Stem cell transplants prevent relapses of most common childhood cancer
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Children and young adults who receive CAR T-cell therapy for the most common childhood cancer - acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
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Thicker-leaved tropical plants may flourish as CO2 rises, which could be good for climate
Credit: Scott Ableman/Flickr How plants will fare as carbon dioxide levels continue to rise is a tricky problem and, researchers say, especially vexing in the...
Possible trigger for Crohn’s disease identified
Adherent-invasive E-coli (AIEC) strongly implicatedCredit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 1, 2021) - People living with the often-debilitating effects of Crohn's disease may finally gain...
A statistical solution to processing very large datasets efficiently with memory limit
Scientists develop a statistical randomness-based framework to optimally classify extremely large datasets without needing large memoriesCredit: Ryo Maezono from JAIST. Ishikawa, Japan - Any high-performance...
Chemo for glioblastoma may work better in morning than evening
Study indicates timing of chemotherapy could improve treatment for deadly brain cancerCredit: Washington University School of MEdicine An aggressive type of brain cancer, glioblastoma has...
Scientists find genetic link to clogged arteries
Independent of cholesterol, gene variants raise risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressureCredit: In-Hyuk Jung, PhD, Stitziel Lab High cholesterol is the most commonly...
New study supports the effectiveness of the ForsythKids school-based dental program for reducing untreated tooth decay
Credit: Forsyth Institute In a longitudinal study published earlier this month in the Journal of the American Dental Association, researchers analyzed untreated decay in a...
Fast, portable test can diagnose COVID-19 and track variants
The field test, called NIRVANA, can simultaneously detect and sequence SARS-CoV-2, influenza and other virusesCredit: Mo Li/KAUST LA JOLLA--(March 31, 2021) Clinicians using a new...
A Skoltech method helps model the behavior of 2D materials under pressure
Credit: ACS Nano (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10609 Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) have developed a method for modeling the behavior...
Novel pharmacological strategies to treat alcoholism. Focus on epigenetics
This article by Dr. F. David Rodriguez is published in the journal, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2021Credit: Dr. F. David Rodriguez Abusive alcohol drinking considerably impacts...
CU Cancer Center researcher reveals new effects of oxygen deprivation in cancer cells
Joaquin Espinosa, PhD, and his team investigated the role of hypoxia-inducible factors in tumor growth and suppressionCredit: Joaquin Espinosa, PhD A team of University of...
Even without a brain, Penn Engineering’s metal-eating robots can search for food
Credit: University of Pennsylvania When it comes to powering mobile robots, batteries present a problematic paradox: the more energy they contain, the more they weigh,...
Decades of hunting detects footprint of cosmic ray superaccelerators in our galaxy
Record-breaking gamma rays bathe the Milky Way in an energetic hazeCredit: HEASARC / LAMBDA / NASA / GFSC An enormous telescope complex in Tibet has...
First images of freshwater plumes at sea
Surface-towed marine controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) imaging can be used to map oceanic freshwater plumes in high-resolutionCredit: University of Hawai'i The first imaging of substantial freshwater...
Study: Race made no difference in ICU Outcomes of COVID-19 patients
Henry Ford Hospital researchers said patients of color had lower 28-day mortality than white patientsCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT (March 31, 2021) - In...
