Cancer immunotherapy may get a boost by disabling specific T cells
New York, NY (September 7, 2017)--Cancer immunotherapy drugs only work for a minority of patients, but a generic drug now used to increase blood flow...
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UTA researchers discover connection between low oxygen levels and a human gene
University of Texas at Arlington researchers have established a link between hypoxia, a condition that reduces the flow of oxygen to tissues, and HOTAIR, a...
Trigger for fatty liver in obesity
Credit: UZH In Switzerland, about every tenth adult suffers from morbid obesity. Such corpulence can not only lead to diabetes or cardiovascular disease, but also...
Double targeting ligands to identify and treat prostate cancer
Credit: JM Kelly et al., Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY RESTON, Va. - Researchers have demonstrated a new, effective way to...
Researchers point way to improved stem cell transplantation therapies
Credit: Kollek et al., 2017 Researchers in Germany have demonstrated that hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplants can be improved by treatments that temporarily prevent the...
A tiny device offers insights to how cancer spreads
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- As cancer grows, it evolves. Individual cells become more aggressive and break away to flow through the body...
Report: Whole grains decrease colorectal cancer risk, processed meats increase the risk
WASHINGTON, DC -- Eating whole grains daily, such as brown rice or whole-wheat bread, reduces colorectal cancer risk, with the more you eat the lower...
Helping cancer survivors return to work
A new Psycho-Oncology analysis of published studies indicates that there are various employer-related factors that can help or hinder cancer survivors as they attempt to...
Link established between a molecular driver of melanoma & novel therapeutic agent
PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 7, 2017) -- Results of a study by The Wistar Institute have described a correlation between a key melanoma signaling pathway and...
Monarch butterflies disappearing from western North America
Credit: Candace Fallon VANCOUVER, Wash. - Monarch butterfly populations from western North America have declined far more dramatically than was previously known and face a...
New book on Cell Polarity from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Travis R. Ruch and Joanne N. Engel, University of California, San Francisco Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced...
Extreme weather has limited effect on attitudes toward climate policies
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- People who recently experienced severe weather events such as floods, storms and drought are more likely to support policies to adapt to...
Unraveling the ocean’s secrets
In the absence of carbon, life on Earth cannot exist. Yet much of how this fundamental element circulates throughout the planet's oceans remains a scientific...
Novo Biosciences receives federal grant to advance potential heart drug
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Novo Biosciences Inc., a spinoff of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has announced that...
New porcelain crab species from Colombia named
Credit: Credit: Alexandra Hiller Despite their names, hermit crabs, king crabs and horseshoe crabs are not true crabs. Neither are porcelain crabs, decapod crab-like crustaceans...
