A new treatment using leukemia patients' own infection-fighting cells appears to protect them from infections and cancer recurrence following treatment with…
Dec 12, 2011
A new analysis has found that breast cancer survivors may experience problems with certain mental abilities several years after treatment, regardless of whether they were treated with chemotherapy plus radiation or radiation only.
Dec 12, 2011
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found a way to manipulate atoms' internal states with lasers that dramatically influences their interactions in specific ways.
Dec 9, 2011
An international team of archaeologists is reporting 77,000-year-old evidence for preserved plant bedding and the use of insect-repelling plants in a rock shelter in South Africa.
Dec 9, 2011
As the world holds a collective breath waiting to see whether China’s white-hot economy blazes ahead or fizzles, Stanford economist Scott Rozelle is talking up a plan to protect the country’s future.
Dec 8, 2011
Women who use bust-enhancing dietary supplements containing the mycoestrogen zearalenone (ZEN), a naturally occurring toxin that widely contaminates agricultural products, could be increasing their risk of breast cancer.
Dec 8, 2011
San Antonio, TX - In an international Phase III randomized study, everolimus, when combined with the hormonal therapy exemestane, has been shown to…
Dec 8, 2011
SAN ANTONIO -- Obese patients with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer may have worse outcomes than patients who are normal weight or overweight, Mayo…
Dec 8, 2011
Laquinimod is an orally available synthetic compound that has been successfully evaluated in phase II/III clinical studies for the treatment of…
Dec 6, 2011
A flexible workplace initiative improved employees' health behavior and well-being, including a rise in the amount and quality of sleep and better health…
Dec 6, 2011
Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota) live in extended family groups of up to 20 individuals.
Dec 6, 2011
The use of genetic tests to predict a patient's response to drugs is increasingly important in the development of personalized medicine.
Dec 5, 2011
State and school district-level policies mandating minimum requirements for in-school physical education and recess time are associated with increased odds of…
Dec 5, 2011
BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced that a study on frequent mutation of genes encoding ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis pathway (UMPP) components in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is published online today in Nature Genetics.
Dec 5, 2011
