In the United States, older patients with advanced lung cancer make much less use of…
Month: May 2011
Neutrons provide first sub-nanoscale snapshots of Huntington’s disease protein
Scientists have for the first time successfully characterized the earliest structural formation of the disease…
Virtual workout partners spur better results, study finds
Can’t find anyone to exercise with? Don’t despair: New research reveals working out with a…
New technique sheds light on the mysterious process of cell division
A new technique that constructs models of primitive cells has demonstrated that the structure of…
Enzyme may drive breast cancer growth
A recently discovered enzyme drives the production of a potent form of estrogen in human…
Carbon black nanoparticles can cause cell death, inflammation in lungs, researchers find
Inhaled carbon black nanoparticles create a double source of inflammation in the lungs, according to…
Preserving plants and animals caught between forest ‘fragments’
Maintaining the world’s threatened animal and plant species may rest with something as simple as…
Researchers home in on genetic signature of esophageal cancer
Researchers have pinpointed two genes that are amplified in the worst cases of esophageal cancer,…
China fossil shows bird, crocodile family trees split earlier than thought
A fossil of a creature that died about 247 million years ago, originally thought to…
New cell therapy to prevent organ rejection
Researchers have used cells found naturally in the body, to re-educate the immune system to…