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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation grants prestigious fellowship, Breakthrough Scientist Awards
New York, NY (Jan. 12, 2017) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on supporting innovative...
Columbia, NewYork-Presbyterian and non-profit Life Raft Group form cancer partnership
New York, NY & Wayne, NJ (January 12, 2017)--Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian and the Life Raft Group (LRG), a...
For men with prostate cancer, emotional distress may lead to more aggressive treatment
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - The anxiety many men experience after being diagnosed with prostate cancer may lead...
Huntsman Cancer Institute research holds promise for personalized lung cancer treatments
SALT LAKE CITY - New research from scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah uncovered distinct...
Markers for prostate cancer death can identify men in need of more aggressive treatment
Boston, MA -- Prostate cancer (PC) is the second leading cause of male cancer death in the United States with...
Melanoma mutation likes fat for fuel
Cancer cells love glucose, the simple sugar the body uses for energy, so a high-fat, low-carb diet should starve them,...
Seeing vape pen in use boosts desire to smoke among young adults
Although they look less like cigarettes than first-generation e-cigarettes, a new study found that the newer generation e-cigarette vape pens...
Reef fish that conquer fear of sharks may help control excess algae
Loading video... Credit: Mike Gil/UC Davis If there was a top-rated restaurant in a dangerous part of the city, chances...
Diagnostic breakthrough: ‘Shaking piglets’ attributed to previously unidentified virus
Credit: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni Vienna Cases of newborn "shaking piglets" have been reported since the 1920s both in Europe and abroad....
Exeter research helps protect loggerhead turtles
Credit: Alan Rees A long-running research and conservation project is helping save an at-risk species of turtle. Work to protect...
Diversification key to resilient fishing communities
Credit: Unsplash Fishing communities can survive -- and even thrive -- as fish abundance and market prices shift if they...
Scientists reveal non-addictive pathway to pain relief
OHSU research suggests an avenue for developing treatments for chronic pain that harness the medicinal properties of cannabis while minimizing...
Blended galaxies
Credit: Hai Fu, University of Iowa In roughly four billion years, the Milky Way will be no more. Indeed, our...
Seeing the quantum future… literally
Credit: University of Sydney. Scientists at the University of Sydney have demonstrated the ability to "see" the future of quantum...
New drug in development shows improved survival for patients with advanced metastat
TAMPA, Fla. - A new therapy in development for the treatment of midgut neuroendocrine tumors, a rare type of cancer...
Inhibition of EZH2 might be new therapy of multiple myeloma
In a study published in the scientific journal Oncotarget, researchers from Uppsala University show how the protein EZH2 affects the...
Medical imaging innovator Christine Hendon wins Presidential honor
Credit: Jeffrey Schifman/Columbia Engineering Christine Hendon, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has won the Presidential Early Career...
Does recent randomized prostate cancer trial provide insights on best treatment?
For the first time, we now have a randomized trial comparing active monitoring, surgery, and radiation therapy for the management...
Recent Alzheimer’s drug disappointment illuminates pathway for progress against the disease
Credit: UsA2 In a letter released today by UsAgainstAlzheimer's, Co-Founder and Chairman George Vradenburg said the negative clinical trial of...
How well do we understand the relation between incorrect chromosome number & cancer?
Credit: CSHL Public Affairs Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Over a century ago, a German-born scientist experimenting with impregnated sea...