Study indicates timing of chemotherapy could improve treatment for deadly brain cancer Credit: Washington University School of MEdicine An aggressive type of brain cancer, glioblastoma has no cure. Patients survive an average of 15 months after diagnosis, with fewer than 10% of patients surviving longer than five years. While researchers are investigating potential new therapies […]

Independent of cholesterol, gene variants raise risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure Credit: In-Hyuk Jung, PhD, Stitziel Lab High cholesterol is the most commonly understood cause of atherosclerosis, a hardening of the arteries that raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. But now, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. […]

Credit: Forsyth Institute In a longitudinal study published earlier this month in the Journal of the American Dental Association, researchers analyzed untreated decay in a cohort of nearly 7,000 children enrolled in the ForsythKids preventive dentistry program. Over the course of six years, the percentage of children with untreated cavities in the program decreased from […]

The field test, called NIRVANA, can simultaneously detect and sequence SARS-CoV-2, influenza and other viruses Credit: Mo Li/KAUST LA JOLLA–(March 31, 2021) Clinicians using a new viral screening test can not only diagnose COVID-19 in a matter of minutes with a portable, pocket-sized machine, but can also simultaneously test for other viruses–like influenza–that might be […]

Credit: ACS Nano (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10609 Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology (CEST) have developed a method for modeling the behavior of 2D materials under pressure. The research will help create pressure sensors based on silicene or other 2D materials. The paper was published in the ACS Nano journal. Silicene, which […]

This article by Dr. F. David Rodriguez is published in the journal, Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2021 Credit: Dr. F. David Rodriguez Abusive alcohol drinking considerably impacts human health. Alcoholism, better defined as Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD), includes a group of pathological entities related to alcohol-induced damage. Individuals with AUD exhibit compulsive alcohol drinking and negative […]

Joaquin Espinosa, PhD, and his team investigated the role of hypoxia-inducible factors in tumor growth and suppression Credit: Joaquin Espinosa, PhD A team of University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers recently published a paper offering new insight into the role that oxygen deprivation, or hypoxia, plays in cancer development. CU Cancer Center member Joaquin Espinosa, PhD, is the senior researcher on the paper, which he […]

Despite a strong rebound in mammography volume, missed mammograms remain an issue Credit: University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine In looking at the broader impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and wellbeing, public health experts are examining screening rates for cancer. A new study looking at U.S. mammography screening rates during the first […]

Credit: University of Pennsylvania When it comes to powering mobile robots, batteries present a problematic paradox: the more energy they contain, the more they weigh, and thus the more energy the robot needs to move. Energy harvesters, like solar panels, might work for some applications, but they don’t deliver power quickly or consistently enough for […]

Record-breaking gamma rays bathe the Milky Way in an energetic haze Credit: HEASARC / LAMBDA / NASA / GFSC An enormous telescope complex in Tibet has captured the first evidence of ultrahigh-energy gamma rays spread across the Milky Way. The findings offer proof that undetected starry accelerators churn out cosmic rays, which have floated around […]