ESMO supports the 2017 WHO cancer resolution
ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology, presented an official statement supporting the 2017 WHO Cancer Resolution that was discussed at the 140th...
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Site of care may partly explain survival difference between kids and AYAs with leukemia
Bottom Line: Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who were not treated at specialized cancer centers...
Adenoviruses and the immune system join forces against cancer
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers of the Cancer Virotherapy Research Group of Bellvitge Biomedicine Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Ramon Alemany, have developed an oncolytic virus...
Cancer researchers to convene for Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium in March
ARLINGTON, Va., February 16, 2017 -- The 2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium, co-sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the American Society of...
NTU Singapore invents ultrafast camera for self-driving vehicles and drones
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed an ultrafast high-contrast camera that could help self-driving cars and drones see...
Gene therapy treats muscle-wasting disease in dogs
Credit: Martin Childer lab/UW Medicine Work on gene therapy is showing significant progress for restoring muscle strength and prolonging lives in dogs with a previously...
90 percent of fish used for fishmeal are prime fish
Credit: Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Every year for the past 60 years, an average of 20 million tonnes of fish caught in the global ocean have...
New methods further discern extreme fluctuations in forage fish populations
Credit: I.L. Hendy, University of Michigan; S. McClatchie, NOAA Fisheries; NMFS Image Library California sardine stocks famously crashed in John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row." New research,...
New AAAS report presents recommendations to engage scientists and engineers with policy around the world
WASHINGON, D.C. -- The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will release a new report Connecting Scientists to Policy Around the World: Landscape...
Climigration? UNH expert explores threat of climate change on populations
DURHAM, N.H. - Climigration refers to migration caused by climate change. The term was coined to describe the predicament of northern Alaska populations who live...
More patients with early-stage breast cancer may be able to avoid chemotherapy in the future
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Women with early-stage breast cancer who had an intermediate risk recurrence score (RS) from a 21-gene expression assay had similar...
University of Toronto physicists harness neglected properties of light
Credit: Diana Tyszko/University of Toronto TORONTO, ON (Canada) - University of Toronto (U of T) researchers have demonstrated a way to increase the resolution of...
Sensors embedded in sports equipment could provide real-time analytics to your smartphone
Credit: University of Illinois Sports analytics--tracking how fast the ball is moving or how players move across the field--is becoming a key component of how...
Energy work brings Sandia Labs two national technology transfer awards
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Vacuum Process Engineering) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories won the Federal Laboratory Consortium's (FLC) national 2017 Award for Excellence in...
Stanford scientists create scorecard index for heart-damaging chemo drugs
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine used heart muscle cells made from stem cells to rank commonly used chemotherapy drugs based on their...
