Immune cells may facilitate tumor growth by forming primitive vascular channels
LA JOLLA, CA - November 11, 2016 - A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) suggests there may be a...
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Before a cure, a crusade to stop lung cancer from spreading
Credit: University of Notre Dame/Matt Cashore The American Cancer Society has reported that lung cancer, which kills more Americans than any other type of cancer,...
Penn State signs new Master Research contract with Lockheed Martin
Penn State and Lockheed Martin have signed a Master Research contract, establishing an agreement that includes research collaboration, an enhanced recruiting relationship and increased engagement...
Exclusive: Biotechnology leaders surveyed about impact of Trump presidency
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. New Rochelle, Nov 11, 2016--The day following the election of Donald J. Trump as President, a survey of leaders in...
Pneumonia rates linked to hospital ventilators have not dropped
Credit: UConn Health Contrary to data published by the Centers for Disease Control, ventilator-associated pneumonia rates in hospital intensive care units have not declined significantly...
Keeping our balance — a tale of two systems
The transition from being sea creatures to living on land, even if it happened over 300 million years ago, seems to have left its traces...
Pneumonitis from ingesting fuel: Doctors treating refugees notice severe illness
People fleeing across the Mediterranean by boat face many dangers. In a paper now published in the renowned medical journal Lancet, researchers working at the...
Traumatic stress changes brains of boys, girls differently, Stanford study finds
Traumatic stress affects the brains of adolescent boys and girls differently, according to a new brain-scanning study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. Among...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia rates remain stable, substantial
In a study published online by JAMA, Mark L. Metersky, M.D., of the UConn School of Medicine, Farmington, and colleagues analyzed trends in Medicare Patient...
New discovery paves way for pancreatic cancer treatment
Credit: University of Notre Dame/Matt Cashore Pancreatic cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths, is projected to be the second by the year 2030,...
Fun, comfort with exercise helps young people with conditions like autism and ADHD remain active
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 11, 2016) - The best way to help young people with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder...
Anesthesia changes neuronal choreography
Establishing how the brain produces consciousness is one of the most challenging research questions in the field of neuroscience. In an effort to get closer...
Genomic tools to combat the spread of the invasive Asian longhorned beetle
Credit: David Lance The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) lists more than 100 invasive species already posing threats in Switzerland, including the Asian...
Plants modulate accumulation of metabolites at organ level
Credit: Danny Kessler / Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena and the University of...
Protozoan parasite increases risk of colitis, study reveals
Credit: Escalante et al., 2016 Researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered that mice infected with the common gut parasite Tritrichomonas muris are at...
