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New battery is activated by your spit
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York...
A taste cell encyclopedia
Credit: Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (August 8, 2017) -- A significant technological advance from the Monell Center now allows scientists to...
University spin out company addresses new vaccines
Credit: University of Plymouth The University of Plymouth has launched a new spin out company which will address new vaccines...
Power-to-liquid: 200 liters of fuel from solar power and the air’s carbon dioxide
Credit: Photo: VTT Production of liquid fuels from regenerative electric power is a major component of the energy turnaround. The...
Playing with your brain
Human-computer interactions, such as playing video games, can have a negative impact on the brain, says a new Canadian study...
New noninvasive method of intracranial pressure monitoring
Credit: © 2017 AANS. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (AUG. 8, 2017). Researchers from Klinikum Stuttgart and the University of Erlangen, Germany, report...
Multi-nutrient rice against malnutrition
Nearly every second person eats primarily rice to meet the daily calorie needs. A meal of rice stops the hunger,...
Four new fruit fly species from the Himalaya and information about their flower visitation
Credit: Dr Rajendra S Fartyal The first record of flower visitation in a group of fruit flies from Himalayan India...
Osteoporosis medications improve bone health in men being treated for prostate cancer
1. Osteoporosis medications improve bone health in men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2577 Editorial: http://ann..
How a chemo drug can help cancer spread from the breast to the lungs
COLUMBUS, Ohio -The very same treatment that thwarts breast cancer has a dark side -- it can fuel the spread...
Lyncean Technologies signs edge scientific as representative in Canada
Lyncean Technologies, Inc., manufacturer of the Lyncean Compact Light Source (CLS), today announced the signing of Edge Scientific as their...
First human application of novel PET tracer for prostate cancer
Credit: M. Piert et al., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan RESTON, Va. - In the featured translational article in...
Fat rats show why breast cancer may be more aggressive in patients with obesity
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Women with obesity are more likely to get breast cancer, and a number of...
Mutation in prostate tumors shown to change epigenetic identity, the make-up of DNA
(TORONTO, Canada - Aug. 7, 2017) - Prostate cancer researchers have mapped the impact of an acquired mutation that alters...
NCI study identifies essential genes for cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Jonathan Bailey, National Human Genome Research Institute A new study identifies genes that are necessary in cancer cells for...
IBM’s Watson can improve cancer treatment through better gene targeting
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 7, 2017) - IBM's Watson beat real-life contestants on Jeopardy. Now researchers are hoping...
Mental illness, suicide, creating ‘lost generation’ in Middle East
SEATTLE - Suicide, homicide, and sexual assault are increasing much faster in the Eastern Mediterranean Region than any other region...
97 percent of insurance denials in pediatric proton patients overturned on appeal
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Insurance companies end up covering proton therapy treatment for pediatric cancer patients in 97 percent...
Herbal medicine shows potential to treat cancer
Credit: © KAUST 2017 Researchers from KAUST have been searching locally for plants that have potential for use to combat...
Anti-inflammatory, anti-stress drugs taken before surgery may reduce metastatic recurrence
Most cancer-related deaths are the result of post-surgical metastatic recurrence. In metastasis, cells of primary tumors travel to other parts...
