On the search for new approaches to cure lung cancer
Protein kinases regulate nearly all processes in cells. If the function of these enzymes is disrupted, often cancer will develop. In particular certain types of...
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UA College of Nursing receives $2.5 million grant to improve interventions for cancer survivors
Credit: UA College of Nursing Cancer survivors who suffer negative effects after treatment soon may have access to interventions with the potential to vastly improve...
In MS, disintegrating brain lesions may indicate the disease is getting worse
Credit: Michael G. Dwyer BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For decades, clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) have interpreted the appearance of new or expanding brain lesions on...
Researchers create tool to better evaluate implementation of science research proposals
(Boston)--Researchers at Boston University's Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences (CIIS) have developed a new scoring criteria for evaluating the quality of scientific researc..
English translation of IQWiG’s updated General Methods now available
The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) revised its methods paper and published the version "General Methods 5.0" on 10 July...
Mixed signals from poisonous moths
Credit: University of Exeter Poisonous moths use bright red spots to warn predators to avoid them - but natural variation in these wing markings doesn't...
Novel PET imaging noninvasively pinpoints colitis inflammation
Credit: A C Freise, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA RESTON, VA - A novel positron emission tomography (PET) imaging method shows promise for noninvasively pinpointing sites...
Poor sleep at night could mean decreased work productivity in the morning
Preliminary results from a new study suggest that several sleep-related symptoms are associated with decreased work productivity. Everyone experiences some loss of productivity from a...
PharmaMar presents new results with lurbinectedin
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) today announced new data on the recurrent small-cell lung cancer patients cohort of the phase II basket study with lurbinectedin as a single...
Targeting platelets
Credit: Foto: Rudolf Virchow Center of the Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg (JMU) "Thrombocytes do much more than to stop bleedings and to cause heart attacks," explains Professor...
Call for united global effort to tackle nitrogen pollution
Governments, industries and farmers across the world must join together to tackle the 'major unsolved challenge' of nitrogen pollution, experts told a World Environment Day...
ASCO & NEJM: AI plus ovarian suppression yields benefit in high-risk younger breast cancer patients
CHICAGO - Premenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer and a high risk of recurrence who are treated with an aromatase inhibitor plus ovarian...
Acute coronary syndrome patients with short sleep have double odds of hospital readmission
Pilot data from a recent study suggest that patients with short sleep have over two times the odds of readmission than those with sufficient sleep...
NFL teams play better during night games thanks to circadian advantages
Pilot data from a recent study suggest that NFL teams have better performance during night games versus afternoon games due to advantages from circadian rhythms....
Study links screen time to insomnia symptoms and depressive symptoms in adolescents
Preliminary results from a new study indicate that greater amounts of daily screen time are associated with more insomnia symptoms and shorter sleep duration among...
