The latest and final in a series of congressionally mandated biennial reviews of the evidence…
Month: March 2016
Give and take: Researchers analyze how nutrient pollution can negatively impact important ecological relationships
Nature has its own economy, with trading as dynamic as that of any stock exchange….
Negative cancer trials: Short-term whimper, long-term bang
Cancer clinical trials with negative results don’t make an immediate splash in the scientific literature,…
Scientists synthesize anti-cancer agent
Trioxacarcin molecules bind to the DNA of targeted cells and prevent them from replicating, report…
Two out of five U.S. infants from low-income families are not vaccinated against rotavirus
Rotavirus (RV) infection is the leading cause of diarrheal disease in young children worldwide. Results…
Virility drug may boost skin cancer growth
A signaling pathway in melanoma cells is affected by erectile dysfunction drug Sildenafil, biochemists have…
Combination of lapatinib and trastuzumab shrinks HER2 positive breast cancer significantly in 11 days after diagnosis
Approximately a quarter of women with HER2 positive breast cancer, who were treated with a…
Algorithm allows a computer to create a vacation highlight video
Researchers have unveiled a novel video-editing solution this week that automatically sorts and edits untouched…
Climate change less politicized among minority groups
Race and ethnicity as a function of climate-change attitudes is the subject of a recent…
Possible marker for lung cancer chemotherapy identified
The activity level — expression — of the SMARCA4/BRG1 gene in lung tumors might identify…