Antioxidants and lung cancer risk
An epidemiological study published in Frontiers in Oncology suggests that a diet high in carotenoids and vitamin C may protect against lung cancer. The study...
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Grant awarded to Sanford Simon will fund research to treat rare liver cancer
NEW YORK -- Dr. Sanford Simon, head of the Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics at Rockefeller University, has been awarded a $600,000 grant by the Fibrolamellar...
Cancer-causing benzene found in e-cigarette vapors operated at high power
Portland State University scientists have found that significant levels of cancer-causing benzene in e-cigarette vapors can form when the devices are operated at high power....
Oral delivery system could make vaccination needle-free
Loading video... Credit: UC Berkeley Patients could one day self-administer vaccines using a needleless, pill-sized technology that jet-releases a stream of vaccine inside the mouth,...
NSF awards $6.1 million to accelerate advanced wireless research, push beyond 5-G
Credit: US Ignite, Inc Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a $6.1 million, five-year award to accelerate fundamental research on wireless communication and networking...
Drug resistance of cancer cells crucially affected expression levels of ABC-transporters
How is drug resistance of cancer cells affected by ABC-transporters? A new research paper, published in the open access journal BioDiscovery, looks at the complex...
Women at high risk for breast cancer more likely to get MRI when informed directly
A study published in the journal Health Communications shows that women at high risk for breast cancer who received a letter informing them of their...
USDA awards $500,000 through new behavioral science grant program
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced two grants totaling $500,000 to...
Crocodiles and dolphins evolved similar skulls to catch the same prey: Study finds
A new study involving biologists from Monash University Australia has found that despite their very different ancestors, dolphins and crocodiles evolved similarly-shaped skulls to feed...
Nature: Silk Road evolved as ‘grass-routes’ movement
Credit: WUSTL Photo Nearly 5,000 years ago, long before the vast east-west trade routes of the Great Silk Road were traversed by Marco Polo, the...
Neanderthals at El Sidrón ate a diet of wild mushrooms, pine nuts and moss
(Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) The studies of Neanderthal fossil remains found at dig sites across Europe continue to provide information about their lifestyles. In...
Chinese famine data shows no long-term health effects except for schizophrenia
March 8, 2017 -- A new systematic re-analysis of all previous studies of long-term health effects of prenatal exposure to the Chinese Famine of 1959-61...
Molecule shown to repair damaged axons
Credit: The Neuro A foray into plant biology led one researcher to discover that a natural molecule can repair axons, the thread-like projections that carry...
Penn State student Julie Fenton selected to meet with Nobel Laureates
Penn State chemistry graduate student Julie Fenton has been selected to participate in the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in chemistry, during which she will...
University of Miami’s Miami project successfully completes SCI clinical trial
Credit: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine / Miami Project to Cure Paralysis MIAMI, Florida, March 6, 2017 - The Miami Project to Cure...
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