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Studies and Analyses

Patients Overestimate Cancer Screening History, Study Reveals

Researchers from the Society’s Behavioral Research Center, led by Barbara D. Powe, PhD, RN, interviewed 116 African American female patients at a federally…

Health & Medicine

Mammograms for Women Up to 75: Best Screening Every Three Years

In another study of nearly 100,000 women aged 50-62, also presented at EBCC-6 today, researchers found that the best interval for screening was every three…

Life & Chemistry

Penn researchers find potential in yeast for selecting Lou Gehrig's disease drugs

“We've created a yeast model, the same cells that bakers and brewers use to make bread and beer, to express TDP-43,” explains lead author Aaron D. Gitler, PhD,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Insights on Nanocluster Contaminants and Plutonium Risk

It was known nanometer sized clusters of plutonium oxide were the culprit, but no one had been able to study its structure or find a way to separate it from…

Studies and Analyses

Inherited Cancer Mutation: A Common Cause in America

The findings provide a better understanding of the spread and prevalence of the American Founder Mutation, a common cause in North America of Lynch syndrome, a…

Health & Medicine

Prostate Cancer Screening Cuts Death Rates Significantly

Nearly 87 per cent of eligible men have been tested at least once since the programme was introduced in 1988. By 2005 cancer deaths had fallen by 54 per cent,…

Health & Medicine

Study Questions Existence of Stem Cell Critical for Cancer Growth

The recent study from researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Stanford University, US, now suggests that a stem cell type supposed to be…

Awards Funding

Best cancer reporter award 2008 – Last chance to nominate yourself or someone else

There will be a top prize of €10,000 and two runners up prizes of €5,000. All winning articles will be published in ESO's Cancer World magazine.Do you think…

Physics & Astronomy

Gyrokinetic Simulations Enhance Magnetic Fusion Device Efficiency

Magnetic confinement fusion has the potential to provide a substantial proportion of the world’s energy needs in the 21st century in a safe and environmentally…

Studies and Analyses

Greater Family Support: Key to Reducing Teenage Suicides

With the recent teenage suicides in Bridgend, South Wales, there have been demands for improved suicide prevention strategies. However little attention is paid…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Renesas Partners with IMEC on Reconfigurable RF Solutions

To this end, Renesas has joined IMEC’s software-defined radio (SDR) front-end program. This research program includes reconfigurable RF solutions,…

Health & Medicine

Join Thousands in Advancing Cancer Cure Research Today

The University of Nottingham spin-out company Oncimmune pioneers anti-cancer technology, and has reached the final stages of its research which could identify…

Transportation and Logistics

Relaunch of Transport Research Knowledge Centre Web Portal

The Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC) has relaunched its web portal www.transport-research.info – with a dynamic new look, improved navigation and…

Health & Medicine

The Effect of Diet on the Mental Performance of Children – the Nutrimenthe FP7 Project investigates

20 Multidisciplinary Research Centres (paediatricians, neurophysiologists, psychiatrists, nutritionists) from eight European countries and the USA collaborate…

Health & Medicine

Chemotherapy’s Impact: Delayed Neural Damage from 5-FU

Now, research published in the open access Journal of Biology demonstrates that treatment with a single chemotherapeutic agent, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), by…

Studies and Analyses

Japan’s First Complete Household Panel Survey Data Released

Keio University concludes partnership with the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Keio University Household Panel Survey (KHPS), Japans first complete panel data…

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