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Diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) early can allow patients to receive the medicine they need and also help prevent the disease from ...

As ‘flesh-eating’ Leishmania come closer, a vaccine against them does, too

Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / press and educational handout Parasites that ulcerate the skin, can disfigure the ...

Systems analysis points to links between Toxoplasma infection and common brain diseases

More than 2 billion people - nearly one out of every three humans on earth, including about 60 million people ...

A hair-trigger for cells fighting infection

Credit: Dr Manuel Díaz-Muñoz To fight infections cells in the immune system play a dangerous game with their own genes. ...

New research on probiotics in the prevention and treatment of colon cancer

Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, September 13, 2017 - In an innovative approach to colorectal cancer (CRC) ...

Teens’ ability to consider the intentions of others linked to structural changes in the brain

Credit: Video created by Sunhae Sul. When it comes to the concept of fairness, teenagers' ability to consider the intentions ...

Maine Technology Institute funds MDI Biological Laboratory scientist

Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has awarded a $25,000 seed grant to ...

Inhibitors support immune therapy for leukemia

New immune therapies are considered a promising lead for treating recurring acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Antibodies are able to eliminate ...

Researchers identify possible new target in fight against lung cancer

(BOSTON)--Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a molecule called miR-124 in non-small cell lung cancer cells ...

Menopausal hormone therapy not associated with mortality or deaths from CVD

Boston, MA-- The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) hormone therapy trials tested the most common formulations of hormone therapy - estrogen ...

Clinical trials, radiation oncology research to be featured at ASTRO’s Annual Meeting

ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 12, 2017 - The press program for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation ...

LSUHealthNO Research discovers potential new Rx target for colon cancer

New Orleans, LA - Genetic research conducted at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine and Stanley S. Scott Cancer ...

Cancer patients receive less support to quit smoking than patients with heart disease

Cancer Patients Receive Less Support to Quit Smoking Than Patients With Heart Disease Although a cancer diagnosis can motivate people ...

Do cancer and its treatment affect later pregnancy outcomes?

An International Journal of Cancer study found that female survivors of certain types of cancer have higher risks of poor ...

Storming the cellular barricades to fight fungi

Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Yale scientists have developed a new class of small molecules that attack fungal ...

Doctors can now predict the severity of your disease by measuring molecules

Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System. An international team of researchers has found a way to diagnose disease and ...

New data on PM1183 sees a response rate of 36 percent as single agent in patients with SCLC

Madrid, September 12th, 2017.- PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has presented today during the European Society for Medical Oncology congress (ESMO), held in ...

Best poster at ESMO 2017 shows positive trials twice as likely to be reported in lay press

LUGANO-MADRID, 12 September, 2017 - Randomised controlled trials with positive results are twice as likely to be reported by the ...

Best of ESMO 2017 Congress

LUGANO-MADRID, 12 September, 2017 - ESMO 2017 was a truly global event with nearly 24,000 participants from 131 countries. The ...

Cancer drug stimulates tripolar mode of mitosis