Prediction: More gas-giants will be found orbiting Sun-like stars
Credit: Alan Boss Washington, DC--New planetary formation models from Carnegie's Alan Boss indicate that there may be an undiscovered population of gas giant planets orbiting...
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Pitt chemists reveal novel biocatalysts for bioactive alkaloid synthesis
PITTSBURGH--Alkaloids are natural nitrogen-containing compounds produced by plants and microbes. These molecules, such as morphine and quinine, are important human medicines. Alkaloids are typically p..
Penn/Wistar study finds ‘sweet spot’ where tissue stiffness drives cancer’s spread
Credit: University of Pennsylvania In order for cancer to spread, malignant cells must break away from a tumor and through the tough netting of extracellular...
Exercise most important lifestyle change to help reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence
For patients with breast cancer, physical activity and avoiding weight gain are the most important lifestyle choices that can reduce the risk of cancer recurrence...
The way breast cancer genes act could predict your treatment
Credit: G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan State University breast cancer researcher has shown that effective treatment options can be...
Penn expert calls for shorter radiation use in prostate cancer treatment
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Men with prostate cancer can receive shorter courses of radiation therapy than what is currently considered standard, according to Justin...
Discovery of a new gene critical in the development of lung and pancreatic cancers
(Universidad de Navarra) Researchers at the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra (Spain) have identified a critical gene, FOSL1, in...
Prostate cancer cells grow with malfunction of cholesterol control in cells
DURHAM, N.C. - Advanced prostate cancer and high blood cholesterol have long been known to be connected, but it has been a chicken-or-egg problem. Now...
Drug treatment could combat hearing loss
Credit: Will McLean, Ph.D. CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Within the inner ear, thousands of hair cells detect sound waves and translate them into nerve signals that...
Research teams hone in on Zika vaccines, but challenges remain
In less than one year, researchers have developed multiple vaccine platforms that provide robust protection against Zika virus challenge in animal models. Multiple phase 1...
Frequency announces a revolutionary small-molecule approach to restore hearing
Credit: Will McLean, Ph.D., Co-founder and Vice President, Biology and Regenerative Medicine of Frequency Therapeutics Approach to regenerate inner ear sensory hair cells lays the...
New technique generates high volume of sensory cells needed for hearing
Credit: Will McLean, Albert Edge, Massachusetts Eye and Ear (BOSTON) - The loss of tiny, sound-sensing cells in the inner ear, known as "hair cells,"...
NASA’s SnowEx challenges the sensing techniques…’until they break’
Credit: Credits: NSIDC/Jeff Deems A NASA-led team will kick off an ambitious airborne campaign to determine which combination of sensors would work best at collecting...
New window into the nanoworld
Credit: Photo by John Ulan for the University of Alberta. For the first time ever, scientists have captured images of terahertz electron dynamics of a...
Penn engineers overcome a hurdle in growing a revolutionary optical metamaterial
When John Crocker, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science was a graduate student,...
