Mount Sinai researchers report insights into blood stem cells from engineered stem cells
3/09/2016
Building upon previous work, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai identified cells in the embryos of mice that are precursors to blood stem cells or hematopoietic...
Five years after breast-conserving surgery, radiotherapy focused around the tumour bed is as good at preventing recurrence as irradiating the whole breast, with fewer side effects, researchers from...
Five years after breast-conserving surgery, radiotherapy focused around the tumour bed is as good at preventing recurrence as irradiating the whole breast, with fewer side effects, researchers from...
Fukushima's legacy: radiation poisoning or psychosocial damage?
3/09/2016
Five years have passed since Fukushima; a series of articles look at the human impact of radiation and, as importantly, the psychosocial effects of living through a disaster.
Diabetes treatment can reduce mammographic density
3/09/2016
The use of diabetes treatment, whether by diet or pills such as metformin, decreases mammographic density (MD), one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer, whereas taking insulin appears...
Fukushima's legacy: radiation poisoning or psychosocial damage?
3/09/2016
Five years have passed since Fukushima; a series of articles look at the human impact of radiation and, as importantly, the psychosocial effects of living through a disaster.
Diabetes treatment can reduce mammographic density
3/09/2016
The use of diabetes treatment, whether by diet or pills such as metformin, decreases mammographic density (MD), one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer, whereas taking insulin appears...
A genetic mutation that appears to be associated with a high breast cancer risk has been identified by researchers from Hong Kong.
A genetic mutation that appears to be associated with a high breast cancer risk has been identified by researchers from Hong Kong.
Surprisingly long learning curve for surgeons operating on oesophageal cancer
3/08/2016
According to a major Swedish cohort study from researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Imperial College London, a surgeon who operates on oesophageal cancer must have performed 60...