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Standard chemotherapy is a blunt force instrument against cancer - and it's a rare cancer patient who escapes debilitating side effects from systemic treatments that...

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have made exciting new findings that could offer a means of fighting resistance to treatment for people with oesophageal cancer....

Credit: C. Maillo, IRB Barcelona This condition generally leads to chronic inflammation (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), which can trigger fibrosis, cirrhosis and ultimately liver cancer. This stud..

Colorado students viewed the legalization of marijuana favorably, medicinal or otherwise, and generally felt that the medical use of marijuana is acceptable in the treatment...

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Penn Medicine today launched its first Apple ResearchKit app, focused on patients with sarcoidosis, an inflammatory condition that can affect...

New technologies are developed at a rapid pace, often reaching the marketplace before policymakers can determine how or whether they should be governed. Now researchers...

Credit: National Geographic Kids Montreal, January 17, 2018 -- With winter upon us in full force, outdoor temperatures are plummeting. But inside an intense tornado,...

Over the past decade, India has emerged as one of world's most important engines of economic growth. In the health sector, India is often associated...

Credit: Devin Arbuthnott Humans make rational choices -- though perhaps not all the time. But does the ability for rational decision-making extend to other members...

Credit: Eni Following a stream of research successes in breakthrough technologies in the energy space, MIT President L. Rafael Reif and Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Microbiologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that they have discovered a new type of natural wire produced...

In the study, the researchers have examined how molecules added to the skin through various liquids and creams affect the skin, and how the same...

Credit: Henry Patton The Eurasian ice sheet was the third largest ice mass during the Last Glacial Maximum some 22,000 years ago. Alongside the Antarctic...

Most current plastics are made from oil, which is unsustainable. However, scientists from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath...

Credit: RUB, Nelle 49 Lib, a relatively bright star in the southern sky, is twelve billion years old rather than just 2.3 billion. For many...