Systemic treatment for brain metastasis in HER2-positive advanced breast cancer
“With these new drugs now available in clinical practice, we expect HER2+/HER2-low BC patients with BMs to live longer and to live better.” Credit: 2023 Batista...
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Noted experts present detailed evidence on the impact of environmental issues on cardiovascular health
Philadelphia, September 13, 2023 – There is already robust evidence that people living with cardiovascular disease are disproportionately affected by poor air quality and extreme...
Three University of Oklahoma faculty receive National Institutes of Health funding to maximize their research
For the first time in one year, three faculty at the University of Oklahoma have received Maximizing Investigators’ Research Awards from the National Institutes of...
UNIST, DGIST, and POSTECH consortium selected for 2023 ITRC Project in ‘Quantum ICT’ sector!
The consortium, comprising of UNIST, DGIST, and POSTECH has been chosen for the esteemed 2023 University ICT Research Center Project (ITRC) by the Ministry of Science and ICT...
Majority rule in complex mixtures
The very first life on earth is thought to have developed from “protocells” – liquid mixtures of many different types of molecules. Researchers from the...
Solving stickiness sustainably
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Glue holds the world together. Without adhesives, much of modern human civilization — including our cellphones, cars, furniture, walls and the...
Using lasers to choose and export single-cell cultures: An efficient upgrade to static droplet array tool
Static droplet array (SDA) is a necessary and integral tool when it comes to high-capacity screening tests, or assays, for identifying and targeting specific cells...
One of the oldest land plant lineages, clubmosses (Selaginella) are re-classified
Clubmosses (Selaginella sensu lato) emerged over 383 million years ago in the Devonian Period, predating dinosaurs. These ancient vascular plants hold significant value in unraveling...
A novel method to obtain acetone more simply, safely and cheaply
Acetone is an essential chemical industry input and is used in the manufacturing of a wide array of products, such as adhesives, antibiotics, electronic components,...
Rise in global thunderstorm activity might increase the quantity of wispy cirrus clouds – accelerating global warming
A new study has found a significant statistical correlation between thunderstorms occurring around the world and the formation of wispy cirrus clouds - which might...
UTSA study: More Texas owls are testing positive for rat poisons
New research suggests that owls in Texas have high rates of anticoagulant rodenticides (AR)—blood thinning rat poisons—in their systems. Jennifer Smith, a professor of integrative biology...
New species of spiny mouse discovered in rainforest
A new species of spiny mouse has been discovered in Ecuador, making it the 14th of its genus to be identified in the past five...
Some spiders can transfer mercury contamination to land animals, study shows
Sitting calmly in their webs, many spiders wait for prey to come to them. Arachnids along lakes and rivers eat aquatic insects, such as dragonflies....
ChatGPT performs as well as doctors for suggesting the most likely diagnoses in the emergency medicine department
Barcelona, Spain: The artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT performed as well as a trained doctor in suggesting likely diagnoses for patients being assessed in emergency medicine departments,...
Pitt surveillance system detected infection linked to eye drops months before outbreak declared
An infectious diseases surveillance system created by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists and deployed at a UPMC hospital successfully flagged cases of a...
