Credit: Fangyuan Hua Despite massive efforts at reforestation, China's native forests continue to be displaced by plantations. A new study by researchers from the World...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- When the immune system is imbalanced, either due to overly-active cells or cells that suppress its function, it causes a wide...
ONC201 may inhibit cancer stem cell self-renewals by altering their gene expression, according to a study published August 2, 2017 in the open-access journal PLOS...
(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) A new class of anti-cancer agents targeting cancer cells' 'Achilles' heel' could help to supercharge breast cancer treatment, improving outcomes...
Credit: Purdue University Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a mechanism for delivering tumor-suppressing microRNAs that eliminates the need for toxic delivery vehicles. MicroRNAs, or...
RESTON, Va. -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), an international scientific and medical organization, recognized contributions to the field of nuclear...
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new study shows just how complex metastatic cancer is and offers some clues to attacking it. The study...
Credit: Yale University Scientists have spent decades studying the nature of tumor cells, but few have looked to see what was happening in the surrounding...
Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., August 2, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology has selected 23 distinguished members to...
Patients with advanced cancer who suffer cardiac arrest in the hospital have a survival rate of less than 10 percent--half the rate of other patients...
Credit: CSIRO For the first time, researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have mapped the complete genome of two closely related...
Credit: University of Oklahoma The National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Program in Structural Biology at the University of Oklahoma provides a research experience for students...
(Kumamoto University) Researchers in Japan have discovered that cockroaches can disperse seeds like birds and mammals. A variety of seed dispersing animals had been identified,...
Credit: (Credits: Institute for Basic Science, IBS) A new paper in Nature reports the correction of a disease-causing mutation in human embryos. The study is...
Credit: NIST Public Affairs Office Using biological materials as flame retardants, defining the characteristics of soil liquefaction during earthquakes and collecting disaster data with aerial...
