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Patients with glioblastoma have very poor prognosis since there are no effective therapies. In a study published in Cell Reports, researchers at Uppsala University have...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine At Baylor College of Medicine, scientists have developed a method that allows them to accurately determine the genes expressed in...

Credit: Jeff Kremer For decades, scientists have tried to halt cancer by blocking nutrients from reaching tumor cells, in essence starving tumor cells of the...

Patients who experience anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer are more likely to die sooner, according to new research from the...

Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware Much like criminal forensic scientists use fingerprints to identify guilty parties at crime scenes, the University of Delaware's Deb Jaisi...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Jan. 24, 2017 - Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been...

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Many current medical and scientific practices involve the analysis of highly complicated images, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear magnetic...

Credit: (Photo by Randy Montoya) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An outbreak is like a wildfire; the sooner it's caught, the easier it is to fight, said...

Portola Valley, Calif., Jan. 24, 2017 - Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a national organization funding research to make Lyme disease easy to diagnose and simple...

The overall rate of death from cancer declined about 20 percent between 1980 and 2014; however, there are distinct clusters of counties in the U.S....

SEATTLE - The rate at which Americans die from cancers varies dramatically by where they live, according to a new scientific analysis. Lung cancer kills...

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Pancreatic cancer has long been one of the hardest to treat. Now, in a new study, researchers at the Perelman...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 24, 2017) - Receptors on the surface of our cells enable a wide variety of functions from our sense...

Credit: Childen's Hospital of Philadelphia It sounds simple and harmless--an electronic sensor attached to a baby's sock that monitors vital signs and alerts parents on...

Credit: Scripps Oceanography/Jaffe Lab for Underwater Imaging Underwater robots developed by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego offer...