NCI study shows feasibility of cancer screening protocol for Li-Fraumeni syndrome patients
In a new study from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, researchers found a higher than expected prevalence of...
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Hereditary cancer syndromes focus of JAMA Oncology collection
JAMA Oncology published a collection of articles on hereditary cancer syndromes, including Li-Fraumeni and Lynch syndromes. The online publication includes two original investigations, two brief...
Physicians evaluate new device to test for cervical cancer
Credit: J. Diedrich, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - When a woman has an abnormal pap smear she usually undergoes colposcopy, the procedure physicians use to...
Breakthrough by scientists finds arthritis drug could treat blood cancer patients
Credit: University of Sheffield University of Sheffield scientists discover drug used for arthritis could be used to treat blood cancer Polycythemia Vera, a type of...
Scientists deliver knockout blow to multiple cancers
Targeting healthy cells that have been hijacked by cancer cells could help treat many different types of the disease, according to research* funded by Cancer...
Targeted radiotherapy limits side effects of breast cancer treatment
Breast cancer patients who have radiotherapy targeted at the original tumour site experience fewer side effects five years after treatment than those who have whole...
CAREFOR calls on EU to safeguard independent academic research
Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano/Brussels, Aug. 3, 2017. Three leading European organisations in the fight against cancer have called the EU to urgently...
Skin-ditching gecko inexplicably leaves body armor behind when threatened
Credit: Image by Paluh et al. in the African Journal of Herpetology GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When trouble looms, the fish-scale geckos of Madagascar resort to...
Plant pathology professors receive $1.2 million to study, catalog Fusarium fungi
David Geiser and Seogchan Kang, professors of plant pathology and environmental biology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, received a grant from the National...
Bioprinted veins reveal new drug diffusion details
WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 3, 2017 -- Artificially constructed human tissues and organs have been developed with a number of different purposes in mind, from advanced...
The biology of color
Credit: Tim Caro/UC Davis Scientists are on a threshold of a new era of color science due largely to an explosion of technologies, but key...
UVA researchers identify neurons that control brain’s body clock
Neurons in the brain that produce the pleasure-signaling neurotransmitter dopamine also directly control the brain's circadian center, or "body clock" - the area that regulates...
Of mice and cheeseburgers: Experimental drug reverses obesity-related liver disease
Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center A drug developed at the University of Rochester Medical Center protected mice from one of the many ills of...
Researchers want to know how early life affects the adult brain
Credit: G. Goodhill/Queensland Brain Institute It's said to be a "lightbulb" moment - when an idea pops into your head. The adult human brain often...
Mysterious children’s neurological disease is traced to a single error in one gene
Credit: (Photo credit: Hebrew University) In a new study published today in The American Journal of Human Genetics, a multinational team of researchers describes, for...
