New insight could improve maternal vaccines that also protect newborns
Understanding how a mother's antibodies are passed to the fetus is key to vaccine design DURHAM, N.C. - A team...
Research shows temperature, glyphosate increase probability for dicamba volatility
Both factors found to be contributors in dicamba movementCredit: Ginger Rowsey KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Higher temperatures and mixing glyphosate with...
Polycomb protein EED plays a starring role in hippocampal development
Credit: Liu Changmei The dentate gyrus (DG) is the input region of the hippocampus and plays an important role in...
Carboplatin & paclitaxel chemotherapy alone should remain standard treatment for endometrial cancer
NRG oncology trial reaffirms carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy alone should remain standard treatment for endometrial cancer The New England Journal...
Lowering cholesterol is not enough to reduce hyperactivity of the immune system
Hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Statins are the most widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs. However, despite treatment...
Antibody treatment allows transplant of mismatched stem cells, tissues in mice
A combination of six antibodies can successfully prepare mice to accept blood and immune stem cells from an immunologically mismatched...
Rheumatoid arthritic pain could be caused by antibodies
Antibodies that exist in the joints before the onset of rheumatoid arthritis can cause pain even in the absence of...
Special fibroblasts help pancreatic cancer cells evade immune detection
Credit: Tuveson lab/CSHL 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related...
Cardiac toxicity risk factors identified with relapsed multiple myeloma therapy
More than half of patients with relapsed multiple myeloma treated with carfilzomib experienced cardiac issues during treatment, according to a...
Common conditions keep many patients out of knee cartilage research studies
Some of the most common traits among patients with cartilage issues in the knee are excluding them from participating in...
Making it personal: How genetic technologies are changing the face of medicine
For the future of medicine, clinicians and scientists at Children's Hospital Los Angeles look to our genes The age of...
Handgun licensing more effective at reducing gun deaths than background checks alone
New Johns Hopkins white paper and infographic explain that how the background check is carried out is key to reducing...
The use of mobile phone and the development of new pathologies
Professor Raquel Cantero of the University of Malaga is researching into its repercussion on the evolution of the handCredit: Universtity...
Concert of magnetic moments
Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Jan-Philipp Hanke An international collaboration between researchers from Germany, the Netherlands, and South Korea has uncovered...
PCSK9 inhibitors: Specific studies are mandatory to prove efficacy and safety in CKD
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a substantially increased risk for the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). Accordingly,...
Earth’s heavy metals result of supernova explosion, University of Guelph Research Reveals
That gold on your ring finger is stellar - and not just in a complimentary way. In a finding that...
Clinical trials and research priorities in dialysis patients: Time for a new approach?
Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) experience extremely high morbidity and mortality, and there are virtually no therapeutic interventions besides...
Still an unmet need: New therapeutic targets in Alport syndrome
Alport syndrome (AS) is a hereditary type IV collagen disease that leads to progressive proteinuria, renal fibrosis, and kidney failure....
Researcher identifies adjuvant that prevents vaccine-enhanced respiratory disease in RSV
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A unique adjuvant, a substance that enhances the body's immune response to toxins and foreign matter,...
What is the chemistry behind ringworm? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 13, 2019 -- Did you know that ringworm is not actually a worm?...
