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Credit: Orlin Velev, NC State University Using the principles behind the formation of sandcastles from wet sand, North Carolina State ...

Mining cancer data for treatment clues

Credit: Jeremy Goecks, Bassel F. El-Rayes, Shishir K. Maithel, H. Jean Khoury, James Taylor, Michael R. Rossi There is an ...

Clinical efficacy & future development of continuous glucose monitoring highlighted in DTT

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 7, 2017--A growing body of data from clinical studies of ...

Researchers shed light on how our eyes process visual cues

The mystery of how human eyes compute the direction of moving light has been made clearer by scientists at The ...

Scientists aim to stamp out new horticultural pest

Scientists will pursue cutting-edge microbiology and robotics research in a bid to stop a destructive and abundant pest which is ...

MD Anderson and Hitachi to collaborate in research for treatment of oropharyngeal cancer of the head and neck

HOUSTON and TOKYO ? The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Hitachi Healthcare Americas Corporation, have today announced ...

Oyster shells inspire new method to make superstrong, flexible polymers

Credit: Sanat Kumar/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--June 7, 2017--Researchers at Columbia Engineering have demonstrated for the first time a new ...

Precision therapy enasidenib effective in treating deadly form of leukemia

(WASHINGTON, June 6, 2017) -- Some patients with relapsed or treatment-resistant acute myeloid leukemia, a form of blood cancer for ...

Clinical benefit of clot retrieval now proven up to 24 hours after major ischemic stroke

(CHICAGO) - Results of an international, randomized controlled research study show that mechanical thrombectomy, which is an endovascular treatment to ...

Copaiba: Silver bullet or snake oil?

Credit: Florida Atlantic University Sales of the essential oil copaiba are increasing, at least in part, because more than 54 ...

Take a coffee or tea break to protect your liver

Credit: L. Alferink and S. Darwish Murad Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 6, 2017 - Chronic liver diseases rank as the ...

Are friends better for us than family?

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - The power of friendship gets stronger with age and may even be ...

How killer cells take out tumors

The promising drug is known as F8-TNF. When injected into the bloodstream, it lures killer cells from the body's immune ...

Safety of gene transfer to treat heart failure supports further clinical development

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 6, 2017--Based on the encouraging safety data that has emerged ...

Alectinib potential new standard of care for ALK-positive non-small lung cancer

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Results of a 303-patient, multi-national phase III clinical trial known as ALEX published today ...

Analysis of pathways activation landscape in oral squamous cell carcinoma and pre-neoplastic lesions

Credit: Insilico Medicine Summary: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) affects over 300,000 people worldwide each year, and most patients already ...

Targeted therapies show initial effectiveness in subset of papillary thyroid cancer

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two immunotherapy drugs currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of ...

Research suggests possible new treatment for EGFR-positive lung cancer

ASCO Perspective "It's been nearly 15 years since EGFR-targeted therapies were introduced, helping extend survival for thousands of patients in ...

Alectinib halts lung cancer growth more than a year longer than crizotinib

ASCO Perspective "The fact that this second-generation targeted treatment halted advanced lung cancer growth for more than two years while ...

Early research suggests first immunotherapy for mesothelioma on the horizon