Archive: 10/03/2016
Education researcher explores how sexual and gender minority youth grow into resilience
As recently as a decade ago, research into resilience in sexual and gender minority youth tended to focus mainly on the adversity and trauma they endure. André P. Grace, professor in the University of Alberta's Department ...
Mar 10, 2016
Widely used kidney cancer drugs can't stop recurrence
Two widely used targeted therapy drugs approved by the FDA for the treatment of metastatic kidney cancer—sorafenib and sunitinib—are no more effective than a placebo in preventing return of the disease to increase life ...
Mar 10, 2016
Female gene changes post-sex may lead to mosquito controls
Genetic cues from male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes passed on during sex affect which genes are turned on or off in a females' reproductive tract post-mating, including genes related to blood feeding, egg development and immune ...
Mar 10, 2016
Hispanic women who identify as white are healthier than those who don't
Hispanic women who identify as Black or another race have worse functional health than their counterparts who identify as White, according to new research. Out today, this research is part of a new special issue of Research ...
Mar 10, 2016
Major differences between male and female breast cancers uncovered but male patients still disadvantaged
Male breast cancer (Male BC) has important biological differences that distinguish it from female breast cancer, but to date these have been little studied and Male BC patients have been excluded from many clinical trials ...
Mar 10, 2016
Novel drug repurposing method reveals two drugs effective for bacterial, fungal infections
A Purdue University researcher has developed a novel strategy on identifying antimicrobial drugs to better treat bacterial and fungal infections, which could produce significant impacts that leapfrog the drug development ...
Mar 10, 2016