Patients with lung cancers responsive to immunotherapy drug beat standard odds of survival
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine More than seven years after the start of one of the first clinical trials of the ...
2017 AACR annual meeting presentations highlight the use of bio-rad’s droplet digital PCR technology for liquid biopsies in cancer research
Washington, D.C. -- April 3, 2017 -- New research demonstrating the pivotal role of Bio-Rad's Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR™) technology ...
Telomere length predicts cancer risk
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2017 - The length of the telomere "caps" of DNA that protect the tips of chromosomes may ...
Towards a mathematical theory of PID control
The well-known and nearly hundred years old "proportional-integral- derivative"(PID) controller is a linear feedback control method which adjusts the input ...
New species of tree living crab found in Western Ghats
Credit: Authors A recent research paper in The Journal of Crustacean Biology reveals a new genus and new species of ...
Can pure maple syrup help reduce chronic inflammation?
Credit: FPAQ SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2017 - The first-ever global symposium, solely dedicated to sharing the latest scientific discoveries ...
Novogene adds 25 Illumina NovaSeq sequencers
Credit: © Novogene April 3, 2017, San Diego and Beijing -- Novogene Corporation, a leading provider of genomic services and ...
Stanford researchers create deep learning algorithm that could boost drug development
Credit: L.A. Cicero Artificially intelligent algorithms can learn to identify amazingly subtle information, enabling them to distinguish between people in ...
Android apps can conspire to mine information from your smartphone
Credit: Virginia Tech Mobile phones have increasingly become the repository for the details that drive our everyday lives. But Virginia ...
A ‘bionic leaf’ could help feed the world
Credit: Nocera lab, Harvard University SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2017 -- In the second half of the 20th century, the ...
How to clamp down on cyanide fishing
SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2017 -- Spraying cyanide near coral reefs teeming with tropical creatures can quickly and cheaply stun ...
‘Sniffing’ urine to detect prostate cancer could prevent unnecessary biopsies
SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2017 -- On the list of dreaded medical tests, a prostate biopsy probably ranks fairly high. ...
A biomarker for cancer of the oropharynx
Cancer of the oropharynx has become increasingly common: In the United States alone, the number of newly diagnosed cases has ...
Where you live could determine risk of heart attack, stroke or dying of heart disease
People living in parts of Ontario with better access to preventive health care had lower rates of cardiac events compared ...
UK shale gas extraction could be reduced by limited space to develop wells
Only a quarter of the shale gas contained in one of the UK's largest reserves might be recoverable because of ...
New gene-based blood tests identify more skin cancers
Genetic testing of tumor and blood fluid samples from people with and without one of the most aggressive forms of ...
Patients’ immune system may influence effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2017 - Higher or lower levels of certain immune cells in cancer patients may be associated with ...
No more ‘superbugs’? Maple syrup extract enhances antibiotic action
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2, 2017 -- Antibiotics save lives every day, but there is a downside to their ubiquity. High ...
New molecules may offer treatment option for some aggressive prostate cancers
ORLANDO -- Novel molecules called selective androgen receptor degraders (SARDs) may offer the next generation of treatment options for advanced ...
Recent thyroid cancer trends in the United States suggest age, racial disparities
ORLANDO--In the United States, thyroid cancer incidence is rising among young people as well as Hispanics and African Americans, a ...
