Breast cancer therapy: All clear for the heart
Many breast cancer therapies cause damage to the heart. However, in the largest study of its kind so far, scientists from the German Cancer Research...
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When heart disease runs in the family, exercise may be best defense
DALLAS, April 9, 2018 - Exercise may be the best way to keep hearts healthy - and it works even for people with a genetic...
Physical activity helps fight genetic risk of heart disease, Stanford-led study finds
Keeping fit, even if you're born with a high genetic risk for heart disease, still works to keep your heart healthy, according to a study...
Resistance training enhances recycling capacity in muscles
Credit: University of Jyväskylä A new study at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland reports that autophagosome content is increased by resistance training in previously untrained...
Public awareness of cancer drug shortages is low
The U.S. population is largely unaware that there are shortages in the availability of cancer drugs, according to a study published early online in CANCER,...
Biomarker helps identify ‘window of opportunity’ for cancer chemotherapy timing
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, April 9, 2018 - Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is essential for tumor growth. A new...
Vaccination apathy fueled by decades of misinformation
A legacy of social and political factors rather than bad parenting may be influencing people's decisions not to vaccinate their children, according to a study...
Wheat research discovery yields genetic secrets that could shape future crops
Credit: CSIRO A new study has isolated a gene controlling shape and size of spikelets in wheat in a breakthrough which could help breeders deliver...
There’s no such thing as oversharing in conservation
Credit: Michigan State University Social gadflies in an organization are the new superheroes of conservation, according to a study in this month's Nature Sustainability. Conservation...
Discovery of compounds that keep plants fresh
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University A team of scientists at Nagoya University has discovered new compounds that can control stomatal movements in plants. Some of the...
Using the past to predict the future: climate change impacts on the sagebrush sea
LOGAN, UTAH, USA- Scientists from Utah State University developed a new way to use long-term population data to model how species could respond to climate...
Fluorescent dye could enable sharper biological imaging
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HIV Cell dysfunction discovery sheds light on how virus works
Credit: Carla Shaffer / AAAS A team of chemical and biomedical engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin,...
OU graduate students earn NSF National Research Traineeship program fellowships
Credit: University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma graduate students from diverse disciplines earned one-year, $34,000 fellowships in support of aeroecology and environmental sustainability rese..
Index of tumor cells opens a new perspective to prevent cancer progression
Researchers from the School of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), at the University of São Paulo (USP), in collaboration with international groups, have developed indices...
