A race against time to diagnose deadly weight loss in cancer patients
Montreal, November 4, 2016 - About one third of cancer patients die because of cachexia - an involuntary weight loss, characterized primarily by muscle wasting...
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Scientists decode the genome of Chinese licorice
In research published in The Plant Journal, a group of scientists led by researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan have...
Genetic cause for shift work fatigue discovered
Some people adapt easily to shift work, but not everyone can handle constant disruptions to their daily rhythm. Finnish researchers have now found that a...
Genetic mutations that lead to macular degeneration blindness mapped by new research
Credit: The University of Manchester Two gene mutations that trigger a retinal disease that causes blindness in one in 5,000 males have been mapped, leading...
Compost bedding good for cow claw health
Credit: Johann Burgstaller/Vetmeduni Vienna The comfort and wellbeing of the animals is an important consideration when dairy cows are kept in barns. The freedom afforded...
Many colorectal cancers would be missed with new criteria for patient referral
Recently, in the UK, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) outlined criteria that should trigger primary care clinicians to refer patients with...
New winners to be announced at Quantum Technologies showcase
The winning bids for funding from the UK Quantum Technologies Innovation Fund will be announced today, Thursday November 3rd, to delegates attending an international Quantum...
A new method allows to detect the presence in ham of the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis
Credit: Luis M. De Pablos Torró - Biotechnology Institute - UGR, 183 CTS Group Scientists from the universities of Granada (UGR) and Valencia (UV) have...
Georgetown researchers describe method to study real time cancer invasion
Loading video... Credit: Georgetown University, Courtesy JoVE WASHINGTON -- A research team at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center has described the steps, in both written...
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,...
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...
