Liverpool to coordinate £14m drug safety research project
The University of Liverpool (UK) is to co-ordinate a new £14m European research project which aims to improve the understanding of adverse drug reactions by...
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Breath test could help detect stomach and oesophageal cancers
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A test that measures the levels of five chemicals in the breath has shown promising results for the detection of cancers of...
Experts predict melanoma death rates will fall by 2050
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: By 2050 the death rates from malignant melanoma will have decreased from their current levels but the numbers of people dying from...
The immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, is active against mucosal melanoma tumors
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Clinical trials of a new immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, have shown that it prolongs life significantly for patients with bladder cancer and is active...
Delays in access to cancer medicines and unjustifiable price rises disadvantage patients
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Cancer patients are living longer and in many cases the disease is becoming chronic rather than acute. Access to drugs that help...
Researchers explore how protein production gets distorted in skin cancer
Credit: Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology at The Rockefeller University/Nature Each cell in the body follows a strict protocol for manufacturing the proteins it needs...
Evaluating the benefits of health insurance on cancer care
Credit: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Jan, 27, 2017, Lebanon, N.H. -- Millions of Americans acquire their health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, including individuals from...
Researchers help the body protect itself against inflammation and colon cancer
Credit: Michael Sutphin Could inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer be prevented by changing the shape of a single protein? There is an intimate link...
Mount Sinai study: How primary tumor cells are preset for dormancy and evade chemo after spread
In a first of its kind study, Mount Sinai researchers have discovered the conditions by which specific signals in primary tumors of head and neck...
NASA sees development of Tropical Cyclone 3S along Western Australia’s coast
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce A NASA satellite provided a look at heavy rainfall occurring in a tropical low pressure system as it...
Climate changes may lead to more poisonous mercury in plankton
(Umea University) Global warming is expected to increase runoff and input of organic matter to aquatic ecosystems in large regions of the Northern hemisphere including...
Clue to how cancer cells spread
New Haven, Conn.-- In a second human case, a Yale-led research team has found that a melanoma cell and a white blood cell can fuse...
Toxic mercury in aquatic life could spike with greater land runoff
Credit: Sofi Jonsson A highly toxic form of mercury could jump by 300 to 600 percent in zooplankton -- tiny animals at the base of...
TSRI scientists find brain hormone that triggers fat burning
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute (Photo by Madeline McCurry-Schmidt.) LA JOLLA, CA - January 27, 2017 - Biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have...
GSG III Foundation pledges more than $1 million for Lung Research Program at UofL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A new research program at the University of Louisville will focus on developing better methods for studying lung inflammation and allow for...
