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Study finds more childhood cancer survivors would likely benefit from genetic screening
Loading video... Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Twelve percent of childhood cancer survivors carry germline mutations that put them...
Biomarker identified for likely aggressive, early stage breast cancer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (April 3, 2017) - The one-size-fits-all approach to early stage breast cancer creates a paradox: Millions of dollars...
Researchers obtain Bose-Einstein condensate with nickel chloride
Bose-Einstein condensates - often called the "fifth state of matter", the other four states being solids, liquids, gases and plasmas...
Molecules in the body more visible in new detection system, say scientists
Scientists at the University of York have developed a technique that will enhance the performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
Pitt researchers identify new brain pathway that controls hand movements
PITTSBURGH, April 3, 2017 - Picking up a slice of pizza or sending a text message: Scientists long believed that...
Some head and neck cancer patients benefit from continued checkpoint inhibitor treatment
Credit: DFCI WASHINGTON -- New research suggests that some patients with head and neck cancers can benefit by continuing treatment...
Case Western Reserve named to new national colorectal cancer dream team
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have been named to a new colorectal...
‘Innovator’ award for new leukemia immunotherapies
Credit: Bo Jungmayer / Fred Hutch News Service Dr. Marie Bleakley, a pediatric oncology physician-scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
Screening the dark genome for disease
Credit: Duke University Researchers have developed a method to swiftly screen the non-coding DNA of the human genome for links...
Stem cell innovation regrows rotator cuffs
Every time you throw a ball, swing a golf club, reach for a jar on a shelf, or cradle a...
Skin cancer finding provides hope for patients with rare type of melanoma
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- April 3, 2017 -- A team of researchers report a significant genetic association linked to an aggressive...
Surprise discovery of Europe’s first cave fish
Credit: Jasminca Behrmann-Godel Researchers reporting in Current Biology on April 3 have discovered the first European cave fish. A hobby...
Mutant lifestyles
Credit: Birgit Luef, Norwegian University of Science and Technology It's the stuff of science fiction, though there's nothing fiction about...
Deploying an ancient defense to kill cancer
Credit: Bo Jungmayer / Fred Hutch News Service A recent small trial in 15 cancer patients with advanced soft-tissue sarcomas...
Google’s AI tool for video searching can be easily deceived
Credit: University of Washington University of Washington researchers have shown that Google's new tool that uses machine learning to automatically...
Spray-on memory could enable bendable digital storage
Credit: Matthew Catenacci DURHAM, N.C. -- USB flash drives are already common accessories in offices and college campuses. But thanks...
Two Penn physicians awarded SU2C Immuno-Oncology Innovative Research Grants
PHILADELPHIA - Two doctors in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have been awarded Immuno-Oncology Innovative...
Stand Up to Cancer innovation grant funds MD Anderson microbiome study
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center An Innovative Research Grant from Stand Up to Cancer will help a University of Texas...
Research measures potentially damaging free radicals in cigarette smoke
Smoking cigarettes can lead to illness and death. Free radicals, which are atoms or groups of atoms with unpaired electrons,...
New technology could end costly crude oil pipeline blockages
Credit: Yao et al., 2015, Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston Getting crude oil from the wellhead to its...