New strategy may drop cancer’s guard
Credit: Carson Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 30, 2016) - A drug used now to treat Type 2 diabetes may someday help beat breast and...
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Intensification of land use leads to the same species everywhere
Credit: Photo: Lars Skipper In places where humans use grasslands more intensively, it is not only the species diversity which decreases -- the landscape also...
Permafrost loss changes Yukon River chemistry with global implications
Loading video... Credit: Ryan Toohey, USGS ANCHORAGE -- Permafrost loss due to a rapidly warming Alaska is leading to significant changes in the freshwater chemistry...
The economy of cold soil blues
Credit: Photo provided by Daniel Kaiser. Corn farmers in Minnesota and across the northern Corn Belt often must plant in cold, damp spring soils that...
Penn scientists use CRISPR for first time to correct clotting in newborn and adult mice
(PHILADELPHIA) - CRISPR/Cas9, a powerful genome editing tool, is showing promise for efficient correction of disease-causing mutations. For the first time, researchers from the Perelman...
Princeton-led team finds new method to improve predictions
Researchers at Princeton, Columbia and Harvard have created a new method to analyze big data that better predicts outcomes in health care, politics and other...
Acupuncture improved mastectomy recovery in Abbott Northwestern Hospital study
MINNEAPOLIS - (Nov.30, 2016) - Women who had acupuncture treatments after breast cancer surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital had a greater reduction in pain, nausea,...
Virus-inspired delivery system transfers microscopic cargo between human cells
Loading video... Credit: David Belnap, Joerg Votteler Scientists from the University of Utah and University of Washington have developed blueprints that instruct human cells to...
Corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus: Now data provide hint of benefit
In patients with keratoconus the cornea of the eye begins to bulge. So-called corneal collagen cross-linking aims to halt this process. In this procedure, the...
I get by with help from my friends: Maintaining immune cells in head and neck cancer
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina In an article published September 22, 2016 in Frontiers in Immunology, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina...
TGen, City of Hope combine to advance precision medicine and speed translational research
DUARTE, Calif., and PHOENIX, Nov. 30, 2016 - City of Hope, a world-renowned independent research and cancer and diabetes treatment center, and Translational Genomics Research...
After concussion, rest may not always be the best medicine, experts say
November 30, 2016 - Prescribed rest--both physical and mental--is the standard treatment for concussion. But a growing body of evidence suggests that a more active,...
Mimicking bug eyes could brighten reflective signs and clothes
Credit: American Chemical Society That bright, reflective coating used on road signs, bicycles and clothing are important safety measures at night. They help drivers get...
‘Tennessine’ acknowledges state institutions’ roles in element’s discovery
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 30, 2016 -- The recently discovered element 117 has been officially named "tennessine" in recognition of Tennessee's contributions to...
Cyclic change within magma reservoirs affects the explosivity of volcanic eruptions
Credit: photo/©: Mike Cassidy, JGU A new study published in Geology uses pockets of melts trapped within crystals to understand the conditions occurring beneath volcanoes...
