Anti-PD-L1 immunotherapy may achieve a response in patients with microsatellite-stable metastatic colorectal cancer if combined…
Month: June 2016
Overweight youths at greater risk for heart failure
Losing weight as an adult is fine if you want to reduce your risk of…
Crowd-sourced competition to create ‘big data’ diagnostic tools
A crowdsourced collaboration/competition known as DREAM 9 set out three years ago to develop ideas…
Jasmonate-deficient tobacco plants attract herbivorous mammals
Scientists have demonstrated the importance of jasmonate-dependent nicotine production for the survival of tobacco plants…
Certain red flags indicate an increased need for intensive care among patients with asthma
In patients admitted to the hospital for asthma, illicit drug use and low socioeconomic status…
Physical activity boosts kids’ brain power, academic prowess
Exercise boosts kids’ and young people’s brain power and academic prowess, experts say, adding that…
Sexual arms race drives range expansion in UK diving beetle species
Sexual conflict and relative mating success seems to be driving a dramatic shift in the…
It’s not just a grunt: Pigs really do have something to say
The grunts made by pigs vary depending on the pig’s personality and can convey important…
Tracking solar eruptions in 3D
Scientists have developed an automated method for three-dimensional tracking of massive eruptions from the Sun,…
Baby fish lose poisonous protectors in acidified oceans
A common close partnership which sees baby fish sheltering from predators among the poisonous tentacles…