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April 6, 2026

Scientists find that nanoparticles from tattoos travel inside the body

Credit: Credits: ESRF/Ines Schreiver The elements that make up the ink in tattoos travel inside the body in micro and...

Carbon cycling in forest soils research presented

Just as individual humans have different microbial communities in their guts, the microbial communities living in soils vary from site...

TSRI study reveals new clues to how a successful HIV vaccine could work

LA JOLLA, CA - September 12, 2017 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made a discovery that...

‘Keep it local’ approach more effective than government schemes at protecting rainforest

Conservation initiatives led by local and indigenous groups can be just as effective as schemes led by government, according to...

Medicine of the future: New microchip technology could be used to track ‘smart pills’

Credit: Ella Marushchenko for Caltech Researchers at Caltech have developed a prototype miniature medical device that could ultimately be used...

Virginia Tech biochemists dip into the health benefits of olives and olive oil

Credit: Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The health benefits of olives-- and associated natural products such...

Mitochondrial metastasis suppressor pathway controls tumor cell metabolic reprogramming

PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 11, 2017) -- A novel mitochondrial variant of the protein Syntaphilin, or SNPH, which orchestrates the choice...

Osimertinib improves progression-free survival in patients with EGFR mutated lung cancer

LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September, 2017 - Osimertinib improves progression-free survival by 54% compared to standard first line therapy in patients with...

Abemaciclib initial therapy improves outcome in endocrine-sensitive advanced breast cancer

LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - The results of the MONARCH 3 trial, presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid...

To improve health monitoring, simply trip the ‘nanoswitch’

Engineered strands of DNA -- nanoscale tools called "nanoswitches" -- could be the key to faster, easier, cheaper and more...

Smoking slowly changes lung cells to increase the odds for cancer

Cigarette smoke causes epigenetic changes in lung cells that prime them to develop cancer, and researchers can now observe how...

‘Epigenetic’ changes from cigarette smoke may be first step in lung cancer development

Credit: Jennifer Fairman Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have preliminary evidence in laboratory-grown, human airway...

Cell surface protein may offer big target in treating high-risk childhood cancers

Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Oncology researchers studying high-risk children's cancers have identified a protein that offers a likely target...

The turbulent healing powers of plasma

Credit: {FEATUREDCREDIT}{FEATUREDCREDITMORE} WASHINGTON, D.C., September 11, 2017 -- Researchers are starting to discover the curing powers of plasma -- bringing...

Chronic cell death promotes liver cancer

Liver cancer occurs predominantly in patients whose liver has been damaged as a result of chronic disease. Until now it...

Modulating T-cell metabolism uncovers new technology for enhancing immunotherapy

PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 11, 2017) -- T lymphocytes found in tumors and implicated in killing tumor cells cope with the...

UCLA opens clinical trial for cancers with the NY-ESO-1 tumor marker

Credit: Photo courtesy of: UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine...

DNA looping architecture may lead to opportunities to treat brain tumors

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The discovery of a mechanism by which normal brain cells regulate the expression of the...

The 2017 Balzan Prizewinners announced today in Milan

Milan, 11 September 2017 - The names of the 2017 Balzan Prizewinners were disclosed today in a public announcement: Aleida...

Savings less than expected for generic oral chemotherapy