WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a potential target for treating diabetes and obesity, according to a study published online on Thursday in the journal Cell Metab...
Alzheimer's Researchers Switch Focus to Prevention Methods As people live longer, there is growing pressure to develop a drug or vaccine that stops dementia. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says setting priorities and coordinati...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Six Researchers Who Gave All to Their Work SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And I'm Christopher Cruise. Today, we tell the stories of some medical h...
Researcher Blueprints Ovarian Cancer Tumors研究人员提出防治卵巢囊肿 Ovarian cancer is called a silent killer because by the time symptoms appear and diagnosis is made, it is generally too late for a cure. Last year, 22,000 women were diag...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- A team of researchers has discovered a planet that orbits around a pair of stars, the U.S. space agency NASA announced Thursday. This is the first instance of astronomers finding direct evidence of a so-called circumb...
Researchers Identify New Target in Cancer Fight Scientists have identified a new way of fighting cancer that limits the growth and spread of a variety of tumors in laboratory animals. When you get a cut, the area quickly becomes inflamed - swollen, r...
Six Researchers Who Gave All to Their Work BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. This week, the stories of some medical heroes. (MUSIC) BOB DOUGHTY: At the start of the...
BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists have discovered a Jupiter-sized exoplanet that is completely unbound from a host star, according the scientific journal Nature published Thursday. The research was conducted by astrophysicists from Osaka Univ...
By David McAlary Researchers have shown that it may be possible to prevent sexual transmission of the AIDS virus HIV with a compound now in the experimental stage. Female monkeys who received it vagin...
Barry Newhouse Medical researchers say a new study shows women who regularly take aspirin may lower their risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer. Cancer researchers say a study of ne...
