Month: July 2018

A new study reveals that individuals younger than 50 years of age who are diagnosed with rectal cancer do not ...

Physician burnout in small practices is dramatically lower than national average

Credit: Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health Physicians who work in small, independent primary care practices--also known as SIPs--report ...

Parents who had severe trauma, stresses in childhood more likely to have kids with behavioral health problems

A new study finds that severe childhood trauma and stresses early in parents' lives are linked to higher rates of ...

Simple test to predict rare cancers’ likely spread

Credit: Credit: QUT, Arutha Kulasinghe New QUT research has shed fresh light on how head and neck cancer spreads to ...

Preventative HIV vaccine candidate triggers desired immune responses in humans and monkeys, and protects monkeys from infection

July 7, 2018

BOSTON - More than three decades after the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), scientists are still working to ...

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards over $3.6 million to nine top clinical investigators

New York, NY (July 6, 2018) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named six new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators ...

Scientists identify a protein complex that shapes the destiny of T cells

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Like a mentor helping medical students choose between specialties, a protein complex helps shape ...

Savory foods may promote healthy eating through effects on the brain

Researchers have found that consuming a broth rich in umami--or savory taste--can cause subtle changes in the brain that promote ...

Melting bacteria to decipher antibiotic resistance

Credit: Aleksandra Krolik / EMBL With antibiotic resistance spreading worldwide, there is a strong need for new technologies to study ...

New model for predicting neuroblastoma outcomes incorporates early developmental signals

Credit: Kulesa Lab KANSAS CITY, MO - Neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system, is particularly deadly ...

Ancient DNA testing solves 100-year-old controversy in Southeast Asian prehistory

(University of Cambridge) Two competing theories about the human occupation of Southeast Asia have been debunked by groundbreaking analysis of ...

Listeria monocytogenes multi-country outbreak: 47 cases including 9 deaths

Frozen corn and possibly other frozen vegetables produced in a company in Hungary are the likely source of an outbreak ...

UVA develops way to create medicines without side effects

Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A new technique for precisely targeting molecules within cells is paving the ...

Breast cancer growth signals are enhanced by a protein outside cells

Credit: Sampayo et al., 2018 New research uncovers how a sticky protein called fibronectin promotes the activity of estrogen in ...

WSU researchers map DNA damage links to onset of skin cancer, melanoma

PULLMAN, Wash. A critical link in mapping recurrent mutations of melanoma -- the most serious form of skin cancer in ...

Photonic capsules for injectable laser resonators

Credit: KAIST A KAIST research group presented photonic capsules for injectable laser resonators using microfluidic technology. The capsule's diameter is ...

Smart bandages designed to monitor and tailor treatment for chronic wounds

Credit: Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (July 6, 2018)--A team of engineers led by Tufts University has developed a prototype bandage ...

Stripes may be cool — but they don’t cool zebras down

Susanne Åkesson, a biologist at Lund University in Sweden, refutes the theory that zebras have striped fur to stay cool ...

Nature’s antifreeze inspires revolutionary bacteria cryopreservation technique

Credit: University of Warwick Synthetic reproductions of antifreeze proteins found in polar fish can be used to cryopreserve - or ...

LandKlif: Changing ecosystems in Bavaria