Mayo researchers identify mechanism of oncogene action in lung cancer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified a genetic promoter of cancer that drives a major form of lung cancer. In a new...
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Digital assay of circulating tumor cells may improve diagnosis, monitoring of liver cancer
Use of an advanced form of the commonly used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method to analyze circulating tumor cells (CTCs) may greatly increase the ability...
Pancreatic tumors rely on signals from surrounding cells
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--Just as an invasive weed might need nutrient-rich soil and water to grow, many cancers rely on the right surroundings in...
IT network upgrades support LSUHealthNO research enterprise
New Orleans, LA - The Department of Information Technology at LSU Health New Orleans successfully competed for its first National Science Foundation grant. The $499,640...
NASA Goddard scientist wins 2017 GLBT Scientist Award
Credit: Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Matthew McGill of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has been selected as the recipient of...
Your ‘anonmyized’ web browsing history may not be anonymous
Credit: Frank Wojciechowski Raising further questions about privacy on the internet, researchers from Princeton and Stanford universities have released a study showing that a specific...
Treated carbon pulls radioactive elements from water
Credit: Kazan Federal University Researchers at Rice University and Kazan Federal University in Russia have found a way to extract radioactivity from water and said...
‘FishTaco’ sorts out who is doing what in your microbiome
A growing body of evidence indicates that the trillions of microbes that live on and inside our bodies affect our health. Collectively, these resident microbes...
Seeking structure with metagenome sequences
Credit: Image of Great Boiling Spring by Brian Hedlund, UNLV. Protein structure and composite image by Sergey Ovchinnikov, UW For proteins, appearance matters. These important...
System links data scattered across files, for easy querying
The age of big data has seen a host of new techniques for analyzing large data sets. But before any of those techniques can be...
New genetic engineering technique could help design, study biological systems
Credit: Robert Boston A new technique will help biologists tinker with genes, whether the goal is to turn cells into tiny factories churning out medicines,...
Breast cancer prognosis of African-American patients may improve with chemotherapy before surgery
ATLANTA--Administering chemotherapy to African-American breast cancer patients prior to surgery could improve their prognosis and survival rates from the disease, according to a new study....
New, old science combine to make faster medical test
Credit: Courtesy University of Central Florida A UCF researcher has combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than 170 years ago to create...
Team discovers how bacteria exploit a chink in the body’s armor
Credit: Photo courtesy the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have discovered how a unique bacterial enzyme can blunt the...
New book explores why the discovery of sex in plants took so long
Credit: Oxford University Press Sexual reproduction in animals has been recognized since ancient times and used in the breeding of domesticated animals for more than...
