Small but mighty: Fruit fly muscles
Credit: Caltech Fruit flies are capable of impressive aerial maneuvers, as is grudgingly acknowledged by anyone who has unsuccessfully tried to swat away one of...
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Old enzyme, new role
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has discovered a new function for an enzyme that has long...
Micro-bubbles and frequency combs
Credit: OIST's Light Matter Interactions Unit When measuring the duration of high-speed physical phenomena, a good stopwatch can only get you so far, and while...
Anticancer properties of mono/di-halogenated coumarins
Credit: Dr. Kabange Kasumbwe et al., Bentham Science Publishers Throughout the world, many medicinal compounds are being discovered. Scientists have learnt to modify the chemical...
Deciphering the emergence of neuronal diversity
Credit: © Dayerlab UNIGE. The development of cerebral cortex plays a major role in the evolution of species and in particular for mankind. This is...
Engineers create artificial skin that ‘feels’ temperature changes
A team of engineers and scientists at Caltech and ETH Zurich have developed an artificial skin capable of detecting temperature changes using a mechanism similar...
Some early breast cancer patients benefit more from breast conservation than from mastectomy
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Breast conserving therapy (BCT, breast conserving surgery combined with radiation therapy) is superior to mastectomy in certain types of breast cancer patients,...
Diabetes or its rapid deterioration can be an early warning sign for pancreatic cancer
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Patients and their doctors should be aware that the onset of diabetes, or a rapid deterioration in existing diabetes that requires more...
Liverpool to coordinate £14m drug safety research project
The University of Liverpool (UK) is to co-ordinate a new £14m European research project which aims to improve the understanding of adverse drug reactions by...
Breath test could help detect stomach and oesophageal cancers
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A test that measures the levels of five chemicals in the breath has shown promising results for the detection of cancers of...
Experts predict melanoma death rates will fall by 2050
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: By 2050 the death rates from malignant melanoma will have decreased from their current levels but the numbers of people dying from...
The immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, is active against mucosal melanoma tumors
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Clinical trials of a new immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, have shown that it prolongs life significantly for patients with bladder cancer and is active...
Delays in access to cancer medicines and unjustifiable price rises disadvantage patients
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Cancer patients are living longer and in many cases the disease is becoming chronic rather than acute. Access to drugs that help...
Researchers explore how protein production gets distorted in skin cancer
Credit: Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology at The Rockefeller University/Nature Each cell in the body follows a strict protocol for manufacturing the proteins it needs...
Evaluating the benefits of health insurance on cancer care
Credit: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Jan, 27, 2017, Lebanon, N.H. -- Millions of Americans acquire their health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, including individuals from...