The way breast cancer genes act could predict your treatment
Credit: G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan State University breast cancer researcher has shown that effective treatment options can be...
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Penn expert calls for shorter radiation use in prostate cancer treatment
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Men with prostate cancer can receive shorter courses of radiation therapy than what is currently considered standard, according to Justin...
Discovery of a new gene critical in the development of lung and pancreatic cancers
(Universidad de Navarra) Researchers at the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra (Spain) have identified a critical gene, FOSL1, in...
Prostate cancer cells grow with malfunction of cholesterol control in cells
DURHAM, N.C. - Advanced prostate cancer and high blood cholesterol have long been known to be connected, but it has been a chicken-or-egg problem. Now...
Drug treatment could combat hearing loss
Credit: Will McLean, Ph.D. CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Within the inner ear, thousands of hair cells detect sound waves and translate them into nerve signals that...
Research teams hone in on Zika vaccines, but challenges remain
In less than one year, researchers have developed multiple vaccine platforms that provide robust protection against Zika virus challenge in animal models. Multiple phase 1...
Frequency announces a revolutionary small-molecule approach to restore hearing
Credit: Will McLean, Ph.D., Co-founder and Vice President, Biology and Regenerative Medicine of Frequency Therapeutics Approach to regenerate inner ear sensory hair cells lays the...
New technique generates high volume of sensory cells needed for hearing
Credit: Will McLean, Albert Edge, Massachusetts Eye and Ear (BOSTON) - The loss of tiny, sound-sensing cells in the inner ear, known as "hair cells,"...
NASA’s SnowEx challenges the sensing techniques…’until they break’
Credit: Credits: NSIDC/Jeff Deems A NASA-led team will kick off an ambitious airborne campaign to determine which combination of sensors would work best at collecting...
New window into the nanoworld
Credit: Photo by John Ulan for the University of Alberta. For the first time ever, scientists have captured images of terahertz electron dynamics of a...
Penn engineers overcome a hurdle in growing a revolutionary optical metamaterial
When John Crocker, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science was a graduate student,...
New approach to measure fluid drag on the body during swimming
Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan - A key factor to improve swimming performance is reducing resistance that water exerts on the moving body. This...
New data about 2 distant asteroids give a clue to the possible ‘Planet Nine’
Credit: Julia de León (IAC). In the year 2000 the first of a new class of distant solar system objects was discovered, orbiting the Sun...
Tune your radio: Galaxies sing when forming stars
Credit: Maud Galametz. Almost all the light we see in the universe comes from stars which form inside dense clouds of gas in the interstellar...
What’s the healthiest way to eat your veggies? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2017 -- Vegetables are chock-full of essential vitamins and minerals, but how should you eat them to...
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