Expanding access to new tools to study childhood cancers
Credit: Michael Clay, MD Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have created an extensive resource for studying pediatric cancers, which they are sharing widely to...
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St. Jude unveils powerful resource to advance treatment of pediatric solid tumors
Credit: CTI-EM Core, St Jude Children's Research Hospital (MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Aug. 30, 2017) In an effort to improve outcomes for patients with some of...
Motorized molecules drill through cells
Credit: Robert Pal/Durham University HOUSTON - (Aug. 30, 2017) - Motorized molecules driven by light have been used to drill holes in the membranes of...
FDA approves personalized cellular therapy for advanced leukemia developed by University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - In a landmark decision for the field of cancer immunotherapy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved a...
UT Health San Antonio researchers developing drug for recurring ER-positive breast cancer
SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 30, 2017) ? Researchers at UT Health San Antonio and two partner institutions are developing a new, first-in-class agent that has stopped...
Patient plays saxophone while surgeons remove brain tumor
Music is not only a major part of Dan Fabbio's life, as a music teacher it is his livelihood. So when doctors discovered a tumor...
Some women with history of pre-eclampsia have significantly lower risk for breast cancer
Researchers have demonstrated that women with a history of preeclampsia, a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure, have as much as a 90% decrease...
Nanoparticles loaded with mRNA give disease-fighting properties to cells
A new biomedical tool using nanoparticles that deliver transient gene changes to targeted cells could make therapies for a variety of diseases -- including cancer,...
Largest study to date evaluates occupational health risks to hardmetal workers
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 30, 2017 - Workers in the hardmetal industry are not at increased risk for lung cancer or any of 63 other potential causes...
ESMO 2017 Poster and oral abstracts published online tonight
LUGANO-MADRID, Aug. 30, 2017 - Abstracts accepted as oral presentations and posters at the ESMO 2017 Congress will be published online at 00:05 CEST on...
Cell culture system could offer cancer breakthrough
A new cell culture system that provides a tool for preclinical cancer drug development and screening has been developed by researchers in the USA. The...
Discovery of drug combination: Overcoming resistance to targeted drugs for liver cancer
Credit: KAIST A KAIST research team presented a novel method for improving medication treatment for liver cancer using Systems Biology, combining research from information technology...
Scientists discover spring-loaded mechanism in unusual species of trap-jaw ant
Credit: Photo by Steven O. Shattuck CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers provide the first mechanical description of the jaws of a group of trap-jaw ants that...
Good as gold
Few experiences invoke as much anxiety as a call from your doctor saying "you need to come back for more tests." Your imagination goes wild...
Eating protein three times a day could make our seniors stronger
(McGill University Health Centre) Loss of muscle is an inevitable consequence of aging that can lead to frailty, falls or mobility problems. Eating enough protein...
