Archive: 08/02/2018

Lab-grown eggs could pave way towards new fertility treatments

Human eggs have been fully grown in a laboratory, in a move that could lead to improved fertility treatments.

Feb 8, 2018

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Vape shops could be 'valuable allies' to NHS

The NHS should consider working with reputable vape shops to help smokers quit - according to new research from the University of East Anglia, funded by Cancer Research UK.

Feb 8, 2018

Blood sodium levels may affect cognition in older adults

A new study has found that lower level of sodium in the blood—known as hyponatremia—is linked with declines in cognitive function with advancing age. The results, which are described in an upcoming issue of the Clinical ...

Feb 8, 2018

Stem cell research provides hope for tasmanian devils with a deadly, transmissible cancer

Morris Animal Foundation-funded researcher Dr. Deanne Whitworth, and her colleagues at the University of Queensland, have taken the first step toward developing an effective treatment for devil facial tumor disease (DFTD), ...

Feb 8, 2018

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Undergraduate student uncovers genes associated with aggressive form of brain cancer

When Leland Dunwoodie, an undergraduate researcher in biochemistry, approached his PI about wanting to start research on "some human stuff" in the spring of 2016, he didn't imagine it would lead to the discovery of 22 genes ...

Feb 8, 2018

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Apalutamide delays progression of nonmetastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer

Treatment with an investigational androgen receptor inhibitor significantly delayed the development of metastasis in patients with prostate cancer that had become resistant to standard androgen-deprivation therapy. The results ...

Feb 8, 2018