Dublin to host major international cancer forum this week
Inaugural Euro-American Forum on Cancer to take place in Farmleigh House
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Inaugural Euro-American Forum on Cancer to take place in Farmleigh House
Radiation exposure remains a devastating hazard to human health, and a poignant reminder that nuclear disasters have lasting consequences.
A study of mice might explain why.
Science's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation For people not yet vaccinated against COVID-19 or still nervous about venturing into crowds, the sales pitch may be alluring: Drool into a tube to provide your DNA and mail it off to see how likely you are to be among the 10% to 15% of people who will end up in the hospital or die from a SARS-CoV-2 infection. That's the promise of a $175 test an Australian company launched last week in the United States. It combines genetic data with someone's age, sex, and preexisting medical conditions to predict their risk of becomi...
In two landmark studies, researchers have used cutting-edge genomic tools to investigate the potential health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation, a known carcinogen, from the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine.