New species evolve faster as mountains form
Credit: Photo by Jian Huang. Mountains, like rainforests, are hotbeds of biodiversity. But scientists aren't sure why. For years, they've thought that it might be...
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From fish to forests, conflicts to coffee: Humans affected by species on the move
Credit: IMAS A new international study led by scientists from IMAS and the University's Centre for Marine Socioecology has highlighted how humans are being affected...
Study finds more childhood cancer survivors would likely benefit from genetic screening
Loading video... Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Twelve percent of childhood cancer survivors carry germline mutations that put them or their children at increased...
Biomarker identified for likely aggressive, early stage breast cancer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (April 3, 2017) - The one-size-fits-all approach to early stage breast cancer creates a paradox: Millions of dollars are spent on unnecessary surgeries...
Researchers obtain Bose-Einstein condensate with nickel chloride
Bose-Einstein condensates - often called the "fifth state of matter", the other four states being solids, liquids, gases and plasmas - are obtained when atoms...
Molecules in the body more visible in new detection system, say scientists
Scientists at the University of York have developed a technique that will enhance the performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in identifying disease. MRI and...
Pitt researchers identify new brain pathway that controls hand movements
PITTSBURGH, April 3, 2017 - Picking up a slice of pizza or sending a text message: Scientists long believed that the brain signals for those...
Some head and neck cancer patients benefit from continued checkpoint inhibitor treatment
Credit: DFCI WASHINGTON -- New research suggests that some patients with head and neck cancers can benefit by continuing treatment with an immunotherapy drug after...
Case Western Reserve named to new national colorectal cancer dream team
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have been named to a new colorectal cancer dream team that was...
‘Innovator’ award for new leukemia immunotherapies
Credit: Bo Jungmayer / Fred Hutch News Service Dr. Marie Bleakley, a pediatric oncology physician-scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has received a 2017...
Screening the dark genome for disease
Credit: Duke University Researchers have developed a method to swiftly screen the non-coding DNA of the human genome for links to diseases that are driven...
Stem cell innovation regrows rotator cuffs
Every time you throw a ball, swing a golf club, reach for a jar on a shelf, or cradle a baby, you can thank your...
Skin cancer finding provides hope for patients with rare type of melanoma
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- April 3, 2017 -- A team of researchers report a significant genetic association linked to an aggressive form of melanoma in a...
Surprise discovery of Europe’s first cave fish
Credit: Jasminca Behrmann-Godel Researchers reporting in Current Biology on April 3 have discovered the first European cave fish. A hobby cave diver first sighted the...
Mutant lifestyles
Credit: Birgit Luef, Norwegian University of Science and Technology It's the stuff of science fiction, though there's nothing fiction about it: Researchers have discovered a...
