Radiotherapy risks are much higher for smokers
Smokers treated for breast cancer have much higher risks than non-smokers of developing lung cancer or heart attack as a result of radiotherapy - according...
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Genetic mutations help brain tumors evade targeting by immunotherapy treatments
Tumors of the brain and spinal cord, or gliomas, are among the most commonly occurring brain tumors. Although a majority of gliomas are classified as...
Breakthrough discovery may make blood test feasible for detecting cancer
Credit: Credit: Purdue Agricultural Communications/Tom Campbell WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Doctors may soon be able to detect and monitor a patient's cancer with a simple...
Coffee shops, 24-hour ATMs the best locations for life-saving AEDs, research shows
Credit: Sun & Chan/U of T Engineering ATMs and coffee shops such as Tim Hortons, Starbucks and Second Cup make ideal locations for placing automated...
Parsley and other plants lend form to human stem cell scaffolds
Credit: Gianluca Fontana/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- Borrowing from nature is an age-old theme in science. Form and function go hand-in-hand in the natural world and...
Dead zones may threaten coral reefs worldwide
Credit: Arcadio Castillo, STRI Dead zones affect dozens of coral reefs around the world and threaten hundreds more according to a new study by Smithsonian...
Mutants in microgravity
Credit: NASA/Frankie Martin Bacteria may mutate more rapidly in space and scientists theorize patterns of those mutations could help predict how pathogens become resistant to...
Protein could prevent brain damage caused by stroke
A small protein that could protect the brain from stroke-induced injury has been discovered by researchers from The University of Queensland and Monash University. UQ...
Anti-bacterial discovery will prevent infections spreading on medical devices
Credit: Trinity College Dublin Microbiologists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered a new way to prevent bacteria from growing on medical devices such as hip...
People remain calm as the world ends, video game study suggests
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- As the world ends, will you lock arms and sing "Kumbayah" or embark on a path of law-breaking, anti-social behavior? A new...
Chicago’s red-light camera program has significant safety benefits
Chicago's red-light cameras reduce serious injury crashes at intersections where they are placed and also have a measurable "spillover effect" that improves safety at intersections...
How to make tomatoes taste awesome again (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 16, 2017 - Why are so many supermarket tomatoes tasteless and rock hard? In the 1990s, breeders developed...
NASA’s swift mission maps a star’s ‘death spiral’ into a Black Hole
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Some 290 million years ago, a star much like the sun wandered too close to the central black hole...
Orbital ATK Cygnus set to deliver research to space station
Credit: NASA Orbital ATK is targeted to launch its Cygnus spacecraft into orbit for a resupply mission to the International Space Station March 24, 2017...
Altering pH bumps prions out of danger zone
Credit: Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Prion diseases are scary, incurable and fatal. They first gained notoriety when cows became infected by prion proteins...
