A cascade of immune processes offers insights to triple-negative breast cancer
Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Cancer is crafty. To survive and thrive, tumors find a way of ...
Month: May 2018
Is lower-fat diet associated with breast cancer overall survival?
Bottom Line: Women diagnosed with breast cancer during the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification trial who were following a lower-fat ...
Tumor cells evade death through in extremis DNA repair
Credit: Author: Begoña Cánovas, IRB Barcelona Greater knowledge of the mechanisms that contribute to the survival of tumour cells is ...
Giant clams tell the story of past typhoons
Credit: Komagoe T. et al., Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, April 19, 2018 A highly precise method to determine past ...
Cell damage caused by the pesticide DDT is palliated
Since it was first synthesized almost 150 years ago, the pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT, has been widely used ...
3D printed sugar offers sweet solution for tissue engineering, device manufacturing
Credit: Video courtesy of Matthew Gelber CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois engineers built a 3-D printer that offers a ...
Montana State professor wins Fulbright, $3.12 million for work with indigenous communities
Credit: Montana State University photo by Kelly Gorham BOZEMAN -- A Montana State University professor who conducts research with indigenous ...
Study suggests obese children who meet milk guidelines have less risk of metabolic syndrome
Credit: UTHealth Obese children who consume at least two servings of any type of cow's milk daily are more likely ...
People with dementia more likely to go missing
Credit: QUT The tendency of people with dementia to wander and become lost has led QUT researchers to recommend a ...
UMass Amherst chemists, team develop new blood test to quickly detect liver damage
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Chemist Vincent Rotello at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with colleagues at University College ...
African-Americans and Latinos are more likely to be at risk for depression than whites
A new study published in the May 2018 issue of Preventive Medicine shows that African Americans and Latinos are significantly ...
Loyola Medicine survey finds 16 percent of burn patients test positive for PTSD
MAYWOOD, IL - A Loyola Medicine survey has found that 15.8 percent of adult burn patients screened positive for post-traumatic ...
Pediatric and law experts define abusive head trauma
WILMINGTON, DE (May 24, 2018) - Abusive head trauma (AHT), a medical diagnosis of infants and young children who suffer ...
BMC to test childhood anxiety therapy treatment with $13.5 million funding
Boston Medical Center has been approved for a $13.5 million award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to test ...
UTA researchers shed light on immune response in diseased corals
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have found a correlation between a strong immune response in ...
Telemedicine helps improve participation in clinical trials
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (May 24, 2018) - Videos and creative uses of other visuals provide a novel way to obtain informed ...
Portland State study measures free-base form of nicotine in electronic cigarettes
Researchers at Portland State University have developed methods for measuring levels of free-base nicotine in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) liquids and ...
Tiny particles could help fight brain cancer
Glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain tumor, is one of the most difficult-to-treat cancers. Only a handful of drugs are ...
African Americans and Latinos are more likely to be at risk for depression than whites
A new study published in the May 2018 issue of Preventive Medicine shows that African Americans and Latinos are significantly ...
SLU scientist aims to turn on hypoglycemia’s missed signal
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti ST. LOUIS -- A $150,000 grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. ...
