Month: August 2016

WASHINGTON — Today, patients with cataracts can choose from several types of artificial lenses, which are surgically implanted in the ...

Moffitt study highlights importance of regular lung cancer screenings for those at high risk

TAMPA, Fla. (Aug. 18, 2016) – Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for men and women. It ...

Rates of early prostate cancer continue decline after USPSTF recommendation

Ahmedin Jemal, D.V.M., Ph.D., is a strategic director for cancer occurrence at the American Cancer Society.Incidence rates of early prostate ...

Cell therapy promotes axon remyelination in a mouse model

Demyelinating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and leukodystrophy, are characterized by damage to the protective myelin sheath that surrounds the ...

Natural scale caterpillar soft robot is powered and controlled with light

Credit: Source: FUW Researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, using the liquid crystal elastomer technology, ...

Polyunsaturated fat in adipose tissue linked to lower mortality

In a study from Uppsala University, published in the American journal JAMA Cardiology, the fatty acid linoleic acid (Omega 6) ...

Not all tumor cells are equal

A new study led by Dr. Manel Esteller, Director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program (PEBC) of Bellvitge Biomedical ...

Yale study identifies how Zika virus infects the placenta

Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Zika virus. Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNew Haven, Conn.– In a new ...

Study links two genes to breast cancer survival

Dr Paul Huang leads the Protein Networks team in the Cancer Biology division at the ICRTesting for the activity of ...

Regenerative bandage heals diabetic wounds faster

An immunofluorescence image shows regenerated dermal tissue (in pink) in wounds treated with Ameer’s bandage.At some point in their lives, ...

What are the health risks of having a different ‘Facebook self’?

New Rochelle, NY, August 17, 2016–People may express their true self more easily on Facebook than in person, and the ...

Digital calculator provides the estimated risk for GIST recurrence

GIST (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor) is an uncommon type of sarcoma found in the tissues supporting the digestive system (stomach and ...

Tulane professor receives grant to improve stem cell survival

Credit: TulaneKim O’Connor, a professor in Tulane University’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received a three-year $599,638 grant from ...

Roadblocks to research: UNC bioethicist addresses lack of HIV studies in pregnant women

CHAPEL HILL, NC -UNC School of Medicine’s Anne Lyerly is addressing the urgent need for effective HIV prevention and treatment ...

New retrospective study to find mutations to better diagnose breast cancer in the future

Toronto (August 17, 2016) – Mr. Peter Goodhand, President of The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), today announced a ...

Babies’ spatial reasoning predicts later math skills

Babies’ spatial reasoning predicts later math skills Credit: Photo by Emory UniversitySpatial reasoning measured in infancy predicts how children do ...

TERRA, the RNAs that protect telomeres

In murine cells TERRA is transcribed mainly from chromosome 18 and in a less way from chromosome 9, in a ...

New findings detail how beneficial bacteria in the nose suppress pathogenic bacteria

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., August 17, 2016 –Staphylococcus aureus is a common colonizer of the human body. Although, one quarter of the ...

Down to the wire: ONR researchers and new bacteria

August 16, 2016

ARLINGTON, Va.–Scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have genetically modified a common soil bacteria to create electrical ...

Cellular snowplow keeps genes open