As if by magic: TGen develops program that lights up cancer-causing mutations
LumosVar -- a name inspired by Harry Potter -- could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patients PHOENIX, Ariz. -- March 20, 2019 --...
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Generic advice doesn’t help patients drop pounds
Patients shed more weight when doctors give specific tips, study findsCredit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- When it comes to losing weight, doctors' messages to...
NASA’s Aqua Satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Veronica develop off western Australia’s coast
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System NASA's Aqua satellite provided a view of Tropical Cyclone Veronica after it developed off...
Stroke risk drops in both black and white older adults
March 20, 2019 - Recent reductions in hospitalization and death due to stroke extend to both black and white Medicare beneficiaries, reports a study in...
Older immigrants living in US more satisfied with life than native-born counterparts
Credit: FSU Photo/Bruce Palmer Most people who immigrated to the United States for a chance to live the "American Dream" are more satisfied with their...
Active investigation
Physicist Zvonimir Dogic receives grant to study fundamentals of 3D active matter If you think about it, our bodies are really just systems of individual,...
Research paves way for new source for leukemia drug
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Chemistry researchers at Oregon State University have patented a method for making anti-leukemia compounds that until now have only been available via...
Protein BRCA1 as a stress coach
Credit: Photographs: Christina Klotz, JMUW Anyone who has ever studied the molecular basis of breast cancer will probably have heard of the abbreviation BRCA1 -...
Precision-targeted liposomes curb triple-negative breast cancer, metastases in mice
Rational design improves cancer drug delivery, minimizes side effectsCredit: KRISTIN JOHNSON / VASCULAR BIOLOGY PROGRAM, BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Some 15 to 20 percent of all...
Tracing the genetic origins of insecticide resistance in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes
Researchers have identified a single genetic alteration in a malaria-transmitting mosquito species that confers resistance to a widely-used insecticide, according to a new study. The...
Pushing MYC inhibition closer to the clinic
Credit: VHIO VHIO-born spin-off Peptomyc S.L. has developed and preclinically validated mini-protein MYC inhibitor as effective and tolerable against notoriously difficult-to-treat lung cancer subtype Successful...
Princeton scientists discover chiral crystals exhibiting exotic quantum effects
Credit: Hasan Lab, Princeton University Crystals possessing "handedness" exhibit unusual properties. New evidence suggests that they can host electrons moving like slowed down light and...
Premature babies could benefit from combined glucocorticoid and antioxidant therapy
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have suggested that subtle changes to the drugs administered to mothers threatened with preterm birth or to premature babies...
Complex societies gave birth to big gods, not the other way around
Big data analyses suggest that moralizing gods are rather the product than the drivers of social complexityCredit: (c) the authors of the paper (Vienna, March...
Toilet seat that detects congestive heart failure getting ready to begin commercialization
Researchers developed the seats to measure biometrics during 'natural' processesCredit: A. Sue Weisler/RIT With 1 million new cases of congestive heart failure diagnosed each year,...
