the past year...
Walking below minimum recommended levels linked to lower mortality risk
A new study concludes that walking has the potential to significantly improve the public's health. It finds regular walking, even...
First ESMO award for immuno-oncology goes to Laurence Zitvogel
Credit: INSERM LUGANO, Switzerland, 19 October 2017 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) has granted the newly established...
Integrated lab-on-a-chip uses smartphone to quickly detect multiple pathogens
Credit: Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A multidisciplinary group that includes the University of Illinois at...
A surprise new butterflyfish is described from the Philippine ‘twilight zone’ and exhibit
Credit: © 2017 Luiz Rocha and the California Academy of Sciences SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 19, 2017) -- A newly described...
Cleaning up? Not without helpers
Credit: Source: Fakler Lab Calcium-ATPases convey calcium ions (Ca2+) from the cytoplasm to the extracellular space via active transport (using...
WSU researcher links salmon sex to geological change
Credit: Photo by Carson Jeffres PULLMAN, Wash. - It turns out that sex can move mountains. A Washington State University...
Svante Pääbo to receive the 2018 HFSP Nakasone Award
(Human Frontier Science Program) Svante Pääbo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) was the 2018...
ERC, Ca’ Foscari wins two grants
Ca' Foscari University of Venice won two ERC Starting Grants as a host institution specifically chosen by the researchers for...
Research yields test to predict bitter pit disorder in Honeycrisp apples
Credit: Penn State Extension A test to determine whether bitter pit -- a disorder that blindsides apple growers by showing...
Feel fuller, longer with mushrooms
Redwood Shores, CA (Oct. 19, 2017) - If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, then mushrooms may...
Ice stream retreats under a cold climate
Credit: Niels J. Korsgaard Why did the Jakobshavn Isbræ ice stream in West Greenland retreat under a cold climate period...
