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Medical Xpress / DNA blood test improves patient selection for radiopharmaceutical therapy in prostate cancer
A noninvasive DNA blood test can identify patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who are most likely to benefit from 223Ra radiopharmaceutical therapy and monitor their progress throughout treatment, ...
Phys.org / Weather and human activity impact lake extremophiles
The Great Salt Lake is separated by a 20-mile (32-kilometer) causeway into a super-salty north arm and a less-salty south arm, with each hosting distinct communities of extremophiles. These organisms mingle at a gap in the ...
Phys.org / Researchers identify class of 'oddball' meteorite that killed the dinosaurs
A rare CO chondrite meteorite was the probable impacter that struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out 75% of Earth's species, including nonavian dinosaurs. These findings are published in Science Advances. Researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: Psychedelics, cannabis, GLP-1s and drug policy changes
From headlines and social media, psychedelic therapies, cannabis use and GLP-1 medications have seemingly become commonplace overnight, but the science underlying these treatments and the pathway to drug approval are often ...
Tech Xplore / New spinning drone hides in plain sight: 'Phantom Twist' harnesses motion blur to nearly vanish in flight
By exploiting the quirks of human vision, Northwestern University engineers have designed a drone that nearly disappears before the eyes. For years, researchers have tried to design invisible drones and robots using camouflage, ...
Phys.org / How to keep the air inside your home clean during wildfires
The eerie glow of an orange sun through thick wildfire smoke might be unnerving, but the biggest risk from the haze is something much harder to see.
Medical Xpress / Children's cereals promise breakfast fun and nutrition, but are still high in sugar
Many of us have grown up hearing the mantra that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet children's cereals fall short of that standard. That is the takeaway of new research analyzing child-targeted cereals in ...
Medical Xpress / 'Leaky' muscle fibers drive immune response in muscular dystrophy
A Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered how chronic defects in muscle membrane repair can fuel harmful inflammation. The findings offer new details on an essential biological process and may be useful in understanding ...
Phys.org / Fourth-year vet students reveal clues to horse MEED and dog bone cancer
Texas Tech University's School of Veterinary Medicine fourth-year students Kayden Tanner and Marshall Mays have both been published in international journals after putting hundreds of hours into their research papers.
Medical Xpress / First-of-its-kind classification system looks to identify youth suicide risk earlier
A CU Anschutz study exploring more than 10,000 youth suicides suggests gaps in the system are costing kids' lives, pointing to a critical need for new approaches in responding to the national crisis.
Medical Xpress / More Aussie men choosing vasectomies as cost-of-living pressures rise
Australian men are choosing vasectomies in record numbers, with new Adelaide University research revealing a sustained national increase alongside rising cost-of-living pressures and declining birth rates. In the first-of-its-kind ...
Phys.org / Exploring the use of accounts to manage reluctant participation in microteaching sessions
Classrooms often fall silent when the teacher poses a question. The pause is not always due to a lack of knowledge. Students may be hesitant, unsure, shy or simply unwilling to participate, and these feelings are often shown ...
