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(PeerJ) In 2014, during a visit to a remote part of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, ornithologist Dr. Miguel A. Gómez Garza came across parrots...

Study shows biomarkers can predict which ER-positive breast cancer patients respond best to first-line therapy

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON ? Two challenges in treating patients with estrogen-positive breast cancer (ER+) have been an inability to predict who will...

Amber warning for the UK’s access to new medicines post Brexit

In an editorial to be published on Tuesday 27th June 2017 in the journal ecancermedicalscience, Anthony Hatswell of BresMed (an independent health economics consultancy) and...

Study: Intracranial pathology not necessary for gadolinium deposition in brain tissues

OAK BROOK, Ill. - Minute traces of gadolinium, the contrast agent used to enhance MR images, are often retained in the brain tissue of patients...

Comprehensive program improves measures of childhood obesity at community health center

BOSTON - A comprehensive program to reduce or prevent childhood obesity in low-income communities led to significant improvements in obesity-related measures among children cared for...

Adults with autism make more consistent choices

People with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) often show a reduced sensitivity to contextual information in perceptual tasks, but new research suggests that this reduced sensitivity...

Community-wide effort to fight childhood obesity shows promise

Boston, MA - A large-scale effort to reduce childhood obesity in two low-income Massachusetts communities resulted in some modest improvements among schoolchildren over a relatively...

Thwarting metastasis by breaking cancer’s legs with gold rods

Credit: NIH-funded image of apoptotic HeLa cell by the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research / Thomas Deerinck / Mark Ellisman "Your cancer has...

Microscope can scan tumors during surgery and examine cancer biopsies in 3-D

Credit: University of Washington When women undergo lumpectomies to remove breast cancer, doctors try to remove all the cancerous tissue while conserving as much of...

Cloning thousands of genes for massive protein libraries

Credit: Jennifer E. Fairman/Johns Hopkins University Discovering the function of a gene requires cloning a DNA sequence and expressing it. Until now, this was performed...

Using ‘sticky’ nanoparticles, researchers develop strategy to boost body’s cancer defenses

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- After radiation treatment, dying cancer cells spit out mutated proteins into the body. Scientists now know that the immune system can...

Regulating the indirect land use carbon emissions imposes high hidden costs on fuel

Farmers earn more profits when there is demand for corn for biofuel instead of for food only. This can lead some to convert grasslands and...

Mitochondrial flash signals long-term memory at neuronal synapse

Credit: Provided by TAN Xiao Why do some memories last a lifetime while others never persist for more than a few minutes? How are short-term...

Integrated medical records can reduce disparities between blacks and whites in HIV care

FINDINGS A streamlined and integrated method of tracking medical records called a laboratory health information exchange narrowed the gap in anti-retroviral therapy and viral suppression...

Researchers chart pathway to ‘rejuvenating’ immune cells to fight cancers and infections