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Silencing Hepatitis B May Prevent Liver Cancer Recurrence

The standard of care for patients with HCC is local ablation of the tumor, unless it is large or has metastasized. However, HCC tumors often recur, or new…

Interdisciplinary Research

Systems Biology in Nephrology:  SysKid Researchers at the European Renal Congress Reveal a Picture of Complex and Dynamic

»Omics« can, for instance, help researchers analyse the genome or all the proteins contained in a cell. Together with clinical and epidemiological findings…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

ARS Develops Insect-O-Graph to Detect Wheat Pests

The system, called the “insect-o-graph,” can detect internal insects in wheat that are not visible to the eye or that cannot be detected by usual grading…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Climate Change’s Impact on Future Plant Diseases

University of Illinois researchers are studying the impact of elevated carbon dioxide, elevated ozone and higher atmospheric temperatures on plant diseases…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Therapy Advances: EUREKA Project’s Breakthrough Carriers

EUREKA project E! 3371 Gene Transfer Agents has made great advances in the development of novel non-viral carriers able to introduce genetic material into the…

Medical Engineering

New Cancer Detection Using Off-the-Shelf Digital Cameras

Using an off-the-shelf digital camera, Rice University biomedical engineers and researchers from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have…

Life & Chemistry

3D Models of Mouse Organs: New Imaging Breakthrough

Combining an imaging technique called multiphoton microscopy with “optical clearing,” which uses a solution that renders tissue transparent, the researchers…

Earth Sciences

Tiny Clays Reduce Earthquake Impact with Smooth Creep

The relatively smooth movement, called creep, happens because the fault creates its own lubricants—slippery clays that form ultra-thin coatings on rock…

Studies and Analyses

Routine Jail-Based HIV Testing Benefits Confirmed by Study

The analysis, conducted by researchers with The Miriam Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Department of Corrections…

Health & Medicine

Innovative Research at UH Aims to Prevent Neurological Diseases

Many diseases of brain function, such as epilepsy and schizophrenia, are caused by problems in how neurons communicate with each other. A University of Houston…

Life & Chemistry

New Chemical Method Enhances Drug Design and Agrichemicals

The research, which is reported in the June 25 edition of Science, was led by Stephen Buchwald, the Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts…

Earth Sciences

Celia Hits Major Leagues: Insights from GOES Satellite Images

Both Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, GOES-11 (west) and GOES-13 (east) captured visible images of Hurricane Celia and Tropical Storm Darby…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Scientists Challenge EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimates

The approach the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses to estimate greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural anaerobic lagoons that treat manure…

Studies and Analyses

Texas A&M researchers call for support for parents of children with disabilities

Results of the study, a part of a larger statewide needs assessment for families that have children with disabilities, is published in the current issue of…

Health & Medicine

Targeting Flight-or-Fight Hormones to Improve Heart Failure

In the study, scientists from the University of Rochester Medical Center found that two experimental drugs have the potential to restore pumping strength to…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Infrared Data Predicts Hurricane Darby’s Path

When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Darby on June 24 at 08:23 UTC (4:23 a.m. EDT), the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard the satellite…

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