‘Selfish brain’ wins out when competing with muscle power, study finds
Credit: Danny Longman Human brains are expensive - metabolically speaking. It takes lot of energy to run our sophisticated grey matter, and that comes at...
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Carbon coating gives biochar its garden-greening power
Credit: Nikolas Hagemann/University of Tübingen For more than 100 years, biochar, a carbon-rich, charcoal-like substance made from oxygen-deprived plant or other organic matter, has both...
Cool roofs have water saving benefits too
Credit: Berkeley Lab The energy and climate benefits of cool roofs have been well established: By reflecting rather than absorbing the sun's energy, light-colored roofs...
Life goes on for marine ecosystems after cataclysmic mass extinction
Credit: Arc Centre of Excellence Coral Reef Studies One of the largest global mass extinctions did not fundamentally change marine ecosystems, scientists have found. An...
New IOF Compendium documents osteoporosis, its management and global burden
Credit: IOF Today, on the occasion of World Osteoporosis Day, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has issued the first edition of a comprehensive and scientifically...
Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center hosts 4th Annual PTCOG-NA Conference in Chicago
The Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center will host over 200 leading clinicians, physicists and researchers in the growing field of proton therapy at the 4th...
Researchers pinpoint causes for spike in breast cancer genetic testing
Athens, Ga. -- A sharp rise in the number of women seeking BRCA genetic testing to evaluate their risk of developing breast cancer was driven...
Study shows how nerves drive prostate cancer
Credit: Courtesy of Albert Einstein College of Medicne October 19, 2017--(Bronx, NY)--In a study in today's issue of Science, researchers at Albert Einstein College of...
Number of newly diagnosed cancer patients without insurance drops in first year of ACA
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The number of newly diagnosed cancer patients who were uninsured fell by one-third in the first year of the...
Gene circuit switches on inside cancer cells, triggers immune attack
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Researchers at MIT have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body's immune system to attack cancers when it detects signs...
One to 10 mutations are needed to drive cancer, scientists find
For the first time, scientists have provided unbiased estimates of the number of mutations needed for cancers to develop, in a study of more than...
The WHO selects Tivanisiran as the international nonproprietary name for SYL1001
Sylentis, a Pharmaceutical Company of PharmaMar Group (MCE: PHM), pioneer in the development of new compounds based on genetic silencing technology through RNA interference (RNAi),...
Study reveals key molecular link in major cell growth pathway
Cambridge, MA October 19, 2017. - A team of scientists led by Whitehead Institute has uncovered a surprising molecular link that connects how cells regulate...
Changes in insurance coverage among patients with cancer under ACA
A new research letter published by JAMA Oncology examines changes in insurance coverage among patients with cancer under the Affordable Care Act. Aparna Soni, M.A.,...
New study finds childhood cancer survivors commonly stay at jobs to keep health insurance
SALT LAKE CITY - The results of a national cancer survey find a significant number of childhood cancer survivors are worried about keeping their health...
