Fat tissue may impede radiotherapy for breast cancer patients
According to research published online in The FASEB Journal, repeated irradiation of breast fat (also known as adipose tissue) produces an inflammatory response that ultimately...
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Kidney graft success — does age and sex matter?
Montreal, June 8, 2017 - The success of kidney transplant is dependent on the age and sex of both the donor and the recipient, according...
LA BioMed researcher honored for contributions to medicine
Credit: LA BioMed LOS ANGELES - (June 8, 2017) - The Medical Mycology Society of the Americas has honored John E. "Jack" Edwards, Jr., MD,...
Synthetic nanochannels for iodide transport
Credit: IBS Exchange of iodide (iodine ions) between bloodstream and cells is crucial for the health of several organs and its malfunctioning is linked to...
New approach in T-cell therapy to treat cancer
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists have armed immune cells with a new surface molecule. This causes the cells to...
Lost your appetite? Try inviting yourself to dinner
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan - People rate food as tasting better, and eat more of it, when they eat with company than when they...
Investigational vaccine protected monkeys from HIV-like virus
DURHAM, N.C. -- Building on insights from an HIV vaccine regimen in humans that had partial success during a phase 3 clinical trial in Thailand,...
Making vessels leaky on demand could aid drug delivery
Credit: Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Nanomedicine/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 8, 2017) - The endothelial cells that line blood vessels are packed tightly to...
Mammograms: Are we overdiagnosing small tumors?
New Haven, Conn. - An analysis of breast cancer data revealed that many small breast cancers have an excellent prognosis because they are inherently slow...
Study: Common surgical treatment for melanoma does not improve patients’ overall survival
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (June 8, 2017) -- Patients who receive the standard surgical treatment for melanoma that has spread to one or more key...
New treatment hope for women with BRCA1 breast cancers
Researchers have shown for the first time that combining two immunotherapy drugs could be effective in treating triple negative breast cancers arising in women with...
Innovative therapy strategy for pancreatic cancer uses engineered exosomes targeting mutated KRAS gene
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Genetic manipulation of exosomes, virus-sized particles released by all cells, may offer a new therapeutic approach to treating...
New chemotherapy approach offers breast cancer patients a better quality of life
The chemotherapy drug capecitabine gives patients a better quality of life and is as effective at preventing breast cancer from returning as the alternative regimen...
Study reveals how a hormone increases sucrose accumulation in sugarcane
Credit: Léo Ramos Chaves Chemical ripeners, also known as growth regulators, are widely used in Brazil's sugarcane industry to increase early sucrose content relative to...
Nanoparticles and magnets offer new, efficient method of removing oil from water
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering When oil mixes with or enters into water, conventional methods of cleaning the water and removing the oil can be...
