Understanding and integrating patients’ cultural beliefs into cancer treatment plans may help improve their acceptance…
Month: January 2016
New programs help prepare low-income children for school success
New pediatric programs report an increase school readiness in children of low-income families.
CRISPR used to repair blindness-causing genetic defect in patient-derived stem cells
Scientists have used a new gene-editing technology called CRISPR, to repair a genetic mutation responsible…
New approach to prioritizing research on the environmental impacts of pharmaceuticals
Researchers have developed a new way to prioritize investigations on the environmental impacts of the…
New detection method for Goby fish invasion
Conventional methods of stock monitoring are unsuitable for certain fish species. For example, the infestation…
What a moth’s nose knows
A transplantation experiment in moths shows how the brain experiences reality through the senses.
Long-term study shows impact of humans on land
Humans have been working the land to sustain our lives for millennia. This has created…
Stellar parenting: Making new stars by ‘adopting’ stray cosmic gases
Astronomers have for the first time found young populations of stars within globular clusters that…
New imaging technique could reduce need for amputation
A new MRI imaging technique could reduce the need for amputation in patients with critical…
Scientists root out the ‘bad seeds’ of liver cancer
The Achilles heel of hepatocellular carcinoma, a leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, has been…