Experts call for a targeted approach to cancer prevention
Credit: University of Stirling Policymakers around the world should consider introducing more targeted early interventions in a bid to tackle cancer, according to experts at...
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To fight email scammers, take a different view. Literally.
Credit: US Federal Bureau of Investigation BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, November 1, 2018 - A team of researchers is helping law enforcement crack down on...
Cancer drug insight tactic could spell double trouble for tumours
Credit: Mar Carmena and Emma Peat A new way of identifying potential cancer drugs could streamline the development of therapies, following a discovery by scientists....
Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy should be a treatment option for elderly patients with LS-S
DENVER -Elderly patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer (LS-SCLC) showed similar survival and toxicity compared to their younger counterparts when treated with concurrent chemo-radiotherapy..
C-Path, CHDI and CDISC announce therapeutic area user guide for Huntington’s Disease
TUCSON, Ariz., NEW YORK and AUSTIN, Texas, November 1, 2018 -- The Huntington's Disease Regulatory Science Consortium (HD-RSC), launched in March 2018 by the Critical...
eDNA emerges as powerful tool for tracking threatened river herring in Chesapeake Bay
CAMBRIDGE, MD (November 1, 2018)--Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to track the presence of fish in waterways is emerging as a powerful tool to detect and...
NASA expert to discuss interstellar space travel at the Optical Society Laser Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 1 -- New directed energy propulsion systems may enable the first interstellar missions, with small, robotic spacecraft exploring neighboring solar systems, according...
Renowned forum on software engineering brings together top researchers and industry leaders
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT) will present the joint European Software Engineering Conference and...
Army scientist seeks enhanced soldier systems through quantum research
Credit: U.S. Army photo Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Joint Quantum Institute have created a pristine quantum light source that has...
Improving additive manufacturing for space missions
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/ANSYS AMRL PITTSBURGH (November 1, 2018) ... Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, presents a game-changing opportunity for the space industry...
City of Hope, TGen announce intent to build cell therapy manufacturing facility in Phoenix
DUARTE, Calif. and PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Nov. 1, 2018 -- City of Hope, a world-renowned independent cancer research and treatment center, and its affiliate, Translational...
Pessimism around youth suicide prevention approaches is unfounded, study shows
A comprehensive Australian study examining the global impact of suicide prevention approaches in young people has found that youth-specific interventions conducted in clinical, educational and...
Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer
Scientists led by Newcastle University have been able to identify the group of children needing more intensive, aggressive chemotherapy treatment for the most common form...
MDM2 inhibitors could be promising new treatment for uveitis
Credit: Jill Johnson, UNTHSC Ocular inflammation uveitis is a serious disease that can destroy eye tissue and cause irreversible blindness. Fortunately, blindness and eye damage...
Insilico to present its latest research in AI for longevity biotechnology
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, November 1, 2018 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial intelli..
