Antibody-based immunotherapy is a new promising method to treat cancer. Unfortunately, today’s treatments can result…
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GPs not dissatisfied with performance related pay, study finds
Linking general practioners’ pay to their performance has no discernible effect on their job satisfaction,…
Newly discovered bacteria-binding protein in the intestine
Deficiency in a certain protein in the gastrointestinal tract has been shown to lead to…
New biomarker is higher in suicide attempters and associated with stress response
Researchers have measured a biomarker in cell-free blood plasma which can be linked to an…
Heavy alcohol use changes adolescents’ brains
Heavy alcohol use during adolescence alters the development of brain, according to a recent study….
Uncertainties related to climate engineering limit its use in curbing climate change
Climate engineering refers to the systematic, large-scale modification of the environment using various climate intervention…
Successful synthesis of pure organic molecules that shows metallic conduction under ambient pressure
For the first time in the world, a research team has designed and fabricated single-component…
Rare combination of genetic changes increases the virulence of canine distemper virus
The long-running debate about why just one of several canine distemper virus (CDV) outbreaks in…
DNA methylation biomarker for prostate cancer shows promise for accurately determining a patient’s risk
Analysis consistently shows elevated PITX2 methylation associated with the presence of a prostate tumor, reports…
Fire ants could become Australia’s worst pest, experts warn
Red fire ants could wreak more damage than rabbits, cane toads and foxes combined, experts…