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New insight into a fragile protein linked to cancer and autism
2/20/2015
In recent years, scientists have found a surprising connection between some people with autism and certain cancer patients: They have mutations in the same gene, one that codes for a protein critical...
Cancer advances 'have benefited younger people more'
2/20/2015
Despite advances in cancer care, older people's survival rates did not improve as much as younger people's from 1990 to 2010 in the US.
3-D engineered bone marrow makes functioning platelets
2/20/2015
Scalable model supports patient-specific treatments, advanced study of blood disordersA team led by researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering and the University of Pavia has reported...
Young people 'have benefited more' from cancer advances
2/20/2015
Despite advances in cancer care, older people's survival rates did not improve as much as younger people's from 1990 to 2010 in the US.
3-D engineered bone marrow makes functioning platelets
2/20/2015
Scalable model supports patient-specific treatments, advanced study of blood disordersA team led by researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering and the University of Pavia has reported...
Global health community urged to take action on rising cancer cost
2/19/2015
Leading cancer specialists from around the globe gathered at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), a global initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development...
DNA-damage causes immune reaction and inflammation and is linked to cancer development
2/19/2015
For the first time scientists from Umeå University show the importance of DNA damage in fine tuning of our innate immune system and hence the ability to mount the optimal inflammatory response to...
Moffitt Cancer Center President & CEO Alan F. List, M.D. and Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H.
A breakthrough in nanotoxicology by INRS researchers
2/19/2015
Silver nanoparticles and inflammationWhereas resistance to antibiotics complicates certain treatments, antimicrobial silver nanoparticles (AgNP) are gaining popularity for medical use.
'Most comprehensive map' of human epigenomes is unveiled
2/19/2015
Two dozen scientific papers published online simultaneously, present the first comprehensive maps and analyses of the epigenomes of a wide array of human cell and tissue types.