When Washington voters legalized marijuana in 2012, many parents found themselves with a new teachable moment. Though illegal for anyone under 21, the drug presented...
Unique structure of circRNA makes it an ideal candidate for biomarkers -- and it can be detected in blood or urineCredit: University of Michigan Rogel...
Mass. General study identifies cancer-associated strains in tumors from patients age 30 and under A remarkable recent increase in the diagnosis of vocal-cord cancer in...
Credit: Professor Wörheide Comparative genome content analyses provide insight into the early evolution of animals. A novel method that permits the use of larger datasets...
Findings may have immediate impact on clinical practice WHAT: Hyperglycemia, or increased glucose, is common in patients with acute ischemic stroke and is associated with...
WASHINGTON -- The immunotherapy that has revolutionized treatment of many cancers appears to offer similar benefit to cancer patients living with HIV, say researchers at...
Nicotine works inside cells to reinforce addictionCredit: Caltech/Lester laboratory When a person takes a puff on a cigarette, nicotine floods into the brain, latching onto...
Credit: Duvall et al./Cell Unlike humans, who usually get hungry again only a few hours after eating, a female mosquito that has fed on human...
An insufficient amount of sleep and qualitatively poor sleep are common among the general population. Prior studies have indicated that prolonged insufficient sleep and poor...
Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University The benefits of exercise are widely known but kinesiologists at McMaster University have for the first time found that physical...
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - A multi-center phase II clinical trial investigating pembrolizumab as a first-line and programmed cell death-1 therapy...
Credit: Alex Wild She weighs less than one ten-thousandth of an ounce and her top speed is less than two miles per hour. Nonetheless, the...
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2019 -- Today, we're showing our love for white chocolate. Sure, it lacks the rich flavor of...
Bottom Line: This research letter documents bone cancer in a 240-million-year-old stem-turtle from the Triassic period, helping to provide more data about the history of cancer...
Osaka University-centered study examines large-scale population survey and identifies increase in cervical cancer rate, along with younger patients' surprising resistance to radiation therapyCredit: 2019 Yagi...
