An Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researcher has discovered that a particular hormone…
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Vaccine Improves Event-free Survival For Leukemia Patients
Patients whose immune system responded to a peptide vaccine for leukemia enjoyed a median remission…
New Smartpen And Paper To Help Teach Blind College Students
Subjects like physics, calculus and biology are challenging for most students, but imagine tackling these…
Mediterranean Diet And Physical Activity Each Associated With Lower Death Rate Over 5 Years
Eating a Mediterranean diet and following national recommendations for physical activity are each associated with…
Waterborne Carbon Increases Threat Of Environmental Mercury
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin and a worrisome environmental contaminant, but the severity of its…
Is There A Developmental Component To The Risk For Depression?
Psychiatrists remain divided as to how to define and classify the mood and anxiety disorders,…
Neurons In The Frontal Lobe May Be Responsible For Rational Decision-making
Scientists have found that when monkeys choose between different options, the value neurons assign to…
Beetle Dung Helps Forests Recover From Fire
Beetle droppings — known in the scientific world as frass — are crucial to forests…
Bird-flu Expert Calls For Changes In Early-warning System
The international science community is not doing enough to track the many avian influenza viruses…
Smaller Storms Drop Larger Overall Rainfall In Hurricane Season
Researchers have found that when residents of the US southeastern states look skyward for rain…