Un meteorito encontrado en el desierto del Sahara en Túnez en 2010 por dos españoles, cuyo hallazgo se ha mantenido en secreto hasta hace pocas semanas, ha aportado nuevos datos relevantes sobre Marte, tras tres años de análisis de la piedra efectuados en la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña...

El conocimiento científico sobre la biología del desarrollo y la gestación no permite acercarse a un consenso sobre la reforma de la ley que regulará la interrupción del embarazo ||| Fuente : http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/materia/noticias/~3...

El rollo manuscrito de la Tora completa más antigua del mundo, el conjunto de textos sagrados para los judíos que se corresponden con el conocido Pentateuco de la Biblia, datado en el siglo XII, ha sido descubierto por Mauro Perani, profesor de hebreo de la Universidad de Bolonia. La entrada...

Un grupo de investigadores ha confirmado la presencia de mínimas cantidades de virus activos que continúan infectando nuevas células en pacientes seropositivos, aunque estén bajo tratamiento aparentemente eficaz. El estudio, publicado hoy en el Journal of AIDS, describe cómo optimizar el...

Doctors and nurses in the UK that are injured in the course of treating injured patients cannot currently test that patient for HIV without their consent. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/eso...

One of the most difficult moments faced by anaesthetists and other healthcare staff is when to carry on attempts to resuscitate a person, and when those efforts should reasonably stop. This dilemma is the subject of a session at Euroanaesthesia, the annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiology. Fuente :...

Research teams led by Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center investigators are publishing two important studies regarding use of the targeted cancer drug crizotinib for treatment of advanced lung cancer driven by specific genetic mutations. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/mgh...

Mount Sinai researchers will present several studies at the 2013 ASCO meeting May 31-June 4, 2013, in Chicago, including data on the likelihood of spousal human papillomavirus oral infection, new gene signatures in melanoma, and issues with high readmission rates after cancer surgery. Fuente :...

Non-small cell lung cancer patients whose tumor cells had an abnormal ALK gene fared better if treated with crizotinib, a targeted therapy, than with traditional chemotherapy. Median progression-free survival was 7.7 months in the crizotinib group and three months in the chemotherapy group. Patients treated with crizotinib also...

Many glioblastoma patients treated with bevacizumab (Avastin®) have significant deterioration in neurocognitive function, symptoms and quality of life. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uot...

The experimental drug selumetinib is the first targeted therapy to demonstrate significant clinical benefit for patients with metastatic uveal melanoma, according to new Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center research presented on Saturday, June 1, at the 49th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Fuente...

Spouses and long-term partners of patients with mouth and throat cancers related to infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV) appear to have no increased prevalence of oral HPV infections, according to results of a multicenter, pilot study led by Johns Hopkins investigators. The study's results suggest that long-term...

The American Thoracic Society has released new clinical practice guidelines on sleep apnea, sleepiness, and driving risk on non-commercial drivers. The new guidelines appear in June 1, 2013 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. "Up to 20 percent of crashes that occur on monotonous roads can be attributed...

Genetically engineered immune cells seem to promote healing in mice infected with a neurological disease similar to multiple sclerosis, cleaning up lesions and allowing the mice to regain use of their legs and tails. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uow...

Doctors and nurses in the UK that are injured in the course of treating injured patients cannot currently test that patient for HIV without their consent. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/eso...

One of the most difficult moments faced by anaesthetists and other healthcare staff is when to carry on attempts to resuscitate a person, and when those efforts should reasonably stop. This dilemma is the subject of a session at Euroanaesthesia, the annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiology. Fuente :...

Research teams led by Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center investigators are publishing two important studies regarding use of the targeted cancer drug crizotinib for treatment of advanced lung cancer driven by specific genetic mutations. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/mgh...

Mount Sinai researchers will present several studies at the 2013 ASCO meeting May 31-June 4, 2013, in Chicago, including data on the likelihood of spousal human papillomavirus oral infection, new gene signatures in melanoma, and issues with high readmission rates after cancer surgery. Fuente :...

Non-small cell lung cancer patients whose tumor cells had an abnormal ALK gene fared better if treated with crizotinib, a targeted therapy, than with traditional chemotherapy. Median progression-free survival was 7.7 months in the crizotinib group and three months in the chemotherapy group. Patients treated with crizotinib also...

Many glioblastoma patients treated with bevacizumab (Avastin®) have significant deterioration in neurocognitive function, symptoms and quality of life. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uot...

The experimental drug selumetinib is the first targeted therapy to demonstrate significant clinical benefit for patients with metastatic uveal melanoma, according to new Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center research presented on Saturday, June 1, at the 49th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Fuente...

Spouses and long-term partners of patients with mouth and throat cancers related to infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV) appear to have no increased prevalence of oral HPV infections, according to results of a multicenter, pilot study led by Johns Hopkins investigators. The study's results suggest that long-term...

The American Thoracic Society has released new clinical practice guidelines on sleep apnea, sleepiness, and driving risk on non-commercial drivers. The new guidelines appear in June 1, 2013 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. "Up to 20 percent of crashes that occur on monotonous roads can be attributed...

Genetically engineered immune cells seem to promote healing in mice infected with a neurological disease similar to multiple sclerosis, cleaning up lesions and allowing the mice to regain use of their legs and tails. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uow...

La Fnac ha lanzado dos nuevas tabletas electrónicas dentro de su apuesta por la tecnología, y ha mejorado las funcionalidades de las cuatro que ya tenía, con novedades como GPS, brújula y giroscopio, con optimizaciones además en las cámaras según el dispositivo y nuevas versiones con chasis de...

Researchers have found that a low grade in a pre-requisite biology class predicts future student performance. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/T...

Circadian rhythms can boost the body's ability to fight intestinal bacterial infections, researchers have found. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/I...

Un grupo de científicos argentinos y cubanos ha desarrollado la primera vacuna terapéutica contra el cáncer de pulmón, resultado de 18 años de trabajo y de la colaboración de un consorcio público-privado de investigación. La entrada Argentinos y cubanos crean una vacuna terapéutica contra cáncer de...

Los Premios Nacionales de Innovación y Diseño han recaído este año en las empresas Royo Group y Lékué y en Joaquín Moya-Angeler y Nacho Lavernia, ha informado la secretaria de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación.La entrada El diseñador valenciano Nacho Lavernia y la empresa Lékué, entre los premios de Innovación y...