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Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $1.9 Million in grants to three Penn researchers
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has named Penn Medicine dermatology expert Elizabeth A. Grice, PhD, as...
Elder abuse research yields new evidence on incidence, risks, outcomes
As World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is observed on June 15, new study data from the Chinese community in Chicago...
Bee antennae offer links between the evolution of social behavior and communication
Credit: Sam Droege, U.S. Geological Survey As bees' social behavior evolved, their complex chemical communication systems evolved in concert, according...
Secret of why jewel scarab beetles look like pure gold, explained by physicists
The secrets of why central-American jewel scarab beetles look like they are made from pure gold, has been uncovered by...
SNMMI Image of the Year: PET and optical imaging for prostate cancer diagnosis and therapy
Credit: Courtesy of A. Baranski, M. Schäfer, U. Bauder-Wüst, M. Roscher, J. Schmidt, E. Stenau, L. Maier-Hein, M. Eder, K....
Dual-agent PET/MR with time of flight detects more cancer
Credit: Stanford University DENVER, Colo. - Simultaneous injections of the radiopharmaceuticals fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) and 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF) followed by...
Experimental drug co-developed by Moffitt Cancer Center researcher shows promise
TAMPA, Fla. (June 14, 2017) - A collaboration between Saïd M. Sebti, Ph.D., chair of Moffitt Cancer Center's Drug Discovery...
Prostate PET/CT targets more cancer and improves patient care
Credit: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney DENVER, Colo. - An estimated one in seven American men...
Cancer researchers look at resistance to targeted therapy in mantle cell lymphoma
WASHINGTON (June 14, 2017) -- Today some patients suffering with mantle cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, can be...
Muscle growth finding may assist with cancer treatment
Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers have collaboratively developed a therapeutic approach that dramatically promotes the growth of muscle...
Research on creating human super-intelligence wins major new Science Prize
As tech billionaires like Elon Musk and scientists like Stephen Hawking, warn of an impending artificial intelligence arms race, a...
Food or fraud?
Is the food on the shelf really that what is written on the label? Its DNA would give it away,...
Male infertility: Urogenital infection as a possible cause
COLOGNE. In couples who have not been able to have children, male infertility is the cause in at least half...
Understanding river thermal landscapes
Credit: E. Ashley Steel. The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. River temperatures...
Hackensack Meridian Health becomes charter member of NJII Ideation Program for Healthcare
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) corporation, announces that Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's...
Organic conditions boost flavonoids and antioxidant activity in onions
Five years ago, a highly publicized meta-analysis of more than 200 studies concluded that organic food was no more nutritious...
Bacteria from cystic fibrosis patient could help thwart antibiotic-resistant TB
The number of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases is rising globally. But a newly discovered natural antibiotic -- produced by bacteria...
Low complication rates after screening colonoscopy
COLOGNE. During colonoscopy screening for bowel cancer and in the four weeks after the procedure, the risk for complications to...
Free app helps providers treat patients grieving pregnancy loss, newborn death
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A group of University of Louisville researchers and engineers has developed a free...
Polar bears’ declining mercury levels likely due to climate-related shifts
To understand how human activities are affecting the planet, scientists often study the health of animals in the wild. Now...
