The fabrication of a prototype tissue having functional properties close to the natural ones is crucial for effective transplantation. Tissue engineering scaffolds are typically used...
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. – Researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic and biological basis of diseases like cancer,...
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. – Researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic and biological basis of diseases like cancer,...
Researchers have found that long-term exposure to environmental pollutants was associated with increased risk of mortality for many types of cancer in an elderly Hong...
In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a series of monographs on the evaluation of various carcinogenic risks. In a monograph...
Credit: Dr. A. P. Zhang and team, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University WASHINGTON – Insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia are two well-known culprits behind diabetes, both...
A research team led by an award-winning genomicist at Western University has developed a new method for identifying mutations and prioritizing variants in breast and...
PHILADELPHIA – The discovery of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) has dramatically changed the understanding of the biology of diseases such as cancer. The human genome...
Boston, MA – Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers occur more frequently, and sometimes with more deadly consequences, among Hispanics, blacks, and American Indian and Alaska Natives...
A new study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota and Nantes University Hospital in France shows that the bacteria in people's gut may...
Metastasis. The very word evokes fear. Defined as the spread of cancer cells from one part of the body to another, metastasis is the cause...
New Rochelle, NY, April 28, 2016 — African American women with ovarian cancer are more likely to die from the disease than are White women...
Doctors have long known that men with low testosterone are at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes. For the first time, researchers have identified...
DENVER – Capturing and summarizing the remarkable progress in lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, staging, and treatment in 2015, the International Association for the Study of...
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