UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Offers New Hope for Deadly Brain Tumor

University Park, Pa. - The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.

Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a cell-permeable peptide that inhibits a hepatitis C virus protein and blocks the viral replication that can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis.

Around the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Using a liquid laser, University of Michigan researchers have developed a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might predispose a person to a particular type of cancer or other diseases.

Diabetes risk is increased in men and women who eat a diet that is high in processed meats, according to a study published online this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition .

For decades, researchers have debated whether Alzheimer's disease starts independently in vulnerable brain regions at different times, or if it begins in one region and then spreads to neuroanatomically connected areas.

By creating liver-like cells, scientists can study why people respond differently to the disease.

Researchers at Yale University have developed a new way of exposing the atomic attachments that keep complex molecules in precise alignment.