Science News

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Amgen today announced two multi-year collaboration agreements aimed at accelerating development...

Researchers uncover cell types of the human breast epithelium

June 1, 2018

Credit: Kai Kessenbrock, PhD Researchers from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, in collaboration with scientists at UCSF...

Infection rates after colonoscopy, endoscopy at US specialty centers are far higher than expected

The rates of infection following colonoscopies and upper-GI endoscopies performed at U.S. outpatient specialty centers are far higher than previously...

Probe into farm animals could help treat drug-resistant bacteria

Growing threats to public health could be addressed by cutting-edge research that reveals how farm animals contribute to the spread...

University of Chicago’s Ralph Weichselbaum, M.D., to receive ASCO’s Karnofsky Memorial Award

June 1, 2018

Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has named Ralph R. Weichselbaum, MD, Professor...

Science of star creation, neuroscience of hearing and tool to edit DNA win Kavli Prizes

May 31, 2018 (OSLO) -- The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters today announced the winners of the 2018 Kavli...

Gut-inhabiting enterobacter increases subcutaneous fat mass

A research project performed at the universities of Jyväskylä and Turku studied the effects of a specific gut enterobacterium on...

Bigger human brain prioritizes thinking hub — at a cost

Credit: National Institute of Mental Health Some human brains are nearly twice the size of others - but how might...

Federal home visiting program can be improved to better meet needs of families

June 1, 2018

Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health The multibillion-dollar MIECHV program was formed as part of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care...

TGen and Huntsman Cancer Institute receive $6.7 million grant to battle a hidden enemy

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- May 30, 2018 -- Often what kills cancer patients is not the cancer at its original or...

Researchers find leukemia and lymphoma drug may benefit glioblastoma patients

May 30, 2018, Cleveland: New Cleveland Clinic research shows for the first time that ibrutinib, an FDA-approved drug for lymphoma...

Seed grant to establish Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology

Credit: Elena Dimitrova CLEMSON - In a collaboration with faculty from six other universities, Clemson University mathematician Elena Dimitrova has...

ESA tipsheet for June 2018

Credit: ©M Curnock Biologists use eDNA to find insect invaders Biologists can use environmental DNA ("eDNA") found in water samples...

The smallest biggest theropod dinosaur

Credit: G. Bindellini Spinosaurus is the longest, and among the largest predatory dinosaurs, and possesses many adaptations for a semiaquatic...

Details that look sharp to people may be blurry to their pets

Credit: Eleanor Caves DURHAM, N.C. -- Compared with many animals, human eyes aren't particularly adept at distinguishing colors or seeing...

Lone water molecules turn out to be directors of supramolecular chemistry

Credit: Bart van Overbeeke Scientists in supramolecular chemistry often run into surprising outcomes. A broken seal of a lab cuvette...

Iron-sulfur cluster research offers new avenues of investigating disease

Many important proteins in the human body need iron-sulfur clusters, tiny structures made of iron and sulfur atoms, in order...

CLL patient treated at Penn goes into remission thanks to single CAR T cell

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The doctors who have spent years studying the case call it "a series of fortunate...

Two-pronged antibodies draw immune killers directly to cancer cells