Cancer Health Disparities Conference set for Sept. 25-28 in Atlanta
ATLANTA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its 10th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities...
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Screening for cervical abnormalities in women offered HPV vaccination
Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing detects a higher number of precancerous cervical lesions than cytology-based Pap smears in a female population including a proportion offered HPV...
Red cosmetic powder used in Hindu ceremonies contain unsafe lead levels
Sindoor -- a cosmetic powder sold in the United States and used during Hindu religious and cultural ceremonies -- has unsafe levels of lead, according...
Tumor-infiltrating B lymphocytes promote melanoma progression & resistance to therapy
PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 19, 2017) -- In a multi-institutional collaborative study, scientists at The Wistar Institute and the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, have identified...
Brain powered: Increased physical activity among breast cancer survivors boosts cognition
It is estimated that up to 75 percent of breast cancer survivors experience problems with cognitive difficulties following treatments, perhaps lasting years. Currently, few science-based...
Future of legalized cannabis focus of expert panel discussion in cannabis journal
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 19, 2017--In the roundtable entitled "Expert Panel on Understanding Cannabis: Medicine, Society, Government," the panelists...
Ludwig scientists discover complex axis of immune suppression exploited by cancers
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a new mechanism by which cancer cells evade destruction by the immune system. The paper, led by Camilla...
PharmaMar starts clinical studies with a new compound -PM14- in patients with solid tumors
After its preclinical phase, where the compound has demonstrated its activity in solid tumors in animal models, this Phase I clinical study has the primary...
Cancer researcher wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Credit: QMUL Professor Jack Cuzick from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has received the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement Award for his work on...
Charities unite to award $2.5 million for breast and prostate cancer research
Credit: National Breast Cancer Foundation and the Movember Foundation. Leading Australian cancer researcher Professor Wayne Tilley has today been presented with a $2.5 million Breast...
NYIT faculty members to research RNA variants under multi-year NIH grant
Credit: P. Retuta for NYIT (New York, N.Y.) - NYIT (New York Institute of Technology) faculty members Shenglong Zhang, Ph.D., and Wenjia Li, Ph.D., have...
Cultivating marine biomass
One of the most productive organisms on Earth, giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) depends on nutrients from the surrounding water column to maintain its photosynthetic apparatus...
Complex life evolved out of the chance coupling of small molecules
Credit: Wits University Complex life, as we know it, started completely by chance, with small strands of molecules linking up, which eventually would have given...
Genetic risk profile predicts survival for people with severe lung disease
New Haven, Conn. -- An international Yale-led research team has shown that a risk profile based on 52 genes accurately predicts survival for patients with...
Pulling, not pushing, silk could revolutionize how greener materials are manufactured
Credit: University of Sheffield. New insights into how animals spin silk could lead to new, greener ways of producing synthetic fibres, according to academics at...
