Gerald Joyce elected to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 24, 2019) Salk Professor Gerald Joyce, a pioneer in the field of in vitro evolution, has been elected to the...
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Women face more cognitive issues after brain tumor radiation women face more cognitive issues after
Credit: Georgia State Young women who undergo radiation therapy to treat a pediatric brain tumor are more likely to suffer from long-term cognitive impairment than...
PET/CT detects cardiovascular disease risk factors in obstructive sleep apnea patients
Credit: Wang R, Wu P, Li L, et al. Research presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2019 Annual Meeting draws a...
Interim scan during prostate cancer therapy helps guide treatment
Credit: Andrei Gafita, Matthias Eiber, TUM School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany. New prostate cancer research shows that adding an interim scan...
Does limited underground water storage make plants less susceptible to drought?
Plants adapted to Mediterranean climate may be more flexible in face of unpredictable rainsCredit: Wendy Baxter, UC Berkeley You might expect that plants hoping to...
Pathogen engineered to self-destruct underlies cancer vaccine platform
Washington, DC - June 24, 2019 - A team of investigators has developed a cancer vaccine technology using live, attenuated pathogens as vectors. A feature...
Stanford researchers teach robots what humans want
Credit: Andy Palan and Gleb Shevchuk Told to optimize for speed while racing down a track in a computer game, a car pushes the pedal...
Understanding brain activity when you name what you see
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine You see an object, you think of its name and then you say it. This apparently simple activity engages a...
‘Good’ bacteria may prevent — and reverse — food allergy
Study finds key microbes missing from guts of infants with food allergy; restoring these bacteria prevents food allergy and suppresses established disease in mice BOSTON...
Gene networks reveal transition from healthy to failing heart, Stanford-led study shows
Scientists investigating heart failure have been limited to studying diseased heart tissue in the lab -- understandably, as people don't tend to pluck out a...
Researchers explain visible light from 2D lead halide perovskites
Work resolves mystery and offers new path for light-emitting and other devicesCredit: University of Houston Researchers drew attention three years ago when they reported that...
Combatting the world's deadliest infections using groundbreaking human-mimetic tools
New approaches offer insights into mechanisms and treatments of viral diseases not revealed through animal testingCredit: Produced by Craig Redmond for Human Society International (June...
Clouds dominate uncertainties in predicting future Greenland melt
Credit: University of Bristol New research led by climate scientists from the University of Bristol suggests that the representation of clouds in climate models is...
Baylor College of Medicine issues position statement on measles vaccinations
Media Advisory: Baylor College of Medicine issues position statement on measles vaccinations HOUSTON - (June 24, 2019) - Baylor College of Medicine has issued a...
Roads and deforestation explode in the Congo basin
Logging roads are expanding dramatically in the Congo Basin, leading to catastrophic collapses in animal populations living in the world's second-largest rainforest, according to research...
