Genome scientists use UK Salmonella cases to shed light on African epidemic
Credit: Siân Owen and Rocío Canals Scientists at the University of Liverpool and Public Health England have used Salmonella genome data from a UK public...
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Energy efficiency labeling for homes has little effect on purchase price
Most buyers aren't thinking about energy performance certification when they're house shopping. That's the conclusion of a team of researchers from the Norwegian University of...
Despite improvements, death rates from lupus remain disproportionately high
1. Despite improvements over the last decade, death rates from lupus remain disproportionately high Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M17-0102 URLs go live when the embargo lifts ..
Potential cancer treatment breakthrough with nanoporous acupuncture needles
Credit: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) announced that Professor Su-Il In's research team from...
Scientists discover surprising immune cell activity that may be limiting immunotherapy
ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Researchers have uncovered a surprising process within a key immune cell that may help explain the limitations of immunotherapy as a...
Tourassi named top scientist at ORNL’s annual Awards night
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 28, 2017 -- Georgia Tourassi of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Computing and...
UA Cancer Center research team explores anti-breast cancer properties of soy
Credit: University of Arizona Cancer Center A University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is engaged in a series of studies to investigate how genistein,...
Rousing masses to fight cancer with open source machine learning
Credit: Georgia Tech / McDonald lab Here's an open invitation to steal. It goes out to cancer fighters and tempts them with a new program...
$12.5 million grant allows MUSC and SCSU to team up to tackle health disparities
Credit: Sarah Pack Marvella Ford missed out on a fundamental part of childhood: having grandparents to spoil and take care of her. They all died...
Helping smokers quit: Payments, personalized support can work
BOSTON - Money can be more powerful than nicotine, as a new study found that smokers who received financial incentives, in addition to personalized support,...
3-D ‘scaffold’ map to help the search for new cancer treatments
Credit: Image: Onisha Patel/Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Researchers have produced the first three-dimensional (3D) map of a molecular 'scaffold' called SgK223, known to play...
Minorities less likely to have breast reconstruction, but not for the reason many think
PHILADELPHIA - Minority women are far less likely to undergo breast reconstruction than white women, even if they live in the same area and have...
Important mechanism of epigenetic gene regulation identified
DNA contains the blueprint of an entire organism. Based on the information in this blueprint, every cell knows what it must become and what function...
LAunch of new Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) global charter
LISBON, Portugal, 30 October 2017 - The Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) Global Alliance has launched the ABC Global Charter, a bold new initiative that sets...
Just-in-time 3-D implants set to transform tumor surgery
Credit: RMIT University/Stryker A major new Australian research project using 3D implants and robotic surgery is set to radically advance the way physicians surgically treat...
