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New genes found that determine how the heart responds to exercise
A new study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London (UCL) has discovered 30 new...
Princeton researchers crowdsource brain mapping with gamers, discover 6 new neuron types
Credit: Image by Alex Norton, Eyewire With the help of a quarter-million video game players, Princeton researchers have created and...
Improving survival in pancreatic cancer with platinum-based chemotherapy
A small study of adults with the most common form of pancreatic cancer adds to evidence that patients with BRCA1...
Levers and zippers in the cell’s ‘customs’
Credit: Fernández-Mariño et al./ WISC The passage of ions through the cell membrane is controlled by ion channels, which are...
Surviving sepsis campaign update focuses on critical first hour
May 16, 2018 - For patients with sepsis, a serious infection causing widespread inflammation, immediate treatment is essential to improve...
WSU sleep study to identify brain processes causing poor decision-making
Credit: Washington State University Spokane photo SPOKANE, Wash. - Sleep deprivation can take a heavy toll on our ability to...
Ovarian cancer drug shows promise in pancreatic cancer patients with BRCA mutation
PHILADELPHIA - A targeted therapy that has shown its power in fighting ovarian cancer in women including those with BRCA1...
Climate change in Quebec equals a much greater diversity of species???
Credit: Jacques Larivée A team of researchers believe that, paradoxically, climate change may result in Quebec's national and provincial parks...
Diverse and abundant megafauna documented at new Atlantic US Marine National Monument
BOSTON (May 17, 2018) Airborne marine biologists were dazzled by the diversity and abundance of large, unusual and sometimes endangered...
Whole-tree logging may not hinder plant biodiversity
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech As much as we love our two-by-fours and toilet paper, many of us have mixed feelings...
Mechanical force controls the speed of protein synthesis
Credit: Benjamin Fritch As cells create proteins, the proteins modulate synthesis speed by exerting a mechanical force on the molecular...
NOAA finds rising emissions of ozone-destroying chemical banned by Montreal Protocol
Credit: NOAA image Emissions of one of the chemicals most responsible for the Antarctic ozone hole are on the rise,...
CHEST simulation center awarded $3 million in equipment donation
Credit: Andrea Camino The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) received a $3 million charitable grant from the Olympus Corporation's...
Quartet of NFCR scientists publishes papers in immediate succession
ROCKVILLE, MD - A trio of papers co-authored by four National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) scientists has been published...
A ‘dirty bomb’ battles cancer metastasis
CHICAGO --- The death of her mother from ovarian cancer when Dr. Sui Huang was only 12 led to her...
NIH, Northwestern scientists develop potential new approach to stop cancer metastasis
Researchers have identified a compound that blocks the spread of pancreatic and other cancers in various animal models. When cancer...
Reducing cholesterol could enhance T-cell cancer immunotherapy
CLEVELAND - Cleveland Clinic researchers have demonstrated for the first time that lowering blood cholesterol levels could enhance the success...
Under certain conditions, bacterial signals set the stage for leukemia
A new study by researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine shows that bacterial signals are crucial to the development...
Cellular valve structure opens up potential novel therapies
Credit: Raimund Dutzler, UZH Human cells are enclosed by membranes and are in osmotic equilibrium with their environment. If the...
Mayo discovery means individualized ovarian, brain cancer therapies
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that a molecular communication pathway - thought to be defective in cancer...