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June 30, 2017

Credit: University of Seville Genome instability is the main risk factor in the development of tumours in humans. Understanding how, ...

Zoning in on specifics of Mediterranean diet for colorectal health

June 30, 2017

Barcelona, Spain, 30 June 2017 - The benefits of a "Mediterranean diet" (MD) are well-known when it comes to colorectal ...

Test identifies breast cancer patients with lowest risk of death

A molecular test can pinpoint which patients will have a very low risk of death from breast cancer even 20 ...

Researchers ID new mechanism for keeping DNA protein in line

Credit: Susan Tsutakawa/Berkeley Lab The actions of a protein used for DNA replication and repair are guided by electrostatic forces ...

Cleveland Clinic researcher receives $3.4 million NIH grant for epilepsy surgery research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $3.4 million grant to Cleveland Clinic to develop a tool to predict ...

Taiwan DCB, PITDC, TMU and Insilico Medicine join forces to apply AI for biomedical research

Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday June 29, 2017, Taipei, Taiwan: The Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB), the Medical and Pharmaceutical Industrial ...

Study examines palliative care trends in patients with end-stage liver disease

A new study has uncovered low rates of referral for palliative care in US patients with end-stage liver disease, although ...

CT technology shows how blood flow can predict effectiveness of ovarian cancer treatment

Credit: Western University Technology developed at Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute can provide a new window into whether ...

What’s on your skin? Archaea, that’s what

Credit: Marilyn Chung, Berkeley Lab It turns out your skin is crawling with single-celled microorganisms -- and they're not just ...

A new weapon for the war on cancer

Cancerous tumors are formidable enemies, recruiting blood vessels to aid their voracious growth, damaging nearby tissues, and deploying numerous strategies ...

More precise diagnostics for improved cancer outcomes

Credit: Kai Tian, Karl Decker, Aleksei Aksimentiev, and Li-Qun Gu, University of Missouri, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign An important ...

First ‘haploid’ human stem cells could change the face of medical research

Credit: (Credit: Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research at Hebrew University) Stem cell research holds huge potential for ...

E-cigarettes increase risk of cigarette smoking in youth

Electronic (e)-cigarette use has risen rapidly among adolescents and young adults since the product was introduced to the U.S. in ...

Four new beamlines get go ahead at the ESRF, opening new frontiers in X-ray science

Credit: ESRF/Jocelyn Chavy 27 June 2017 - The ESRF Council, representing the 22 partner nations of the ESRF, gave the ...

JHU alumni-run A-Level Capital to support AI-powered drug discovery at Insilico Medicine

Credit: Insilico Medicine June 28th 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, Inc, a big data analytics company applying latest advances ...

Barrier Proteins in Tumors are Possible Key to Immunotherapy Success

By comparing variations in protein expression in tumor samples from a single melanoma patient, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg~Kimmel ...

BUSM receives grant to create software prototype for sharing medical data

(Boston)--In an effort to securely share medical data between the U.S. and India, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has ...

An Israeli innovation feeds the world with more fish protein

Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) As the world faces a projected population increase from today's 7.5 billion people to 9 billion ...

Population health resource to give US cities access to key data

Credit: L+L Hundreds of United States cities will be able to identify their most pressing health needs more accurately--thanks to ...

Study shows biomarkers can predict which ER-positive breast cancer patients respond best to first-line therapy