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New paper describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems

A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body's Circadian system and may also

Adding tools against breast tumors

At the end of a 10-year, coast-to-coast study of women with an unusual form of breast cancer, Richard J.

Trojan horse for ovarian cancer -- nanoparticles turn immune system soldiers against tumor cells

HANOVER, N.H. (July 15, 2009) -- In a feat of trickery, Dartmouth Medical School immunologists have devised a Trojan horse to help overcome ovarian cancer, unleashing a surprise killer in the surroundings of a hard-to-treat tumor.

Both good/bad movie characters who smoke influence teens to do the same

HANOVER, NH -- Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking. The study, published in the July 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics, is titled "Adolescent Smoking: Who Matters More, Good Guys or Bad Guys?"



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