Teens’ ability to consider the intentions of others linked to structural changes in the brain
Credit: Video created by Sunhae Sul. When it comes to the concept of fairness, teenagers' ability to consider the intentions of others appears to be...
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Maine Technology Institute funds MDI Biological Laboratory scientist
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has awarded a $25,000 seed grant to Sandra Rieger, Ph.D., of the...
Inhibitors support immune therapy for leukemia
New immune therapies are considered a promising lead for treating recurring acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Antibodies are able to eliminate even those cancer cells that...
Researchers identify possible new target in fight against lung cancer
(BOSTON)--Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a molecule called miR-124 in non-small cell lung cancer cells that plays a regulatory role...
Menopausal hormone therapy not associated with mortality or deaths from CVD
Boston, MA-- The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) hormone therapy trials tested the most common formulations of hormone therapy - estrogen and progestin, and estrogen alone...
Clinical trials, radiation oncology research to be featured at ASTRO’s Annual Meeting
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 12, 2017 - The press program for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) will feature advances...
LSUHealthNO Research discovers potential new Rx target for colon cancer
New Orleans, LA - Genetic research conducted at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine and Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center demonstrated for the first...
Cancer patients receive less support to quit smoking than patients with heart disease
Cancer Patients Receive Less Support to Quit Smoking Than Patients With Heart Disease Although a cancer diagnosis can motivate people to try to quit smoking,...
Do cancer and its treatment affect later pregnancy outcomes?
An International Journal of Cancer study found that female survivors of certain types of cancer have higher risks of poor outcomes in pregnancies conceived after...
Storming the cellular barricades to fight fungi
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Yale scientists have developed a new class of small molecules that attack fungal infections by clinging to the...
Doctors can now predict the severity of your disease by measuring molecules
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System. An international team of researchers has found a way to diagnose disease and predict patient outcomes simply by...
New data on PM1183 sees a response rate of 36 percent as single agent in patients with SCLC
Madrid, September 12th, 2017.- PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has presented today during the European Society for Medical Oncology congress (ESMO), held in Madrid, positive results of PM1183...
Best poster at ESMO 2017 shows positive trials twice as likely to be reported in lay press
LUGANO-MADRID, 12 September, 2017 - Randomised controlled trials with positive results are twice as likely to be reported by the lay press as those with...
Best of ESMO 2017 Congress
LUGANO-MADRID, 12 September, 2017 - ESMO 2017 was a truly global event with nearly 24,000 participants from 131 countries. The ten countries with the most...
Cancer drug stimulates tripolar mode of mitosis
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Taxanes inhibit cell division and make cancer cells sensitive to radiation therapy. A current study...
