Crowdsourcing a better prostate cancer prediction tool
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Knowing the likely course of cancer can influence treatment decisions. Now a new prediction model published today in Lancet...
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The fruits of life
Among flowering plants, the rose family (called Rosaceae) displays an incredible diversity, including classic reds like the American beauty. But in addition to ornamentals making...
Researchers discover new antibiotics by sifting through the human microbiome
Credit: Sean Brady Most antibiotics in use today are based on natural molecules produced by bacteria--and given the rise of antibiotic resistance, there's an urgent...
Inactive patents: Innovate more, search less
Credit: Michigan Tech, Sarah Bird Many innovators and inventors feel they have squandered hours fruitlessly rifling through old patents on the US Patent and Trademark...
A possible explanation for recurring breast cancer
In October, we mourned those who died of breast cancer and celebrated all of the women (and men) who have survived. What many of those...
Wide variability in generic heart failure drugs can make them unaffordable to uninsured
Credit: Photo by Ellen Hutti, Saint Louis University. ST. LOUIS - New research from Saint Louis University finds that the prices for commonly used generic...
Cedars-Sinai receives $1.2M grant from California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 15, 2016) -- Cedars-Sinai health investigators will use a $1.2 million grant from a state precision medicine initiative to design a system...
Research finds Zika virus can live for hours on hard, non-porous surfaces
DENVER (Nov. 15, 2016) -- The Zika virus is most commonly transmitted in humans as the result of a bite from an infected mosquito or...
Do extremely reddened quasars extinguish star formation?
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Galaxies formed and grew billions of years ago by accumulating gas from their surroundings, or colliding and merging...
Salk Institute receives Charity Navigator’s highest rating for sixth consecutive year
LA JOLLA--(November 15, 2016) For the sixth consecutive year, the Salk Institute's strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency has earned a coveted...
‘Origami’ rapid malaria test receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant
Credit: Lauren Gibson / Vanderbilt University An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Vanderbilt University headed by Stevenson Professor of Chemistry David Wright has...
UCI prostate cancer project awarded $1.2 million by state precision medicine initiative
Credit: Matt Herp / ADA Irvine, Calif., Nov. 15, 2016 -- University of California, Irvine health policy researchers have been awarded $1.2 million by the...
Researchers question if banning of ‘killer robots’ actually will stop robots from killing
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A University at Buffalo research team has published a paper that implies that the rush to ban and demonize autonomous weapons or...
Can artery ‘banks’ transform vascular medicine?
Credit: Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- The prospect of creating artery "banks" available for cardiovascular surgery, bypassing the need to harvest vessels from the...
Hawai’i researchers link quality of coastal groundwater with reef degradation on Maui
Credit: University of Hawaii Land-use practices on tropical oceanic islands can have large impacts on reef ecosystems, even in the absence of rivers and streams....
