RMIT University researchers have brought ultra-fast, nano-scale data storage within striking reach, using technology that mimics the human brain. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

Científicos españoles han conseguido disminuir significativamente el desarrollo de tumores y la inflamación del colon en ratones. Para ello han tenido que identificar dos proteínas, posibles dianas terapéuticas en el tratamiento contra el cáncer de colon. Fuente :...

Desde su surgimiento, la UNLaM se ha convertido en un espacio de formación académica y de contención. El perfil inclusivo y la calidad de los egresados se convirtieron en rasgos distintivos del crecimiento de esta Universidad. Fuente : http://www.ctys.com.ar/index.php?idPage=20&idA...

The melting Arctic is not the source for less saline Nordic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream that has provided less salt. A new study documents that the source of fresher Nordic Seas since 1950 is rooted in the saline Atlantic as opposed to Arctic freshwater that is the common inference. Fuente :...

The melting Arctic is not the source for less saline Nordic Seas. It is the Gulf Stream that has provided less salt. A new study published Sunday in Nature Geoscience documents that the source of fresher Nordic Seas since 1950 is rooted in the saline Atlantic as opposed to Arctic freshwater that...

An evolutionary arms race between rival elements within the genomes of primates drove the evolution of complex regulatory networks that orchestrate the activity of genes in every cell of our bodies, researach shows. The arms race is between mobile DNA sequences known as 'retrotransposons' (a.k.a....

A sign of the early development of pancreatic cancer –- an upsurge in certain amino acids that occurs before the disease is diagnosed and symptoms appear -- has been identified by a team of researchers. Although the increase isn’t large enough to be the basis of a new test for early detection of...

Un equipo del Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) han descubierto una propiedad luminosa de las células madre tumorales que ayudará a rastrear el origen de la resistencia a la quimioterapia y a desarrollar tratamientos contra estas células. Según el estudio, publicado en la...

For patients with cervical cancer that has recurred after treatment or has spread elsewhere in the body, adding the experimental drug cediranib to standard chemotherapy improves tumor shrinkage and adds a modest improvement in progression-free survival, researchers report. Fuente :...

Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer that has spread to other parts of their body live around 16 months longer if treated with a combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab and chemotherapy compared to those treated with trastuzumab and chemotherapy alone, updated results from the CLEOPATRA study...

El diagnóstico tardío es uno de los problemas que enfrentan los especialistas porque la persona llega al consultorio y hospital con niveles muy altos de azúcar. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

El desarrollo de un centro Conacyt en Monterrey se basa en principios ópticos brinda precisión y posibilita ahorros en tiempo vitales para un enfermo. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

A sus 70 años, Mohamad Arif sigue ganándose la vida en las calles de Kabul. Redacta todo tipo de documentos para aquellos que no saben leer ni escribir, que son la gran mayoría en Afganistán.  “Fui coronel de la Fuerza Aérea afgana pero la pensión no me da para sobrevivir. No me queda más remedio […]Mohamad Arif, a la...

Se suele decir que las buenas noticias interesan menos al público que las malas, y que por ello en los medios de comunicación abundan informaciones sobre desgracias y catástrofes, humanas o naturales. Afortunadamente, hay excepciones: el informe lanzado el 16 de septiembre por la Organización de...

A growing number of oncologists in Greece are female, but women continue to be under-represented in leadership positions, according to a survey reported at the ESMO 2014 Congress. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

More than three quarters of oncology specialists in Europe, South America and Asia believe their patients are not always well enough informed about the treatment options available to them, survey results have revealed at the ESMO 2014 Congress in Madrid, Spain. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

For patients with cervical cancer that has recurred after treatment or has spread elsewhere in the body, adding the experimental drug cediranib to standard chemotherapy improves tumour shrinkage and adds a modest improvement in progression-free survival, researchers report at the ESMO 2014 Congress...

Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer that has spread to other parts of their body live around 16 months longer if treated with a combination of pertuzumab, trastuzumab and chemotherapy compared to those treated with trastuzumab and chemotherapy alone, updated results from the CLEOPATRA study...

Patients whose lung cancer has developed resistance to the drug gefitinib experience no statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival from continued treatment with the drug in addition to chemotherapy, a phase III trial presented at the ESMO 2014 Congress has shown. Fuente :...

A bright orange poison dart frog with a unique call has been discovered in Donoso, Panama. Because this new frog species appears to be found in only a very small area, habitat loss and collecting for the pet trade are major threats to its existence. The authors recommend the formulation of special...

Hunting from a distance of 27,000 light years, astronomers have discovered an unusual carbon-based molecule contained within a giant gas cloud in interstellar space. The discovery suggests that the complex molecules needed for life may have their origins in interstellar space. Fuente :...

The author of new research into organ trafficking has called for a concerted international effort to confront the problem. Although there is no internationally agreed definition, 'organ trafficking' is broadly defined as situations in which people are tricked into giving up organs, may sell them...

Cuando el presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, habló en la Asamblea General de la ONU, fue muy franco en sus críticas a Rusia por intimidar a Ucrania, a Siria por la brutalidad contra su propio pueblo, y a los terroristas de todos los colores políticos por la muerte y la destrucción que...

Policies put into place by major funding agencies like the National Institutes of Health, and to a lesser extent by scientific journals, appear to be meeting the goal of increasing the sharing of scientific resources among life science investigators, experts say. Fuente :...

Tree bumblebee populations could be spreading because the bees readily live alongside humans in towns and villages. This sets the species apart from other common British bumblebees -- which could explain how tree bumblebees have managed to colonize much of the UK while many other bumblebee species...

Lung cancer clinical trials exclude a substantial proportion of patients due to a history of prior cancer, research shows. "The resulting impact on study accrual is sobering," said one author who projected that the effects of these exclusions will only increase with time; there are currently more...

The effect of scarring in the educational career in the case of primary-grade retention has been explored in a new article. Research found that primary-grade retention has lasting effects on educational attainments well after a student is initially retained: Retaining a child in early primary...

La rápida expansión del virus del ébola en África occidental, que ya causó 3.000 muertes, supera los esfuerzos regionales e internacionales para frenar la epidemia, advierten expertos en salud y autoridades de todo el mundo.  “No nos movemos con la rapidez suficiente. No estamos haciendo lo...

La máquina de coser de Leonor Pedroso ha vestido en los últimos 30 años a niños y niñas del pueblo cubano de Florida. Pero solo hace unos meses esta costurera pudo formalizar su empleo por cuenta propia, que siempre combinó con el cuidado de su hogar y su familia. “Mi esposo, que es campesino, no...