New microscope technique reveals internal structure of live embryos
Credit: Image courtesy Gabriel Popescu CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to produce 3-D images of live embryos in cattle...
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The 4th Annual Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum at the EMBO/Basel Life Conference
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Tuesday, August 8th, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Many areas of science and technology are experiencing rapid advances and the exponential increase...
JCU scientist finds alcohol-free solution works
A James Cook University scientist has made a discovery that will make life easier for surgery patients and their surgeon. Antiseptic solutions are routinely applied...
New noninvasive method of intracranial pressure monitoring
Credit: © 2017 AANS. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (AUG. 8, 2017). Researchers from Klinikum Stuttgart and the University of Erlangen, Germany, report preliminary findings that show a...
University spin out company addresses new vaccines
Credit: University of Plymouth The University of Plymouth has launched a new spin out company which will address new vaccines for diseases which spread from...
Osteoporosis medications improve bone health in men being treated for prostate cancer
1. Osteoporosis medications improve bone health in men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2577 Editorial: http://ann..
How a chemo drug can help cancer spread from the breast to the lungs
COLUMBUS, Ohio -The very same treatment that thwarts breast cancer has a dark side -- it can fuel the spread of the disease to the...
Lyncean Technologies signs edge scientific as representative in Canada
Lyncean Technologies, Inc., manufacturer of the Lyncean Compact Light Source (CLS), today announced the signing of Edge Scientific as their exclusive representative in Canada. Edge...
First human application of novel PET tracer for prostate cancer
Credit: M. Piert et al., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan RESTON, Va. - In the featured translational article in the August issue of The...
Fat rats show why breast cancer may be more aggressive in patients with obesity
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Women with obesity are more likely to get breast cancer, and a number of studies have provided a reasonable...
Mutation in prostate tumors shown to change epigenetic identity, the make-up of DNA
(TORONTO, Canada - Aug. 7, 2017) - Prostate cancer researchers have mapped the impact of an acquired mutation that alters epigenetic identity, the make-up of...
NCI study identifies essential genes for cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Jonathan Bailey, National Human Genome Research Institute A new study identifies genes that are necessary in cancer cells for immunotherapy to work, addressing the...
IBM’s Watson can improve cancer treatment through better gene targeting
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 7, 2017) - IBM's Watson beat real-life contestants on Jeopardy. Now researchers are hoping this icon of artificial intelligence...
Mental illness, suicide, creating ‘lost generation’ in Middle East
SEATTLE - Suicide, homicide, and sexual assault are increasing much faster in the Eastern Mediterranean Region than any other region in the world, according to...
97 percent of insurance denials in pediatric proton patients overturned on appeal
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Insurance companies end up covering proton therapy treatment for pediatric cancer patients in 97 percent of the cases they originally...
