Few women with history of breast cancer and ovarian cancer take a recommended genetic test
Credit: UCLA Health Of the nearly 4 million women in the United States who have had either breast cancer or ovarian cancer, at least 1.5...
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Many young cancer patients do not receive adequate fertility information and support
All cancer patients of reproductive age should be provided with fertility information and referrals for fertility preservation. A new Psycho-Oncology analysis of the published literature...
Comparison of screening recommendations indicates annual mammography
When to initiate screening for breast cancer, how often to screen, and how long to screen are questions that continue to spark emotional debates. A...
Talented 12: Chemical & Engineering News announces its 2017 rising stars in chemistry
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2017 -- Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly news magazine of the American Chemical Society (ACS), is today unveiling its annual...
HRL receives NASA award to 3-D print ceramic rocket engine components
Credit: Image courtesy of Vector Space Systems HRL Laboratories, LLC, has received an award as part of NASA's Space Technology Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion...
Why tiger snakes are on a winner
Credit: Stewart Macdonald Australian tiger snakes have "hit the jackpot" because prey cannot evolve resistance to their venom. While that may sound foreboding, University of...
Researchers find an alternative mode of bacterial quorum sensing
Credit: Mukherjee et al., 2017. Whether growing in a puddle of dirty water or inside the human body, large groups of bacteria must coordinate their...
A tougher tooth
Fewer trips to the dentist may be in your future, and you have mussels to thank. Inspired by the mechanisms mussels use to adhere to...
Can ‘reading’ leaves lead to more drought-tolerant crops?
UVALDE - Looking at leaves to peer into the future might seem the stuff of superstition, but is actually the essence of research conducted by...
Johns Hopkins materials scientists probe a protein’s role in speeding Ebola’s spread
Two Johns Hopkins materials science graduate students and their professors played a key role in a multi-institution research project that pinpointed how a tiny protein...
Postnatal identification of Zika virus peptides from saliva
Alexandria, Va., USA - For the first time, researchers are using proteomics to examine proteins and peptides in saliva in order to accurately detect exposure...
Using machine learning to improve patient care
Doctors are often deluged by signals from charts, test results, and other metrics to keep track of. It can be difficult to integrate and monitor...
Penn biologists show how plants turn off genes they don’t need
Credit: University of Pennsylvania A plant has one genome, a specific sequence of millions of basepairs of nucleotides. Yet how this genome is expressed can...
Gut microbes may talk to the brain through cortisol
Credit: Stephanie Henry URBANA, Ill. - Gut microbes have been in the news a lot lately. Recent studies show they can influence human health, behavior,...
Biofuels from bacteria
Credit: Photo by Jules Bernstein LIVERMORE, Calif.--You might not cook with this sugar, but from a biofuels standpoint, it's pretty sweet. A Bay Area company...