(American Society for Radiation Oncology) Proton therapy, a type of external beam radiation therapy, is a safe and effective treatment for prostate cancer, according to two new studies published in the January issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics, the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s official scientific journal.

(University of California – San Francisco) A tiny, freshwater flatworm found in ponds and rivers around the world that has long intrigued scientists for its remarkable ability to regenerate has now added a new wrinkle to biology.

(University of California – San Francisco) A tiny, freshwater flatworm found in ponds and rivers around the world that has long intrigued scientists for its remarkable ability to regenerate has now added a new wrinkle to biology.

(American Society for Radiation Oncology) Proton therapy, a type of external beam radiation therapy, is a safe and effective treatment for prostate cancer, according to two new studies published in the January issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology•Biology•Physics, the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s official scientific journal.

(University of California – San Francisco) A tiny, freshwater flatworm found in ponds and rivers around the world that has long intrigued scientists for its remarkable ability to regenerate has now added a new wrinkle to biology.

(University of California – San Francisco) A tiny, freshwater flatworm found in ponds and rivers around the world that has long intrigued scientists for its remarkable ability to regenerate has now added a new wrinkle to biology.

(Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) University of Illinois professor Bruce Schatz, a faculty member at the Institute for Genomic Biology, has co-authored a groundbreaking book on Health Informatics, based on his popular computer science course. The text is the first book combining the solutions of modern computer science with the problems of modern medical science.

(University of Western Ontario) The University of Western Ontario is pleased to announce this year’s recipient of the J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine is Dr. Rudolf Jaenisch, a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Robarts Research Institute at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, has been awarding this prestigious international prize to leading scientists since 1985.

(University of Chicago Press Journals) Most of us never considered eating the mud pies we made as kids, but for many people all over the world, dining on dirt is nothing out of the ordinary. Now an extensive meta-analysis forthcoming in the June issue of the Quarterly Review of Biology helps explain why.

(University of Chicago Press Journals) Most of us never considered eating the mud pies we made as kids, but for many people all over the world, dining on dirt is nothing out of the ordinary. Now an extensive meta-analysis forthcoming in the June issue of the Quarterly Review of Biology helps explain why.