Asian elephants could be the maths kings of the jungle
Credit: Ethological Society and Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature 2018 Asian elephants demonstrate numeric ability which is closer to that observed in humans...
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Optoelectronic interface for stimulating neural networks in the brain
Credit: Lobachevsky University In the past few decades, research aimed at finding approaches to restoring brain function has increased exponentially. An interdisciplinary approach to the...
Research finds NJ numerical nutrient criterion used to protect streams is too high
Credit: Thomas Belton, research associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. A new way of measuring the relative habitability of freshwater environments...
Researchers have discovered a new cell structure
A new structure in human cells has been discovered by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden in collaboration with colleagues in the UK. The structure...
Scientists make new ‘green’ electronic polymer-based films with protein nanowires
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has produced a new class of electronic materials...
Recipients of inaugural $100k Jean Mayer Prize in Nutrition Science & Policy announced
BOSTON (Oct. 22, 2018)--The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University has awarded the school's inaugural $100,000...
Treatment of aggressive breast cancer improved by immunotherapy-chemotherapy combination
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Oct 20, 2018 - Patients with an aggressive form of advanced breast cancer can benefit from immunotherapy when used in combination with...
Drugs for treating breast cancer in women are effective and well tolerated in men
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 21 October 2018 - There is growing evidence that drugs approved for the treatment of breast...
Major trial shows targeted drug extends breast cancer survival
Combining a targeted drug with hormone therapy substantially extends survival for women with advanced breast cancer, a major clinical trial has found. Women taking palbociclib...
New option for women with advanced breast cancer resistant to hormone therapy
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 20 October 2018 - Treatment with the cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor palbociclib achieves a...
Some patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer live longer with immunotherapy
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 20 October 2018 - Immunotherapy improves survival in some patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer,...
Erlotinib improves progression-free survival in early mutated non-small cell lung cancer
Munich, Germany, 21 October 2018 - Neoadjuvant erlotinib benefits selected epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated patients who undergo complete resection of stage IIIA-N2 stage non-small...
PROs indicate brachytherapy alone is the superior treatment
Oncology trial RTOG 0232 comparing a combined treatment of external beam therapy and brachytherapy (EBT+B) to transperineal interstitial permanent brachytherapy (B) alone indicate a significantly...
Interaction of pretreatment immune inflammatory state of patient outcomes following RT
Data from a validation study of NRG-RTOG 0521 suggests that, while there is no association between an elevated level of C-reactive protein (CRP) and disease-free...
Radiation therapy cuts low risk of recurrence in half for patients with good risk breast cancer
A subset of patients with low-risk breast cancer is highly unlikely to see cancer return following breast conservation surgery but can lower that risk even...
