Public health leaders call for new efforts to promote vaccination acceptance
On Thursday, an international coalition of public health leaders including CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) Dean Ayman El-Mohandes and...
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The most complete study of battery failure sees the light
Credit: ESRF, the European Synchrotron An international team of researchers just published in Advanced Energy Materials the widest study on what happens during battery failure,...
Annual Report to the Nation: Overall cancer mortality continues to decline
Special section on adults ages 20 to 49 shows higher cancer incidence and mortality for women than men The latest Annual Report to the Nation...
Uncovering microgel mysteries
Videography of hydrogel microspheres using temperature-controlled high-speed atomic force microscopy reveals hypothesized structural differencesCredit: Nishizawa et al., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, Copyright Wiley-VCH Verlag...
Depression sufferers at risk of multiple chronic diseases
Women who experience symptoms of depression are at risk of developing multiple chronic diseases, research led by The University of Queensland has found Women who...
Significant ‘knowledge gap’ exists in use of genetic testing to decide cancer treatment
CHICAGO (May 30, 2019) -- A questionnaire aimed at assessing how well community oncologists understand "molecular profiling" results from tumor specimens found that 69 percent...
A new mechanism for accessing damaged DNA
Credit: FMI UV light damages the DNA of skin cells, which can lead to skin cancer. But this process is counteracted by the DNA repair...
Six Tokyo Tech faculty members receive FY2019 MEXT Commendation
Credit: Nobuhiro Nishiyama Six faculty members of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) received a Prize for Science and Technology or The Young Scientists' Prize...
Discovery may lead to natural ent-kaurane diterpenoid for NK-based tumor immunotherapy
Credit: KIB As early responders in the surveillance of malignant cells, natural killer (NK) cells play a significant role in the control of transformed cells...
Eating blueberries every day improves heart health
Eating a cup of blueberries a day reduces risk factors for cardiovascular disease - according to new research led by the University of East Anglia,...
Patient groups untested in cancer immunotherapy trials found to also benefit
CHICAGO (May 30, 2019) -- Immunotherapy is a revolutionary cancer treatment, but it was unknown if cancer patients with HIV or viral hepatitis could also...
Cold-parenting linked to premature aging, increased disease risk in offspring
Researchers find unsupportive parenting may have several negative health implications for children New research out of Loma Linda University Health suggests that unsupportive parenting styles...
International travelers experience the harmful effects of air pollution
Even a short stay for travelers in cities with high levels of air pollution leads to breathing problems that can take at least a week...
Brain activity in teens predicts future mood health
Imbalanced network function is associated with development of more severe depression, indicating a potential neurobiological marker for risk prediction Philadelphia, May 30, 2019 - An...
Diagnostic will help propel development of improved malaria tests, support surveillance
Seattle, WA, and Logan, UT, May 30, 2019--PATH and Quansys Biosciences, Inc. have announced the launch of a new diagnostic tool designed to help researchers...
