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Slowly proliferating melanoma cells with high metastatic properties
PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 20, 2017) -- A study conducted at The Wistar Institute has led to the identification of a...
New clinical trial explores combining immunotherapy and radiation for sarcoma patients
BALTIMORE - Sept. 20, 2017. University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers are investigating a new approach to treat high-risk...
‘Capicua’ gene plays a key role in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered a genetic alteration that is directly involved in at...
Penn researchers identify new target, develop new drug for cancer therapies
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Opening up a new pathway to fight cancer, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have...
Tibetan yoga practice may improve sleep quality for breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Participating in twice-weekly practice of Tibetan yoga may reduce sleep disturbances and improve sleep quality...
Space radiation is risky business for the human body
Credit: NASA While people protect their eyes from the sun's radiation during a solar eclipse, NASA's Human Research Program (HRP)...
This dance is taken: Hundreds of male frog species change colors around mating time
Credit: Martin J. Whiting Some of nature's most vibrant colors occur in frogs, who peek out from rainforests and marshes...
Breaking legume’s crop wild relative barrier
Credit: PS Rao. Domesticating plants to grow as crops can turn out to be a double-edged scythe. On one hand,...
Smokers who quit have metabolite levels that resemble those of nonsmokers
Even after years of smoking, the body has a remarkable ability to repair itself. Now in a study appearing in...
Getting to the heart of the matter: Nanogels for heart attack patients
Heart disease and heart-related illnesses are a leading cause of death around the world, but treatment options are limited. Now,...
Gender-open science
Credit: Foto: Peter Mesenholl Gender perspectives in mathematics, information sciences, natural sciences and technology: The Federal Ministry of Education and...
3-D analysis of dog fossils sheds light on domestication debate
ITHACA, N.Y. - In an effort to settle the debate about the origin of dog domestication, a technique that uses...
Cell phone data coupled with sewage testing show drug use patterns
The drugs people inhale, inject or ingest ultimately end up in some form down the toilet. So scientists have started...
Imagining a world without species
Credit: CC Even Charles Darwin, the author of "The Origin of Species", had a problem with species. "I was much...
Researchers stumped by plants with multiple chromosomes set January meeting to collaborate
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips) Some of the world's most beloved plants -- coffee, bananas, potatoes,...
Naked molecules dancing in liquid become visible
Credit: (K. Hima Nagamanasa, Huan Wang, and Steve Granick. Liquid-Cell Electron Microscopy of Adsorbed Polymers. Advanced Materials (2017) Copyright Wiley-VCH...
Ensuring broccoli sprouts retain their cancer-fighting compounds
Raw broccoli sprouts, a rich source of potential cancer-fighting compounds, have become a popular health food in recent years. But...
MDI Biological Laboratory study finds immune system is critical to regeneration
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The answer to regenerative medicine's most compelling question -- why some organisms...
Lipid vesicles replace blood in new bacteria test
As schools around the U.S. start back up, so do trips to the doctor's office. But is that raw sore...
Dinosaur evolution: Lumbering giants had agile ancestors
Credit: Source: Rodolfo Nogueira The best known sauropod dinosaurs were huge herbivorous creatures, whose brain structures were markedly different from...
