Quick MRI scans could pick up twice as many serious prostate cancer cases as existing tests, research finds Simple ten-minute scan produces far better results in identifying cases Each year, 52,000 men in the UK are diagnosed with prostate cancer READ MORE: The warning sign that could indicate you have prostate cancer A simple ten-minute scan picks up twice as […]
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It costs nothing, has no side-effects and a new study suggests even a low ‘dose’ cuts the risk of early death: Our expert weighs up the evidence for the wonder drug EVERY GP should be prescribing Billions upon billions have been spent trying to find that dream drug; one that cuts the risk of heart disease, helps prevent cancer, treats […]
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Amid record-high temperatures globally, a study Monday reveals that a few days of searing heat can be enough to prevent billions of people already living hand-to-mouth on daily wages from putting food on the table. A week of extreme temperatures in India, for example, means an additional eight million people will likely experience serious food insecurity, according to findings published […]
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We’ve always known it’s Kaavia James’ world, but the 4-year-old’s latest photos are next-level. Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s daughter is an unbothered queen on vacation with the ‘rents, and we wish we could bottle that brand of cool and take it with us everywhere. Related story Fans Are Saying Chrissy Teigen Is Out Here 'Collecting John Legends’ After Her […]
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In a new study published in Nature Cell Biology, researchers used CRISPR/Cas9 in vivo somatic engineering to make mouse models of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) that either expressed KDM6A (KDM6A-WT) or were inactivated for KDM6A (KDM6A-Mutant). KDM6A is an epigenetic modifier that is mutated in human SCLC. Researchers discovered a link between mutations in the KDM6A gene and the […]
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Research conducted by Revolution Medicines, California, internal medicine practice and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer, New York, has developed a method to bypass the undruggable nature of a common oncogene mutation that drives cancer development and resistance to existing therapies. In a paper, “Chemical remodeling of a cellular chaperone to target the active state of mutant KRAS,” published in Science, the […]
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More than four in five teachers (83%) believe they need to receive more training on how to educate their students – about periods and puberty, research has found. Over half of educators (54%) feel the current curriculum is insufficient when it comes to teaching youngsters about changes during puberty – with a quarter admitting they feel ill-equipped to so. And […]
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