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HPV vaccination rates especially low among childhood cancer survivors
ASCO Perspective Merry-Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, ASCO Expert in Cancer Survivorship "More than ever before, young cancer survivors are living...
How new blood vessels sprout
Credit: IBS New blood vessels branch out of preexisting ones is via a process called angiogenesis. Although this is essential...
Pathway’s power to boost, halt tumors may be promising cancer therapy target
A protein, called inositol-requiring enzyme 1 -- IRE1 -- may serve as a key driver in a series of molecular...
New findings on the past and future of sea ice cover in the Arctic
Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / Maciej Telesinski Temperatures in the Arctic are currently climbing two to three times faster than the global...
Partnering with soil microbes essential to plant and animal life
Soils can be extraordinarily biodiverse and differ widely in the kinds of microbial communities that inhabit them. As our understanding...
Sense of smell is key factor in bird navigation, new study shows
How do birds navigate over long distances? This complex question has been the subject of debate and controversy among scientists...
International study shows moderate consumption of fats and carbohydrates best for health
Credit: Hamilton Health Sciences Hamilton, Ont. (August 29, 2017) - Research with more than 135,000 people across five continents has...
New diagnostics tool, the Xpert Ultra assay, improves detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis
Washington, DC - Aug. 29, 2017 - Researchers have demonstrated a new, improved version of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay, a...
Lasers zap decontaminates from soil
Credit: AIP Publishing WASHINGTON, D.C., August 29, 2017 -- There might be a new and improved way to rid contaminated...
An alternative to wolf control to save endangered caribou
Credit: Robert Serrouya What happens when invasive and native species are eaten by the same predator? If the invasive species...
Rise of male individuals in stingless bees colonies leads to queen’s death
Credit: Ayrton Vollet-Neto / University of São Paulo Queens of stingless bee species (Meliponini) face a reproductive dilemma. If they...
Bowel cancer study reveals impact of mutations on protein networks
For the first time, scientists have completed a detailed study of many of the proteins in bowel cancer cells. Scientists...
Woolly rhino neck ribs provide clues about their decline and eventual extinction
Credit: Jacques van Alphen Researchers from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden examined woolly rhino and modern rhino neck vertebrae...
Photosynthesis discovery could help design more efficient artificial solar cells
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A natural process that occurs during photosynthesis could lead to the design of more efficient artificial...
Electrical nerve-block research aims at asthma, heart failure
Biomedical engineering researchers at Case Western Reserve University are refining more than 15 years of work on an electrical nerve-block...
MouseAge.Org: Artificial intelligence for photographic biomarkers in mice
Credit: Insilico Medicine,Inc. Tuesday, 29th of August, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, Inc, a Baltimore-based next-generation artificial intelligence company,...
Thorough analysis reveals immune system dynamics after immunotherapy
By combining new system-biological analyses and advanced data analysis, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been able to monitor the maturation...
Researchers discover new immunotherapy combination effective at killing cancer cells
Credit: Photos provided by Doug Mahoney's lab Immunotherapy is an emerging field in the global fight against cancer, even though...
Obese people lack cells with satiety hormones
Credit: University of Basel Individuals with severe overweight have an inhibited sense of satiation - they release fewer satiety hormones...
Drought response in global crops may be as complex as day and night
Credit: David Hirsch Researchers have identified a set of genes that help control early drought response in a popular global...
