Three Harvard experts explain how economics can shape precision medicines
Author affiliations: Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Kennedy School Many public and private ...
NASA’s GPM analyzed rainfall in ex-Tropical Cyclone 11S
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA Ex-tropical cyclone 11S was still generating some heavy rainfall, despite losing its tropical status and ...
Climate had a hand in shaping the human nose
Credit: Daniel P. Howsmon, CCBY The size and shape of the nose in different human populations is not simply the ...
Earth’s first example of recycling — its own crust!
Credit: Photo by Rick Carlson. Washington, DC--Rock samples from northeastern Canada retain chemical signals that help explain what Earth's crust ...
Operation of ancient biological clock uncovered
Credit: Philip Lossl, Utrecht University Ten years ago, researchers discovered that the biological clock in cyanobacteria consists of only three ...
Next-gen steel under the microscope
Credit: Photo credit Frank Schulenburg. Next-generation steel and metal alloys are a step closer to reality, thanks to an international ...
NJIT alumnus is named one of the country’s ‘new faces of civil engineering’
Credit: NJIT Muhammad Elgammal, P.E., PMP, a 27-year-old associate civil engineer at The Port Authority of New York and New ...
Prostate cancer trial shows treating with precision radiotherapy cuts course of treatment by 50 percent
Credit: UHN (TORONTO, Canada - March 16, 2017) - An Ontario-led international clinical trial with 1,206 men with localized prostate ...
Genetic association with aggressive prostate cancer discovered
Credit: Courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada March 16, 2017 (Toronto) - An international study published in the Journal ...
Dietary anti-cancer compound may work by influence on cellular genetics
Credit: Photo courtesy of Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have discovered one of the reasons why broccoli may ...
UC researchers use gold coating to control luminescence of nanowires
Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services In electronics, the race for smaller is huge. Physicists at the University of Cincinnati are ...
Preventing lead spread
Credit: Courtesy: Biswas Lab While lead pipes were banned decades ago, they still supply millions of American households daily with ...
Genetic profile of treatment-resistant lung cancer more variable than previously thought
Credit: Zofia Piotrowska, M.D. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--The genetic mutations underlying treatment resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ...
Proton therapy offers new treatment possibility for recurrent lung cancer
Credit: Jennifer Ho, M.D. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--A new study offers hope for patients with recurrent lung cancer, who ...
SBRT offers curative option for lung cancer patients age 80 and older
Credit: Richard J. Cassidy III, MD SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--Patients in their 80s and 90s who have early stage ...
Racial disparities persist in treatment and survival of early stage lung cancer
Credit: Andrew M. Farach, MD SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--Analysis of the largest American cancer database indicates that racial disparities ...
New plant research solves a colorful mystery
Credit: The John Innes Centre Research led by scientists at the John Innes Centre has solved a long-standing mystery by ...
PETA science group promotes animal-free science at society of toxicology conference
Baltimore -- The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. is presenting two posters on animal-free methods for testing inhalation toxicity at ...
Prevention and prediction: Understanding how lung cancer progresses
PHILADELPHIA - Treating the brain with a preventative course of radiation may help Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) patients - ...
Biomarker blood test shows cancer recurrence months before CT scans
Credit: Chimbu Chinniah SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--Results from a prospective clinical trial showed that a blood test looking at ...
