Highlight HEALTH will be hosting the next edition of the Cancer Research Blog Carnival, edition 13, on Friday, September 5th. As host, I invite you to send your submissions.
What is the Cancer Research Blog Carnival?
The Cancer Research Blog Carnival is a monthly blog carnival of what’s new in [...]
A number of recent advances in stem cell biology are poised to transform therapeutic approaches to a variety of cardiovascular diseases. In the July issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, researchers report one such advance, demonstrating that they can direct mouse embryonic stem cells to develop into [...]
Cancer Research Blog Carnival, 12th Edition | nosugrefneb
Did you catch the latest edition of the Cancer Research Blog Carnival? Hosted by Ben Ferguson, it’s by far the best edition yet.
Dial ‘C’ for Cancer | Bayblab
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The first high-resolution structural connection map of the human cerebral cortex was published earlier this month in the journal PLoS Biology. The study reveals regions that are highly connected and central, forming a structural core network [1]. Intriguingly, this core network consists of many area [...]
Randy Pausch lost his battle with pancreatic cancer today. In September 2007, the Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Professor was asked to give a Journeys Lecture, in which faculty speak to their students as if it were their last lecture. In Pausch’s case, it was indeed. He had been diagnosed w [...]
Here’s another reason to enjoy your coffee. A recent study in the July edition of the Journal Hepatology found a significant inverse association (meaning opposingly related; an increase in one variable results in a decrease in another) between coffee drinking and the risk of primary liver canc [...]
Answering seems simple enough. For many people however, the need to avoid criticism and seek praise causes them to respond in a manner consistent with expected norms. Self-reports of dietary intake can be biased by these tendencies, tainting consumption data collected by the health community. Everyo [...]