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Blocking the back-door that cancer cells use to escape death by radiotherapy
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio (Edmonton) A natural healing mechanism of the body may be reducing the efficiency of radiotherapy in breast...
Study finds breast cancer driver, HER2, in 3 percent of lung cancers
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium at the University of Colorado Cancer Center reports this...
Large gaps remain in colorectal cancer screening rates, study finds
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, July 27, 2017-- Large gaps remain in colorectal cancer screening rates between poorer...
Manmade peptides reduce breast cancer’s spread
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 27, 2017) - Manmade peptides that directly disrupt the inner workings of a gene...
In assessing risk of hormone therapy for menopause, dose — not form — matters
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS When it comes to assessing the risk of estrogen therapy for menopause, how the therapy is...
Seattle Children’s opens CD22 CAR T-cell immunotherapy trial for children and young adults
SEATTLE - July 27, 2017 - After seeing promising results in phase 1 of the Pediatric Leukemia Adoptive Therapy (PLAT-02)...
E-cigarette use may encourage experimentation with tobacco, study finds
Credit: University of Stirling Young people who have tried an e-cigarette may be more likely to go on to smoke...
Seeing more with PET scans: New chemistry for medical imaging
Credit: Wikimedia Commons Researchers have found a surprisingly versatile workaround to create chemical compounds that could prove useful for medical...
First molecules discovered by next-generation artificial intelligence to be developed into drugs
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, July 27, 2017, Baltimore, Md., Insilico Medicine ("Insilico"), a Baltimore-based leader in artificial intelligence ("AI") for...
DREAMers at greater risk for mental health distress
Immigrants who came to the United States illegally as small children and who meet the requirements of the Development Relief...
Hostage situation or harmony? Researchers rethink symbiosis
Credit: Vittorio Boscaro and Patrick Keeling Relationships where two organisms depend on each other, known as symbiosis, evoke images of...
Effects of a major drug target regulated through molecular ‘codes’
(Van Andel Research Institute) The findings, published today in Cell, reveal for the first time components of a G protein-coupled...
American Society of Human Genetics 2017 Annual Meeting
WHEN: Tuesday to Saturday, Oct. 17-21, 2017 WHERE: Orange County Convention Center, South Building 9800-9899 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819...
Negative birth outcomes linked to air pollution exposure early in pregnancy, study finds
Exposure to air pollution early in a pregnancy could increase risk for preterm birth and low birth weight, according to...
Could insufficient sleep be adding centimeters to your waistline?
Adults in the UK who have poor sleep patterns are more likely to be overweight and obese and have poorer...
Heavy metals in water meet their match
Credit: Barron Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON -- (July 27, 2017) -- Carbon nanotubes immobilized in a tuft of quartz fiber...
New book on prion diseases from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Carlo Condello, University of California, San Francisco Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) today...
New imaging technique overturns longstanding textbook model of DNA folding
How can six and half feet of DNA be folded into the tiny nucleus of a cell? Researchers funded by...
Biochar could clear the air in more ways than one
Credit: Ghasideh Pourhashem/Rice University Biochar from recycled waste may both enhance crop growth and save health costs by helping clear...
Simulations signal early success for fractal-based retinal implants
EUGENE, Ore. -- July 27, 2017 -- Computer simulations of electrical charges sent to retinal implants based on fractal geometry...
