A bacterial by-product known to be important in maintaining gut health may slow the progression…
Month: January 2017
Science
Continue Reading
How protein production gets distorted in skin cancer
Researchers have shown that a shift in translation, the process by which cells produce proteins…
Science
Continue Reading
Delays in access to cancer medicines, unjustifiable price rises disadvantage patients
Cancer patients need speedy access to new drugs and fair prices for old ones, but…
Science
Continue Reading
Experts predict melanoma death rates will fall by 2050
By 2050 the death rates from malignant melanoma will have decreased from their current levels…
Science
Continue Reading
Immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, is active against mucosal melanoma tumors
Clinical trials of a new immunotherapy, pembrolizumab, have shown that it prolongs life significantly for…
Technology
Continue Reading
Smaller states rejoice as Amazon finally collects sales tax
Many online shoppers in the United States have for years had to pay state sales…
Technology
Continue Reading
In the last 24 hours, four federal courts have objected to Trump’s actions
Last night, a Federal District court issued an emergency stay on deportations for passengers affected…
Technology
Continue Reading
Where are the trees? Not Paris, new ‘Green View Index’ finds
Where are the trees? More important, where aren't the trees? A lab at the Massachusetts…
Technology
Continue Reading
Santa Clarita Diet: everything you want to know about the show where Drew Barrymore eats brains
Have you heard rumors that your favorite actress Drew Barrymore is starring in a mysterious…
Technology
Continue Reading
Diversity in tech: Lots of attention, little progress
The tech industry brought us self-driving cars, artificial intelligence and 3-D printers. But when it…