UNC Lineberger launches innovative cellular immunotherapy program
Credit: UNC Lineberger CHAPEL HILL - University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have achieved a major milestone with the launch of two...
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UA researchers see promise in light therapy to treat chronic pain
Chronic pain afflicts over 100 million people across the United States. It diminishes their productivity and their quality of life and costs hundreds of billions...
Super plants need super ROOTS
Credit: (Photo by Randy Montoya) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Agriculture consumes about 80 percent of all U.S. water. Making fertilizers uses 1 to 2 percent of...
Game-theoretic model combines strategic and technical aspects of cyber attribution
A new article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explores how cyber attack victims should best respond. The article presents a game-theoretic...
WSU mathematician breaks down how to defend against quantum computing attacks
The encryption codes that safeguard internet data today won't be secure forever. Future quantum computers may have the processing power and algorithms to crack them....
A better way to measure the stiffness of cancer cells
Credit: Adam Wax, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have discovered a way to detect signs of cancer on a cell-by-cell...
Colleen’s Dream Foundation awards $30,000 to TGen ovarian cancer research
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Feb. 28, 2017 -- Colleen's Dream Foundation, a Scottsdale-based nonprofit, today announced a $30,000 grant to the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)...
Unique structure of African swine fever virus enzyme may allow drug development
Credit: Dan Belanescu, Flickr A DNA-copying protein from a lethal pig virus has a unique structure that may offer a target for drugs designed to...
Road salt alternatives alter aquatic ecosystems
Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, N.Y. - Organic additives found in road salt alternatives -- such as those used in the commercial products GeoMelt and...
Lead dressed like gold
Credit: C. Todd Reichart, Department of Chemistry at Princeton University Since the Middle Ages, alchemists have sought to transmute elements, the most famous example being...
NYU researchers coax colloidal spheres to self-assemble into photonic crystals
BROOKLYN, New York - Colloidal particles, used in a range of technical applications including foods, inks, paints, and cosmetics, can self-assemble into a remarkable variety...
As radiation therapy declined so did second cancers in childhood cancer survivors
Loading video... Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Childhood cancer survivors are living longer. Now research shows they are also less likely to develop second...
Risk of subsequent malignancies reduced among childhood cancer survivors
Although the risk of subsequent malignancies for survivors of childhood cancer diagnosed in the 1990s remains increased, the risk is lower compared with those diagnosed...
Study finds no evidence of common herpes type virus in aggressive brain cancer tissue
Credit: Angelo De Marzo In a rigorous study of tumor tissue collected from 125 patients with aggressive brain cancers, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they...
A minimally invasive tool to measure muscle impairment
Credit: Young et al./Biophysical Journal 2017 A minimally invasive, fiber-optic technique that accurately measures the passive stretch and twitch contraction of living muscle tissue could...
