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Credit: Gabriel Jacobs, Tanner McArdle and Brian T. Freeman WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2018 -- Metastasis, or the formation of ...

Discovery of a new tumor suppressor previously thought to be an oncogene

Credit: CNIO A gene that has for decades been considered a tumour promoter, the PLK1 gene, can also perform the ...

Boston Children’s Hospital accelerates genomic sequencing to expand existing genomic database

BOSTON (August 7, 2018) - Boston Children's Hospital has embarked on a strategic initiative to expand its research genomics gateway, ...

Solid tumors targeted in new CAR T-Cell immunotherapy trial

Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE - August 7, 2018 - Seattle Children's has opened a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy ...

Retired pro football and hockey players learn that CTE isn’t inevitable

Aug. 7, 2018 - An in-depth study of retired football and hockey players--including cognitive, psychological, and brain imaging techniques--finds no ...

Study of 21 retired NFL and NHL players doesn’t find evidence of early onset dementia

Credit: (Source: UB's Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center) BUFFALO, N.Y. --New University at Buffalo research is adding important information to the ...

Diabetes in bay area Chinese population linked to fat fibrosis

A new UC San Francisco study has discovered a key biological difference in how people of European and Chinese descent ...

Early trauma may be risk factor for anxiety and depression in adults with head/neck cancer

Among individuals with head and neck cancer (HNC), those who experienced childhood trauma were more likely to have advanced cancer, ...

Scientists develop unique materials to repair damaged organs and tissue

Credit: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Tissue engineering is the future of medicine. Under Project 5-100, the Polymer ...

PET tracer identifies estrogen receptor expression differences in breast cancer patients

Credit: HH Nienhuis et al., University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands RESTON, VA -- In metastatic breast cancer, prognosis and ...

Soft multi-functional robots get really small…and spider-shaped

Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots could be safely deployed in difficult-to-access natural and man-made environments, ...

Beat Childhood Cancer Consortium expands into Canada

Children in Canada who are battling neuroblastoma, a form of cancer, have been granted new hope toward a better prognosis ...

Doxorubicin disrupts the immune system to cause heart toxicity

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Doxorubicin is a chemotherapy drug widely used in ovarian, bladder, lung, thyroid and stomach cancers, ...

Epigenetic markers of ovarian cancer

Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, July 6, 2018 - Johns Hopkins researchers in collaboration with Insilico Medicine, a biotechnology company based ...

Stem cell transplants to be used in treating Crohn’s disease

Credit: Queen Mary University of London A clinical trial has begun which will use stem cell transplants to grow a ...

Genetic screening before embryo transfer fails to improve the chance of a baby

August 5, 2018

Brussels, 6 August 2018 : The genetic screening of fertilised eggs for embryo selection in assisted reproduction makes no difference ...

The rules of attraction: Scientists find elusive molecule that helps sperm find egg

Credit: Megan Costello WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Scientists affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have identified a key molecule ...

Key gene to accelerate sugarcane growth is identified

Credit: Rafael Garcia Tavares / IB-UNICAMP Despite international breeding efforts, advanced agronomy and effective management of pests and diseases, sugarcane ...

A deeper look at severe asthma yields NET results

Of the more than 24 million people in the U.S. who have asthma, 10 percent have severe asthma - a ...

Noted UTA health care scholar elected American College of Cardiology Fellow