Early palliative care for advanced lung cancer increases survival
VA study analyzed data on more than 23,000 veteransCredit: Michael Moody Early palliative care is associated with better survival in patients with advanced lung cancer,...
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SMART announces a revolutionary tech to study cell nanomechanics
New research discovery enables scientists to study membrane mechanics of cell's nucleus, revolutionising the understanding of metastatic cancers as well as opening the doors for...
How cancer breaks down your muscles
New research sheds light on how cancer tumors can take control of muscle cells and cause wasting.Credit: Illustration: NTNU and biorender.com A complicated metabolic syndrome...
Mast cell expansion from blood
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 19, 2019-Mast cells are critically involved in immunity and immune disorders. However, they are rarely...
New research shows that European hedgehogs in Denmark carry a secret
Credit: Sophie Lund Rasmussen Most people consider the hedgehog a welcome guest in the garden. But a newly published study reveals that the Danish hedgehogs...
Wayne State leading efforts to alleviate fatbergs
What we throw out can come back to haunt usCredit: Tracie Baker, DVM, Ph.D., Wayne State University DETROIT - Worldwide, the occurrence of large-scale sewer...
Perception of musical pitch varies across cultures
How people interpret musical notes depends on the types of music they have listened to, researchers findCredit: Josh McDermott CAMBRIDGE, MA -- People who are...
UC San Diego receives $4.6M from NIMH for brain imaging data ‘gateway’
Partnering with Stanford University, UC San Diego researchers will create the neuroelectromagnetic data archive and tools resource at San Diego Supercomputer CenterCredit: Courtesy Swartz Center...
Key similarities discovered between human and archaea chromosomes
Discovery from Indiana University could advance use of single-celled organism in research on cancers related to errors in cellular gene expressionCredit: Indiana University A study...
Cellular hitchhikers may hold a key to understanding ALS
Credit: Y. Liao et al./Cell 2019 For long-distance transportation within the cell, RNA molecules rely on hitchhiking. A microscopic RNA molecule might need to travel...
NTU Singapore scientists develop technique to observe radiation damage over femtoseconds
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technique to observe how radiation damages molecules over time-frames of just...
Discovery of tanycytic TSPO inhibition as a potential therapeutic target for obesity treatment
Identified the core mechanism for obesity treatment through brain cell controlCredit: DGIST DGIST announced on Sept. 5 that Professor Eun-Kyoung Kim (Director of Neurometabolomic Research...
Neurological signals from the spinal cord surprise scientists
Credit: Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen With a study of the network between nerve and muscle cells in turtles, researchers from the University of...
Plasma flow near sun’s surface explains sunspots, other solar phenomena
Credit: NASA/Goddard/SORCE For 400 years people have tracked sunspots, the dark patches that appear for weeks at a time on the sun's surface. They have...
Artificial materials reconstruct the porpoise’s echolocation
Credit: ©Science China Press Over millions of years, porpoises have developed powerful biosonar with high accuracy and intelligence to detect and track preys in underwater...
