Black women with breast cancer had significantly worse survival compared with other racial and ethnic…
Month: April 2013
HER2-positive breast cancer: Biomarker analysis identified women most likely to benefit from T-DM1
For women with metastatic, HER2-positive breast cancer, the amount of HER2 on their tumor might…
New type of experimental drug active in platinum-resistant ovarian cancers
The antibody-drug conjugate DMUC5754A, a novel member of a relatively new class of drugs, showed…
Highly lethal Ebola virus has diagnostic Achilles’ heel for biothreat detection, scientists say
By screening a library of a billion llama antibodies on live Ebola viruses in the…
Vaccine adjuvant uses host DNA to boost pathogen recognition
Aluminum salts, or alum, have been injected into billions of people as an adjuvant to…
Experts call for research on prevalence of delayed neurological dysfunction after head injury
One of the most controversial topics in neurology today is the prevalence of serious permanent…
Liver transplantation for patients with genetic liver conditions has high survival rate, study finds
Patients faced with the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease have to consider the seriousness…
Researchers help unlock pine beetle’s Pandora’s box
A paper detailing the newly created sequencing of the mountain pine beetle’s genome will be…
New live bi-ocular animations of two oceans now available
NOAA’s GOES-13 and GOES-15 weather satellites sit 60 degrees apart in a fixed orbit over…
Hubble sees light and dust in a nearby starburst galaxy
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken an image of a small, sparkling hook in the…