Genomic screening helps doctors target girl’s cancer
Credit: Sarah Pack Victoria Thompson, clutching a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips while she watches the TV show "Paw Patrol," is a pint-sized...
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Anti-RAS antibodies show poor reliability in recognizing RAS proteins
Researchers from the Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio co-authored a paper published Sept. 26 in Science Signaling that looks at...
Neuro-Oncologist Dr. Howard Fine wins NIH Director’s Pioneer Award
Credit: John Abbott NEW YORK (October 5, 2017) -- Internationally renowned neuro-oncologist Dr. Howard A. Fine of Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian will receive a...
Study highlights 10 most unnecessary and overused medical tests and treatments
Unnecessary medication. Tests that don't reveal the problem, or uncover a "problem" that isn't really there. Procedures that have more risk than benefit. A new...
Stealing from the body: How cancer recharges its batteries
New research published today uncovers how the blood cancer 'steals' parts of surrounding healthy bone marrow cells to thrive, in work that could help form...
Discovery of a new fusion gene class may affect the development of cancer
A fusion gene occurs when a chromosomal break brings two separate genes together into a new functioning gene. So far, the research has focused on...
NY State Medicaid expansion widened racial gap in access to high-quality cancer surgery
WASHINGTON -- The 2001 New York State Medicaid expansion -- what is considered a precursor to the Affordable Care (ACA) -- widened the racial disparity...
New Innovator Award of $2.8 million to Julia Oh of JAX for skin microbiome studies
Credit: Jackson Laboratory photo by Tiffany Laufer Julia Oh, Ph.D., a Jackson Laboratory (JAX) assistant professor who explores the communities of microorganisms that live on...
‘Transformative’ research unrealistic to predict, scientists tell granting agencies
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research-funding agencies that require scientists to declare at the proposal stage how their projects will be "transformative" may actually be hindering discovery,...
Sustainable financing of conservation just got a major boost
Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS The Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) announced today that the French Facility for Global Environment / Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM)...
New Innovator Award of $2.8M to Julia Oh of JAX for skin microbiome studies
Credit: Jackson Laboratory photo by Tiffany Laufer Julia Oh, Ph.D., a Jackson Laboratory (JAX) assistant professor who explores the communities of microorganisms that live on...
International team reconstructs nanoscale virus features from correlations of scattered X-rays
Credit: Jeff Donatelli, Berkeley Lab As part of an international research team, Jeff Donatelli, Peter Zwart and Kanupriya Pande of the Center for Advanced Mathematics...
Sensory loss can be a warning sign of poor health outcomes, including death
A long-term study spanning five years and including more than 3,000 nationally-representative older US adults has found that a natural decline of the five classical...
The Forsyth Institute receives NIH award to advance research on oral microbiomes
Cambridge, MA - October 5, 2017 - A research team led by the Forsyth Institute today received a $5.4 million award from the National Institutes...
MTRAC awards spark biomedical innovation at Wayne State University
DETROIT - Three Wayne State University (WSU) research teams were recently awarded funding from Wayne State's Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) program. The goal...
