Credit: Pål Stenmark Botulinum toxins are currently used on more than 80 medical conditions including Muscle spasms, Overactive bladder, Chronic migraine, Cervical dystonia, Sweating and...
International shipping is vital to global trade, delivering 90 per cent worldwide. It is estimated that between five to 10 billion tonnes of ships' ballast...
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,...
