Yoga Can Lower Fatigue, Inflammation in Breast Cancer Survivors
Practicing yoga for as little as three months can reduce fatigue and lower inflammation in breast cancer survivors, according to…
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Would Sliding Back to pre-PSA Era Cancel Progress in Prostate Cancer?
Eliminating the PSA test to screen for prostate cancer would be taking a big step backwards and would likely…
Novel Analysis Method Organizes Genomic Cancer Data
The technology that allows scientists to profile the entire genome of individual tumors offers new hope for discovering ways…
The Key (Proteins) to Self-Renewing Skin
In the July 6 issue of Cell Stem Cell, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of…
Life’s molecules could lie within reach of Mars Curiosity rover
Stick a shovel in the ground and scoop. That's about how deep scientists need to go in order to…
Adoption of advanced techniques could propel crop improvement
Scientists could take greater strides toward crop improvement if there were wider adoption of advanced techniques used to understand…
Evidence of life on Mars could come from Martian moon
The image shows the orbits of the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos and the spread of potential particle…
Glucose deprivation activates feedback loop that kills cancer cells, UCLA study shows
Compared to normal cells, cancer cells have a prodigious appetite for glucose, the result of a shift in cell…
New compound holds promise for treating Duchenne MD, other inherited diseases
Scientists at UCLA have identified a new compound that could treat certain types of genetic disorders in muscles. It…