Proton therapy and concurrent chemotherapy may reduce bone marrow toxicity in advanced lung cancer
Patients treated for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer who receive chemotherapy and proton beam therapy have fewer instances of bone marrow toxicity than patients who receive the standard treatment...
World's earliest nuclear family found
The researchers dated remains from four multiple burials discovered in Germany in 2005.
King Solomon's (copper) mines?
Did the Bible's King David and his son Solomon control the copper
industry in present-day southern Jordan? Though that remains an
open question, the possibility is raised once again by...
Clean results: University of Michigan researchers learn how bleach kills bacteria
Developed more than 200 years ago and found in households around the world, chlorine bleach is among the most widely used disinfectants, yet scientists never have understood exactly how the...
Genographic scientists uncover new piece of Phoenician legacy
The Phoenicians gave the world the alphabet and a love of the color
purple, and a research study published today by Genographic
scientists in the American Journal of Human Genetics...
Heart's surplus energy may help power pacemakers, defibrillators
Surplus energy generated by the heart may one day help power pacemakers and defibrillators implanted in cardiac patients, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008.
Consuming small amounts of caffeine when pregnant may affect the growth of an unborn child
Consuming caffeine at any time during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of fetal growth restriction (low birth weight), according to research published on bmj.com today.
Salmon smolt survival similar in Columbia and Fraser rivers
A new study by researchers in Oregon and British Columbia has found that survival of juvenile salmon and steelhead during their migration to the sea through two large Northwest rivers...
Potent greenhouse gas more prevalent in atmosphere than previously assumed
A powerful greenhouse gas is at least four times more prevalent in
the atmosphere than previously estimated, according to a team of
researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC...
Women have more diverse hand bacteria than men, says CU-Boulder study
A new University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates that not only do human hands harbor far higher numbers of bacteria species than previously believed, women have a significantly greater...
Scientists sequence woolly-mammoth genome
Scientists at Penn State are leaders of a team that is the first to
report the genome-wide sequence of an extinct animal, according to
Webb Miller, professor of biology and...
GUMC research summaries for AACR Cancer Prevention Meeting
Researchers from Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center/Georgetown University Medical Center will present numerous scientific findings at the Seventh Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research in Washington, Nov....
Unraveling the genetic picture of lung cancer
A study seeking possible cancer genes elucidated the mutations and the genetic pathways activated in the most common form of lung cancer – lung adenocarcinoma – and could lead to...
Australian first: Kangaroo genome mapped
Australian researchers will today launch the world first detailed map of the kangaroo genome, completing the first phase of the kangaroo genomics project.
Complete mitochondrial genome of 5,000-year-old mummy yields surprise
Researchers have revealed the complete mitochondrial genome of one of the world's most celebrated mummies, known as the Tyrolean Iceman or Ötzi. The sequence represents the oldest complete DNA sequence...
Solar system's young twin has 2 asteroid belts
Astronomers have discovered that the nearby star Epsilon Eridani has two rocky asteroid belts and an outer icy ring, making it a triple-ring system. The inner asteroid belt is a...
Researchers present new theory that may lead to effective heart failure treatments
Do the biological underpinnings of heart failure share more in common with cancerous tumors than other cardiovascular diseases?
Purple tomatoes: The richness of antioxidants against tumors
Researchers from the John Innes Centre in Norwich, Great Britain, in collaboration with other European centres participating to the FLORA project, have obtained genetically modified tomatoes rich in anthocyanins, a...
First comprehensive genomic study of common cold reveals new treatment targets
Today, scientists from Procter & Gamble (P&G), the University of Calgary and the University of Virginia announced results from the first study to examine the entire human genome's response...
With hot coffee, we see a warm heart, Yale researchers find
Our judgment of a person's character can be influenced by something as simple as the warmth of the drink we hold in our hand.
MIT: Mending broken hearts with tissue engineering
Broken hearts could one day be mended using a novel scaffold developed by MIT researchers and colleagues.
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