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Penn Cancer biologist given National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award
Credit: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA--M. Celeste Simon, PhD, who studies cancer cell metabolism, tumor immunology, and...
LORELEI: Taselisib boosts breast tumor shrinkage
LUGANO-MADRID, 08 September, 2017 - Adding taselisib to letrozole before surgery significantly improved outcomes for patients with early breast cancer...
Internal mechanism found to be responsible for the limitless growth potential of epithelial tumors
Credit: Image: Mariana Muzzopappa, IRB Barcelona Researchers from the Development and Growth Control Laboratory at IRB Barcelona have identified the...
Hepatocellular carcinoma: Resection vs. transplantation
COLOGNE. Liver transplantation is the gold standard for treating early hepatocellular cancers. Because of the lack of donors, this option...
Lung cancer: Scientists find answer to resistance
Credit: University of Southern Denmark Research at the University of Southern Denmark has revealed that a new combination of clinically...
What mediates the beneficial effects of exercise on breast cancer outcomes?
Bottom Line: The ability of serum obtained from women with breast cancer immediately after finishing two hours of moderate to...
Comprehensive study of chronic disease reveals vulnerability of childhood cancer survivors
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital The most complete assessment yet of chronic disease in adult survivors...
DNA sequencing could open up new drug indications for patients with rare cancers
LUGANO-MADRID, 8 September, 2017 - Thanks to DNA sequencing, patients with rare cancers for which no standard treatment is available...
2017 Science in Society Awards winners announced
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Science in Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association...
Researcher at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown receives ERC grant
Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Eugenia Chiappe, an argentinian neuroscientist, principal investigator of the Sensorimotor Integration Lab at the...
How to draw electricity from the bloodstream
Men build dams and huge turbines to turn the energy of waterfalls and tides into electricity. To produce hydropower on...
Why it’s difficult to predict evolutionary fate of a new trait
Credit: Weinreich et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The phrase "survival of the fittest" makes the principle of evolution by natural...
The Dead Sea: Environmental research on the edge of extremes
The water level of the Dead Sea drops by more than one meter per year. Thousands of sinkholes, sudden strong...
Young birds suffer in the city
City life is tough for young birds. But if they survive their first year, they are less susceptible to the...
Immune cells help fat deal with environmental challenges
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Immunosuppressive regulatory T-cells play an important role in the functioning...
Who is eating who? How climate change is modifying fish predator prey interactions
Climate change is expected to have many impacts on the oceans; one of them is where fish are located in...
An officer and a gentlewoman from the Viking army in Birka
Credit: The illustration is made by Þórhallur Þráinsson (© Neil Price). War was not an activity exclusive to males in...
Scientists to study health of plant-bacteria symbiosis in California
Credit: Sachs lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Scientists at the University of California, Riverside and Oregon State University have...
A-MUD: A method for automatically detecting mouse song
Credit: Vetmeduni Vienna Mice, like birds, are natural born singers. From birth, they emit a wide repertoire of vocalizations especially...
UA-invented sunscreen protects skin without seeping in
Credit: University of Arizona The University of Arizona has licensed a new, non-penetrating sunscreen to MexiAloe Laboratories, S.A. de C.V.,...
