UMMS scientist designs lamp light operative photodynamic molecules for tumor therapy
Credit: UMass Medical School WORCESTER: UMass Medical School scientist Gang Han, PhD, and his team have designed a new class of molecules used in photodynamic...
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Nivolumab with chemotherapy improves response, survival in AML study patients
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center The immunotherapy drug nivolumab in combination with standard chemotherapy more than doubled response rates and improved overall survival in patients...
Simple steps lengthen lives of high-risk AML patients
PORTLAND, OR - New research shows that quickly identifying patients with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and speeding the process to find them a stem...
Fast evolution affects everyone, everywhere
Credit: Kiyoto Gotanda Rapid evolution of other species happens all around us all the time - and many of the most extreme examples are associated...
New Alzheimer’s disease findings to be shared at international conference
WHAT: The conference will review the most important and promising developments in Alzheimer's disease research. It encourages the exchange of ideas and techniques used to...
Small but mighty: Tiny proteins with big roles in biology
Credit: MIT/Yale LA JOLLA--(December 5, 2016) We all know how hard it is to find something small like a dropped contact lens that blends into...
Lawnmowers of the sea
Credit: Credit: Emily Kelly/Scripps Grazing on algae is a full-time job for a highly specialized group of coral reef fish. In a new study, a...
Female lemurs with color vision provide advantages for their group
AUSTIN, Texas -- Female lemurs with normal color vision, as well as their cohabitating colorblind group members, may have selective advantage over lemur groups whose...
Cell Atlas launched at ASCB 2016 Meeting
San Francisco, Dec. 4, 2016: After the completion of the human genome in 2001, another major milestone was reached with the launch of the Cell...
PNNL supports White House efforts on soil
Credit: Photo courtesy of PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. - The Earth's soil is a very active but poorly understood ecosystem right beneath our feet. The Department...
An eye on young specialists’ success
Graduates from several medical and surgical specialties are having difficulty securing practice opportunities, especially in specialties dependent upon limited resources, according to new research fro..
Protecting babies from eczema with low-cost Vaseline
What if it was possible to prevent your child from getting eczema -- a costly, inflammatory skin disorder -- just by applying something as inexpensive...
Parenting classes benefit all, especially lower-income families
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Parenting education can improve the skills of every mom and dad and the behavior of all children, and it particularly benefits families...
Resistance to drug of last resort found in farm animals in US
Washington, DC - Dec. 5, 2016 - Carbapenems are one of the most important classes of antibiotics used in humans, and are an important agent...
Fish fossils reveal how tails evolved, Penn professor finds
Credit: John Megahan Despite their obvious physical differences, elephants, lizards and trout all have something in common. They possess elongated, flexible structures at the rear...
