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Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and cetuximab in head and neck cancer – 33rd ESMO Congress, Stockholm

Their trial in 45 patients combined chemotherapy with fluorouracil and carboplatin given on weeks 1, 4 and 7 of treatment, with radiotherapy administered daily…

Health & Medicine

Customizing Erlotinib Treatment Boosts Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Outcomes

Investigators from the Spanish Lung Cancer Group conducted the largest-ever study to examine the benefits of customizing lung cancer treatment based on…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Gender Differences in Rheumatism Experience

Scientists are now saying that doctors should take more account of these subjective differences when assessing the need for medication. This and other findings…

Medical Engineering

7 Tesla MRI: Pioneering Clearer Images of the Human Body

Magnetic resonance tomographs, which use a magnetic field of 7 tesla, have not yet been in operation in hospitals and clinics, but have solely served research….

Life & Chemistry

New Role for Growth Factor Receptor in Nerve Axon Guidance

Using the mouse visual system, a team of Salk Institute for Biological Studies investigators led by Dennis O’Leary, Ph.D., identified an unanticipated factor…

Physics & Astronomy

New Technique Makes Objects Invisible to the Naked Eye

Scientists of the UGR have managed, by means of a numerical technique known as Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) Modelling method, to hide an object or make it…

Life & Chemistry

Biodiversity Study: Impact Over Identity in Ecosystems

That’s the conclusion reached by Washington State University entomologists Deborah Finke and William Snyder, whose recent study of parasitic wasps and their…

Studies and Analyses

Curcumin: Turmeric’s Cancer Chemopreventive Potential Revealed

Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a crystalline compound, is the major active component of turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn), which has been traditionally used in…

Life & Chemistry

Tinnitus Research: New Insights from Computer Modeling

Tinnitus, i.e. the perception of phantom sounds in the absence of an acoustic stimulus, can be caused by hearing loss. Under which circumstances does this…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Genetic Mutation Linked to Mad Cow Disease in Cattle

“We now know it's also in the genes of cattle,” said Juergen A. Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology at Kansas State…

Information Technology

Understanding Visual Recognition: How Time Shapes Our Perception

It may sound strange, but human eyes never see the same image twice. An object such as a cat can produce innumerable impressions on the retina, depending on…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering Large Teeth of Extinct Species in Ancient Antarctica

When the world's land was congealed in one supercontinent 240 million years ago, Antarctica wasn't the forbiddingly icy place it is now. But paleontologists…

Studies and Analyses

Asian Consumers’ Attitudes Toward Promotion Preferences and Purchase Satisfaction

A study at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak looks into the relationship between various sales promotion techniques and customers purchase satisfaction to come up…

Event News

Sustainable Urban Practices Highlighted at SEA-UEMA Conference

The Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) Project at the Asian Institute of Technology, in cooperation with the Chiang Mai…

Technology Offerings

Targeted Retrieval of Recombinase Activity via Trans-Splicing

The Cre/lox system constitutes a method for the site-directed recombination of nucleic acids, in which the enzyme Cre-recombinase achieves recombination of DNA…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Phoenix Lander Sees, Feels Martian Whirlwinds in Action

These dust-lofting whirlwinds had been expected in the area, but none had been detected in earlier Phoenix images.The Surface Stereo Imager camera on Phoenix…

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