More than 100 women die from breast cancer every day in the United States. Triple-negative…
Month: January 2017
Prenatal infection may alter brain development via epigenetic changes
Maternal infection during pregnancy increases the risk for psychiatric disorders in the child, but the…
Safe exercise guidelines for type 1 diabetes
An international team of researchers and clinicians has published a set of guidelines to help…
Timing of chemo affects inflammation, mice study suggests
The time of day that breast cancer chemotherapy drugs are given affects the amount of…
Unraveling mysteries of pancreatic cancer’s resistance to standard therapies
In a new study, researchers have illuminated one of pancreatic cancer’s major resistance mechanisms: a…
Manipulating gene expression precisely using light
A scientist has developed a new method to accurately manipulate gene expression by light illumination…
Mapping the migration of house shrews to illuminate historical trade networks
The distribution of house shrews in the coastal areas from Asia to East Africa suggests…
Conservation of ivory-billed woodpecker’s habitat urged
The ivory-billed woodpecker’s habitat should be protected despite the lack of definitive evidence of this…
Large pre-ACA Medicaid expansion did not level health disparities in cancer surgery
An analysis of the New York State’s Medicaid expansion, which predated the 2010 Affordable Care…
Half of breast cancer patients experience severe side effects
Nearly half of women treated for early stage breast cancer reported at least one side…