Six-gene signature predicts colorectal cancer recurrence after liver metastases
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center identified a six-gene signature in microscopic colorectal cancer…
New method improves understanding of drug delivery nanoparticles
Modern medicine increasingly relies on targeted drug delivery – a process during which tiny particles (nanoparticles) transport drugs…
A Chinese Spacecraft Captures First Image of Quasi-Moon
This week, astronomers are seeing double. Just a day after Japan’s spacecraft flew by a strange, two-lobed asteroid…
NASA wants to light a fire on the moon for the very first time
NASA plans to light a fire on the moon for the very first time — here’s why Step…
Global Warming Could Ravage the Amazon’s Useful Plant Species, Study Finds
Over centuries, the Amazon’s hundreds of Indigenous societies have built up an abundance of knowledge about the rainforest’s…
Study reveals complex relationship between alcohol and Alzheimer’s disease
Alcohol use has been associated with an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. But new research from the…
Inhaler misuse linked to cognitive impairment and poor manual dexterity
Cognitive function, hand dexterity, and breathing ability play an important role in helping people with chronic obstructive pulmonary…
Stem cell study uncovers molecular pathway for enamel regeneration
Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body, yet once damaged, it cannot regenerate naturally. To…
Antifungal nanoparticles made from immune cell membranes fight infections
Tiny particles made from the membranes of human immune cells could offer a promising new way to fight…
First clinical trial evaluates stem cell therapy for Huntington’s disease
An update on the first clinical trial evaluating a pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stem cell therapy for Huntington’s…
Yeast food supplement helps immune cells fight cancer more effectively
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) have shown for the first time that…
Lung tumors hack the nervous system to cause severe cachexia
Cachexia is a condition in which patients affected by cancer or other chronic diseases become sick and lose…