NIH greatly expands investment in BRAIN Initiative
The National Institutes of Health announces funding of more than 200 new awards, totaling over $220 million, through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies...
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Will there be enough water in the future?
Credit: Water Scarcity Atlas The average person in Europe uses 3000-5000 litres of water per day, of which the lion's share is spent on food...
Ring-shaped protein complex wrangles DNA
Credit: Dana Krepel/Rice University Biological physicists at Rice University have a new cellular mechanics theory that rings true. The Rice lab of José Onuchic has...
HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital scientists bring new hope to brain tumor patients
Credit: HKUST sGBM is a rare type of brain cancer in adults. The incidence varies from 2 to 5 per million people per year. For...
Lateral inhibition keeps similar memories apart
Credit: Espinoza et al When you park in the office car park, you usually have no problem finding your car again at the end of...
Nature of immune cells in the human brain disclosed
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have disclosed the nature of how T cells protect the brain against harmful viruses. The...
Scientists find a ‘switch’ to increase starch accumulation in algae
Credit: Sousuke Imamura Results from a collaborative study by Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tohoku University, Japan, raise prospects for large-scale production of algae-derived starch,...
A prognostic model may predict survival in African-American women with breast cancer
A prognostic model developed using a machine learning approach could identify African-American breast cancer patients with increased risk of death, according to results of a...
Coverage of hormonal breast cancer therapies increased in states that expanded Medicaid
NEW ORLEANS -- An evaluation of breast cancer patients enrolled in Medicaid showed that states that expanded Medicaid during 2011 to 2017 had a 27...
A culturally tailored intervention increased HPV vaccination of Asian-American adolescents
NEW ORLEANS -- A culturally tailored multilevel strategy designed to remove barriers to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among low-income, mostly Chinese American adolescent girls and...
Oncologists’ LGBT-related knowledge & practices improved after cultural competency training
NEW ORLEANS -- An interactive online LGBT cultural competency training program for oncologists may be acceptable, feasible, and improve LGBT-related knowledge and clinical practices, according...
Risk of cancer mortality may increase for successive generations of Latino immigrants
NEW ORLEANS --Latinos in the United States experienced an overall increased risk of cancer death with each generation born in this country, according to results...
African-American caregivers report better mental health outcomes than white caregivers
NEW ORLEANS -- African-Americans caring for loved ones with cancer were less likely than their white peers to report distress and depression, possibly due to...
Can chocolate, tea, coffee and zinc help make you more healthy?
Ageing and a low life expectancy are caused, at least partly, by oxidative stress. A team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Ivana Ivanovi-Burmazovi from...
The Lancet Oncology: For new HPV DNA test, study finds there may be little benefit in screening women aged 55 with a negative test
Regular cytology screening (pap or smear test) is still the most commonly used HPV screening method, and can prevent cancers up to age 75 years,...
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