MSU recipient of $3.2 million USDA grant for a better lentil crop
Credit: Mary Burrows BOZEMAN -- Montanans have grown lentils for two decades, at times producing more lentils than any other state. But growers and scientists...
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Professor Karen Kasza wins Packard Fellowship
Credit: Timothy Lee Photographers Karen Kasza, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia Engineering, has won a Packard Fellowship for Science and...
Conference highlights good examples of climate change adaptation in Nordic region
The Nordic countries have begun the job of adapting their societies to climate change. But a lot of work remains. To facilitate the exchange of...
NUS researchers elucidate roles TP63 and SOX2 in squamous cell cancer progression
Squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) are aggressive malignancies arising from squamous epithelium of various organs, such as esophagus, head and neck, lung and skin. Previous studies...
More clues revealed in link between normal breast changes and invasive breast cancer
(Georgetown University Medical Center) A research team, led by investigators from Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, details how a natural and dramatic process -- changes...
Cancer survivors at risk for heart failure during, after pregnancy
Young women previously treated for cancer with chemotherapy or radiation therapy with a prior history of cardiotoxicity are more likely to develop clinical congestive heart...
Blood test biopsy for kids with brain tumors is simple, safe way to see if treatment is working
A new blood test for children with brain tumors offers a safer approach than surgical biopsies and may allow doctors to measure the effectiveness of...
USC analysis solves puzzle of poor cancer prognosis in young Americans
Young Americans with cancer have a far better prognosis than once thought due to a surprising new discovery about the role of HIV/AIDS, fundamentally altering...
Media Advisory: The New York Stem Cell Foundation Conference
When: Tuesday and Wednesday, October 23rd- 24th, 2018 8:30AM - 5:30PM Where: The Rockefeller University, Caspary Auditorium. East 66th Street and York Avenue, New York,...
3D mammography detected 34 percent more breast cancers in screening
After screening 15 000 women over a period of five years, a major clinical study in Sweden has shown that 3D mammography, or breast tomosynthesis,...
‘Universal’ blood test for earlier diagnosis of cancer moves closer to market
Credit: University of Bradford, UK UK researchers behind a potential 'universal' liquid biopsy blood test for cancer detection have licensed the technology to an industrial...
Purdue aims to find better drug ‘fits,’ avoid medication tragedies like thalidomide
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - When a medication doesn't "fit" the body quite right, the results can be devastating. Such is the case for thalidomide, which...
Young innovators
Credit: Joy Smoker University of Delaware assistant professors Emily Day and Jason Gleghorn have been named Young Innovators of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering for 2018....
New test rapidly identifies antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’
Credit: UC Berkeley Video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally Berkeley -- When you get sick, you want the right treatment fast. But certain infectious...
HIV-positive infants are at high risk for acquiring congenital cytomegalovirus infection
UCLA RESEARCH ALERT Enrique Rivero FINDINGS Infants born to HIV-positive mothers had high rates of congenital cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Infants who also were infected before...
