Archive: 05/02/2015
Study suggests 33% of high school seniors support legalized marijuana
New research from Journal of Psychoactive Drugs has found that 33 percent of High School Seniors support legalized marijuana and 25.6 percent believe marijuana should be considered a crime. As debate has swept the country—with ...
Feb 5, 2015
Researchers find new way to use electric fields to deliver cancer treatment
A team of researchers has devised a new way to target tumors with cancer-fighting drugs, a discovery that may lead to clinical treatments for cancer patients.
Feb 5, 2015
New method to produce bone replacement implants for severely damaged skulls
A biomedical engineering team based at the University of Sydney has developed a new low cost method for producing bone replacement implants for severely damaged skulls.
Feb 5, 2015
Study identifies genetic variation in cellular stress
A new Cornell study examines how genetic differences among individuals impact cellular stress, a first step in understanding how this stress response relates to human diseases, such as diabetes.
Feb 5, 2015
Poor vision more common in China's well-off kids: study
A study involving 20,000 children in China said Thursday that poor kids are far less likely to be nearsighted than their wealthier peers.
Feb 5, 2015
'Encouraging' Ebola drug results in Guinea: researchers
For the first time since the west African Ebola outbreak began over a year ago, a clinical trial with a candidate treatment has yielded "encouraging" results, researchers announced Thursday.
Feb 5, 2015