Marker for aggressive prostate cancer doubles up as a drug target
RESEARCHERS have discovered that a marker found on aggressive prostate cancer cells could also be used as a way to guide treatments to the cancer,...
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Researcher finds key to drug resistant bowel cancer
BLOCKING a molecule could bypass bowel cancer's defence against the drug cetuximab, according to new research* presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer...
Female chimpanzees employ babysitters to wean young faster
Credit: Iulia Badescu TORONTO, ON - A babysitter can make a big difference in a parent's life. For wild chimps in Uganda, it may even...
NYU research examines country and health system factors on RN and MD personnel production
A key component to achieving good patient outcomes in the healthcare world is having the right number and type of healthcare professionals with the right...
Farris Foundation donates $1.1 million to fund TSRI Graduate Fellowship in Florida
JUPITER, FL, November 8, 2016 - The Celia Lipton Farris and Victor W. Farris Foundation has made a $1.135 million gift to The Scripps Research...
Dr. Barbara Stonestreet receives additional funding to evaluate treatment strategies for perinatal brain injury
Barbara Stonestreet, MD, a neonatal-perinatal specialist at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, and professor of pediatrics at The...
Early exposure to excess hormone causes genital defects in females
University of Florida researchers have identified cells targeted by a male hormone and found that an excess of that hormone at a specific time can...
UMass Amherst Environmental Health researcher honored for ‘irritating’ science
Credit: courtesy Pablo Robles, Media Compass Photography AMHERST, Mass. - The Cornell Douglas Foundation, an environmental health and justice advocacy group based in Bethesda, Md.,...
NCI grant funds SMU research into cancer-causing viruses that hide from the immune system
Credit: (SMU Harrod lab) SMU virologist and cancer researcher Robert L. Harrod has been awarded a $436,500 grant from the National Cancer Institute to further...
UTHealth receives NIH grant to develop individualized therapies for cocaine addiction
HOUSTON - (Nov. 7, 2016) - Identifying more effective treatment strategies tailored to individual responses for patients overcoming addiction to cocaine is the focus of...
Quality of life in late life can be good
An analysis of patients' physical, functional, emotional and social quality of life trajectories over the last 18 months of life as they live with serious...
The fate of Neanderthal genes
The Neanderthals disappeared about 30,000 years ago, but little pieces of them live on in the form of DNA sequences scattered through the modern human...
People power: Technology allows smartphone-based water testing
Credit: University of Houston Ever wondered what's in the neighborhood pond? Technology developed by researchers at the University of Houston will allow you to test...
The process of DNA packaging in cell nucleus revealed
Credit: Igor Kireev Scientists from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in collaboration with their colleagues from the USA have conducted a research on DNA packaging...
David Julius to receive the 2017 HFSP Nakasone Award
The Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) has announced that the 2017 HFSP Nakasone Award has been awarded to David Julius of the University of...
