NRG-LU001 reaches patient accrual goal
Philadelphia, PA -- NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-LU001 successfully reached its accrual goal of 168 patients. NRG-LU001: Randomized Phase II Trial of Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy with...
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AMP issues joint guideline to standardize interpretation and reporting of sequence variants in cancer
BETHESDA, MD. -- December 16, 2016 -- The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, non-profit molecular diagnostics professional society, today published guideline recommendation..
Fundamental solid state phenomenon unraveled
Credit: Dr. Ulrich Tutsch Whether water freezes to ice, iron is demagnetized or a material becomes superconducting - for physicists there is always a phase...
Method enables machine learning from unwieldy data sets
When data sets get too big, sometimes the only way to do anything useful with them is to extract much smaller subsets and analyze those...
Rice, Baylor team sets new mark for ‘deep learning’
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 16, 2016) - Neuroscience and artificial intelligence experts from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have taken...
New bioinformatics tool tests methods for finding mutant genes that ‘drive’ cancer
In their search for new ways to treat cancer, many scientists are using a high-tech process called genome sequencing to hunt for genetic mutations that...
Quantifying radiation damage in SAXS experiments
Credit: Brooks-Bartlett et al Biological small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is an experimental technique that provides low-resolution structural information on macromolecules. The surge of popular..
Ultrafast lasers reveal light-harvesting secrets of photosynthetic algae
Credit: Desmond Toa Photosynthetic algae have been refining their technique for capturing light for millions of years. As a result, these algae boast powerful light-harvesting...
COPD — what causes the lungs to lose their ability to heal?
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the patients' lungs lose their ability to repair damages...
NIST device for detecting subatomic-scale motion may aid robotics, homeland security
Credit: Brian Roxworthy/NIST Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new device that measures the motion of super-tiny particles...
Penn study finds link between HIV treatment and neuronal degeneration
Antiretroviral drugs have been life-changing therapies for HIV patients, but they can have significant side effects. Mounting evidence has implicated these drugs in contributing to...
Tuberculosis virulence factor identified, may be target for new drug
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Scientists have discovered the mechanism that hijacks the immune system's response to tuberculosis, revealing an important new drug target for the...
Scientists boost catalytic activity for key chemical reaction in fuel cells
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Fuel cells are a promising technology for clean and efficient electrical power generation, but their cost, activity, and durability are...
World’s smallest radio receiver has building blocks the size of 2 atoms
Loading video... Credit: Harvard SEAS Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have made the world's smallest radio receiver...
Research in worms provides a model to study how the human microbiome influences disease
December 13, 2016/Novato, California: The billions of microorganisms living within the human digestive tract appear to play a significant role in health and disease, notably...
