First-in-class YEATS inhibitors that show promise for leukemia treatment
Credit: @The University of Hong Kong A research team led by Dr. Xiang David Li from the Department of Chemistry...
North receives £10 million government investment for AI and digital pathology
(University of Leeds) Leeds researchers have been awarded a £10.1 million investment from UK Research and Innovation to expand a...
Study shows potential to develop brain tumor liquid biopsies
Scientists are making strides in developing liquid biopsies for brain tumours by detecting tumour DNA in the fluid from around...
Penn and CHOP receive $1.84 million to study ways to curb cell phone use while driving
PHILADELPHIA -- According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 3,450 drivers are killed each year from distracted driving. M....
Impact of opioid epidemic on children varies by state
Credit: Troy Quast, PhD, University of South Florida TAMPA, Fla. (November 6, 2018) - A new report released by the...
Do sexual minority women receive appropriate sexual and reproductive health counseling?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 6, 2018--According to a new study that used data from...
ESMO Asia 2018 Congress
LUGANO-SINGAPORE, 6 November 2018 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, is...
A new piece to the puzzle sheds light on how UHRF1 regulates gene activity
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München have discovered new details about...
Sarcopenic obesity: The ignored phenotype that need more studies for a better understanding
A new condition, that occurs in the presence of both sarcopenia and obesity and termed as "sarcopenic obesity", and that...
Brown researchers develop new test to objectively measure pain, test medications
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- If you've ever visited the emergency department with appendicitis, or you're one of the 100 million U.S....
Emotional vulnerabilities shape complex behavioral arrangement of toddlers with ASD
At the time when autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be first reliably diagnosed, toddlers affected by ASD are already displaying...
Women who give birth to boys much more likely to have postnatal depression
A University of Kent study into postnatal depression (PND) found the odds of developing this condition increased by 79% when...
Tracking down microRNA candidates that can contribute to disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine What started as Ninad Oak's side project turned out into something much larger, his doctorate...
US Department of Defense will fund new approach against the most aggressive type of prostate cancer
Credit: CNIO The U.S. Department of Defense has granted the "Impact Award" to explore new therapeutic options against advanced prostate...
New measure for the wellbeing of populations could replace Human Development Index
Credit: IIASA IIASA researchers have introduced a new, simple measure for human wellbeing across countries, called the Human Life Indicator...
Back pain shows significant association with mortality among older women
Researchers at Boston Medical Center found that frequent, persistent back pain is associated with earlier death in a study of...
PharmSci 360: Tuesday’s program highlights
Highlights from the Tuesday, Nov. 6 program include: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. * Capturing, Counting and Identifying CECs: A...
Exploring how lipids in our bodies and cell membranes affect aging and long-term health
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - A professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is exploring aging on the...
Water experts to study emerging threat of antibiotic resistance
Credit: Virginia Tech Bacteria that become resistant to antibiotics lead to an estimated 23,000 deaths and 2 million illnesses per...
Researchers find novel mutation affecting YARS causes multisystem disease
STRASBURG, PA- Researchers have identified a novel missense mutation in tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase (YARS c.499C>A, p.Pro167Thr) that causes a severe recessive...
