Encouraging results for patients with aggressive brain cancer
Credit: McGill University Health Center Being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor is devastating news for patients and their loved ones. Whereas some types of...
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Virtual environment education reduces anxiety prior to radiation therapy
PHILADELPHIA -- Radiation therapists and physicians know that education can reduce anxiety before radiation treatment but lack a standardized tool. In an effort to solve...
Mass. General team identifies mechanisms behind resistance to FGFR inhibitor drug
Investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center have identified the first genetic mechanisms conferring acquired resistance to a promising group of targeted cancer...
New study shows circular RNA can encode for proteins
Credit: Image courtesy Sebastian Kadener A group of scientists in Israel and Germany, led by Prof. Sebastian Kadener from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, have...
Stress may protect — at least in bacteria
Credit: IST Austria Antibiotics harm bacteria and stress them. Trimethoprim (TMP), an antibiotic, inhibits the growth of the bacterium Escherichia coli and induces a stress...
Cracking the code of Huntington’s disease
Credit: Anass Chiki/EPFL Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes patients to lose their ability to move, speak, and even think. It is caused...
Astronomers find unexpected, dust-obscured star formation in distant galaxy
Credit: Original image by NASA, European Space Agency and the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields team. Color composite from Wikimedia Commons/Judy Schmidt; annotations and zoom...
MSU lands NIH grant to study connection between fish genes and human medicine
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University has landed a $727,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve the...
Strong interaction between herbivores and plants
Credit: commonfree In the past decades, we have seen a dramatic decline in biodiversity around the world. Every day, species are irrecoverably lost on an...
Climate change and an ‘overlooked’ nutrient: Silica
Among ecologists, carbon gets all the glory. Scientists examine its critical role in plant growth and decay, they chart its contributions to greenhouse gases, and...
SPICY: Discovery of new ginger species spices up African wildlife surveys
Credit: A.J. Plumptre/WCS Yet another endemic species for the DRC's Kabobo Massif has been discovered, bringing the number of unique species known for the region...
Major breakthrough in the manufacture of red blood cells
Researchers have generated the first immortalised cell lines which allow more efficient manufacture of red blood cells. The team, from the University of Bristol and...
New understanding of chronic lung inflammatory diseases unfolding
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 23, 2017--Researchers studying chronic inflammation that can lead to the development of lung diseases such...
Are arm measurements better than BMI to assess nutrition status in child cancer survivors?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 23, 2017--Arm anthropometry is a simple method to determine if a person is overweight or...
Olfactory receptors: New molecular targets detected in colorectal cancer cells
Credit: RUB, Marquard Growth of colorectal cancer cells can be inhibited with the odorant troenan. This is reported by the research team headed by Prof...
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