Mutational signatures mark cancer’s smoking gun
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., November 4, 2016 -- A broad computational study of cancer genome sequences identifies telltale mutational signatures associated with smoking tobacco and demonstrates,...
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Smoking a pack a day for a year causes 150 mutations in lung cells
Scientists have measured the catastrophic genetic damage caused by smoking in different organs of the body and identified several different mechanisms by which tobacco smoking...
Seven substances added to 14th Report on Carcinogens
Credit: NIEHS/NTP Today's release of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 14th Report on Carcinogens includes seven newly reviewed substances, bringing the cumulative...
WSU researcher develops safer gene therapy
Credit: Washington State University Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. - A Washington State University researcher has developed a way to reduce the development of cancer cells that...
Herbivorous mammals have bigger bellies
Credit: image: UZH What do enormous dinosaurs have in common with tiny shrews? They are both four-legged vertebrates, otherwise known as tetrapods. In the course...
New metabolomic screening method detects multiple inborn errors of metabolism in urine
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 3, 2016-Analysis of a single urine sample using a metabolomics-based screening approach can identify multiple...
Picture release: Spiral growth
Credit: Neha Bhatia/EMBL This flower-like image shows a plant that is not developing quite right. It comes from a study in which scientists at EMBL...
Frog and toad larvae become vegetarian when it is hot
Credit: Tiago Jesus Climate change is currently one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and one of the groups of animals most affected by the...
Here’s how your body transports zinc to protect your health
Credit: Courtesy Wladek Minor Zinc is essential for wound healing, for vision, for DNA creation, for our senses of taste and smell, even for sexual...
Words matter when talking about Alzheimer’s
Using war metaphors in reference to Alzheimer's disease should be replaced with messages of resilience against a complex, age-associated condition that may not be fully...
In Singapore, experts seek solutions for the rising burden of osteoporosis in Asia-Pacific
The burden of osteoporosis in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to surge in the coming decades. Countries such as Singapore, Japan and Korea are among...
Hip fracture patients fare best during recovery in high-occupancy nursing homes with higher level physician staffing
PHILADELPHIA - Hip fractures are a common and disabling condition that occurs more than 300,000 times each year in the United States in those 65...
Pupil response to negative facial expressions predicts risk for depression relapse
Credit: Jonathan King/Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY - Pupil dilation in reaction to negative emotional faces predicts risk for depression relapse, according to new research from...
Can you smell through your lungs?
It was always thought that olfactory receptors' sole bodily function was to smell, and could only be found inside a nose. But now a new...
Breast-friendly, radiation-free alternative to mammogram in the making
Each year around a million women in the Netherlands undergo mammograms for early detection of possible breast cancer. It's an unpleasant procedure that uses X-rays....
