By the time they reached toddlerhood, very preterm infants originally treated with higher oxygen levels…
Month: December 2012
US cancer screening rates decline over the last 10 years, finds new study
The rate of people who seek preventive cancer screenings has fallen over the last 10…
Birdsong study pecks theory that music is uniquely human
A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human…
Two new species of orchid found in Cuba
Researchers have discovered two new species of Caribbean orchid. The Caribbean islands have been natural…
Novel role of BRCA1 in regulating the survival of skin stem cells identified
Researchers have uncovered a novel role of BRCA1 in regulating the survival of skin stem…
New MRI method may help diagnose dementia
A new way to use MRI scans may help determine whether dementia is Alzheimer’s disease…
Immune system changes may drive aggressiveness of recurrent tumors
The traditional view of recurrent tumors is that they are resistant to therapy because they’ve…
Measurements hint why the universe is dominated by matter, not anti-matter
Physicists have made a precise measurement of elusive, nearly massless particles, and obtained a crucial…
New technique catalogs lymphoma-linked genetic variations
As anyone familiar with the X-Men knows, mutants can be either very good or very…
Ability to metabolize tamoxifen affects breast cancer outcomes
For nearly a decade, breast cancer researchers studying the hormone therapy tamoxifen have been divided…