A rapid alternative to standard safety tests for lentiviral vectors
A new, publicly available test to assess the safety of cell therapy products altered by lentivirus generates results within a few hours, potentially hastening the...
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International conference on molecular targets & cancer therapeutics to be Held Oct. 26-30
PHILADELPHIA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the National Cancer Institute, and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) will...
Study shows diet and exercise improve treatment outcomes for obese pediatric cancer patients
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Diet and exercise may improve treatment outcomes in pediatric cancer patients, according to a study at The University of Texas...
‘Capicua’ gene plays a key role in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered a genetic alteration that is directly involved in at least 10% of cases of...
Mitochondria drive cell survival in times of need
Credit: Facility for Electron Microscopy Research/McGill University Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology McGill University researchers have discovered a mechanism through which mitochondria, the ..
Penn First in world to treat patient with new radiation technology
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Doctors at Penn Medicine have become the first in the world to treat a patient with a new treatment platform...
Whole food diet may help prevent colon cancer, other chronic conditions
Credit: Patrick Mansell A diet that includes plenty of colorful vegetables and fruits may contain compounds that can stop colon cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases...
UM Rosenstiel school scientists awarded over $14 million to advance oil spill science
Credit: UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI - Researchers at the UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science were awarded $12...
Development of an artificial orchid cultivation kit
Credit: Professor Shinichiro Sawa Orchids are loved by gardeners around the world but are notoriously difficult to cultivate. Japanese researchers have developed a new orchid...
Politically driven: How today’s advances in science & technology come about
Credit: World Scientific The 1980s witnessed technologies focus on reducing costs and improving performance. However, at the turn of 21st century, there appeared to have...
In US, spread of Zika linked to time outdoors
When Zika first buzzed into the continental United States during the 2016 outbreak, Florida was hit first--and hardest--with 1,174 documented cases to date. So, when...
Understanding the dance to save the dance
Think of the relationship between plants and pollinators as a dance -- one that has been taking place, and evolving, for millennia. The importance of...
NSF awards Indiana University $4 million to advance medical nanotechnology
Credit: Image courtesy of the Vikram Jadhao Lab Only a year after establishing the intelligent systems engineering program in the Indiana University School of Informatics,...
Unique gene therapy prevents, reverses multiple sclerosis in animal model
Multiple sclerosis can be inhibited or reversed using a novel gene therapy technique that stops the disease's immune response in mouse models, University of Florida...
Into more thin air
Many research groups have recently explored human adaptation and successfully identified candidate genes to high altitude living among three major far-flung global populations: Tibetans, Ethiopians...