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Site of care may partly explain survival difference between kids and AYAs with leukemia
Bottom Line: Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who were not...
Adenoviruses and the immune system join forces against cancer
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers of the Cancer Virotherapy Research Group of Bellvitge Biomedicine Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Ramon Alemany,...
Cancer researchers to convene for Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium in March
ARLINGTON, Va., February 16, 2017 -- The 2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium, co-sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology...
NTU Singapore invents ultrafast camera for self-driving vehicles and drones
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed an ultrafast high-contrast camera that could help...
Gene therapy treats muscle-wasting disease in dogs
Credit: Martin Childer lab/UW Medicine Work on gene therapy is showing significant progress for restoring muscle strength and prolonging lives...
90 percent of fish used for fishmeal are prime fish
Credit: Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Every year for the past 60 years, an average of 20 million tonnes of fish caught...
New methods further discern extreme fluctuations in forage fish populations
Credit: I.L. Hendy, University of Michigan; S. McClatchie, NOAA Fisheries; NMFS Image Library California sardine stocks famously crashed in John...
New AAAS report presents recommendations to engage scientists and engineers with policy around the world
WASHINGON, D.C. -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will release a new report Connecting Scientists to...
Climigration? UNH expert explores threat of climate change on populations
DURHAM, N.H. - Climigration refers to migration caused by climate change. The term was coined to describe the predicament of...
More patients with early-stage breast cancer may be able to avoid chemotherapy in the future
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Women with early-stage breast cancer who had an intermediate risk recurrence score (RS) from a...
University of Toronto physicists harness neglected properties of light
Credit: Diana Tyszko/University of Toronto TORONTO, ON (Canada) - University of Toronto (U of T) researchers have demonstrated a way...
Sensors embedded in sports equipment could provide real-time analytics to your smartphone
Credit: University of Illinois Sports analytics--tracking how fast the ball is moving or how players move across the field--is becoming...
Energy work brings Sandia Labs two national technology transfer awards
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Vacuum Process Engineering) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories won the Federal Laboratory Consortium's (FLC) national...
Stanford scientists create scorecard index for heart-damaging chemo drugs
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine used heart muscle cells made from stem cells to rank commonly used...
Fasting mimicking diet reduces risk factors for aging and multiple age-related disease
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 15, 2017 - A new study finds that providing the body with a temporary, specifically formulated...
Study associates proximity to oil and gas development and childhood leukemia
Young Coloradans diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia are more likely to live in areas of high-density oil and gas development...
New, ultra-flexible probes form reliable, scar-free integration with the brain
Credit: Science Advances Engineering researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have designed ultra-flexible, nanoelectronic thread (NET) brain probes...
3-d printed ‘eagle eye’ camera mimics sharp vision of predators
Credit: Simon Thiele/ Carla Schaffer/ AAAS A new study presents a miniaturized camera inspired by the natural vision of predators...
3-D reconstruction of skull suggests a small crocodile is a new species
Credit: Schwarz et al (2017) A small crocodile discovered in Germany's Langenberg Quarry may be a new species, according to...
Deep reefs unlikely to save shallow coral reefs
Dr Pim Bongaerts, a Research Fellow at The University of Queensland's Global Change Institute (GCI) and ARC Centre of Excellence...
