Preschool-aged children require the majority of their waking day, approximately 11 hours, to achieve their…
Month: January 2014
AML score combining genetic, epigenetic changes might help guide therapy
Currently, doctors use chromosome markers and gene mutations to determine the best treatment for patients…
Stopping tumors in their path
Glioblastoma is the most common and deadly form of primary malignant brain cancer, occurring mostly…
Heart attacks hit poor hardest
“Frailty syndrome” is emerging in the field of public health as a powerful predictor of…
Biologists establish new method for studying RNA’s regulatory ‘footprint’
Biologists offer a new method to efficiently obtain an entire “footprint” of interactions between RNA…
Scientists identify possible key to drug resistance in Crohn’s disease
Scientists have identified a normally small subset of immune cells that may play a major…
New method for efficiently transporting antibodies across the blood-brain barrier
Researchers have published results on the Roche-designed Brain Shuttle technology that efficiently transfers investigational antibodies…
Geography has impact on grapevine moth’s success in French vineyards
‘Location, location, location’ is an adage also true for the European grapevine moth, it seems….
Newly discovered celestial object defies categories: Is it a new kind of planet or a rare kind of failed star?
An object discovered by astrophysicists nearly 500 light years away from the Sun may challenge…
Older firefighters may be more resilient to working in heat
A new study finds that older firefighters may show signs of long-term heat adaptation due…